On Monday, 19 September 2022 the State Funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will take place at 11am at Westminster Abbey in London.
The new king, King Charles III, has approved that day as a national bank holiday and in order to allow staff and residents the opportunity to pay their respects to the late Queen, all public-facing council buildings will close for the day.
Essential services in adult and children’s social care will continue.
UPDATE: Bin collections due to take place on Monday won’t be going ahead, following the announcement of the full details of the funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Information about the services and buildings that will close on Monday can be found at www.eastriding.gov.uk
Books of condolence will be available for people wishing to leave messages and tributes to the Queen at the council’s libraries, multi-service centres and customer service centres as well as mobile libraries and online via the Buckingham Palace website – www.royal.uk
On Sunday, 18 September, the following venues will be open for people to sign the books of condolence:
- Hornsea Hub – 10am to 4pm
- Hedon CSC and library – 10am to 4pm
- Treasure House, Beverley – 10am to 4pm
- Bridlington central library – 10am to 4pm
- Withernsea Centre – 12noon to 4pm
People wishing to leave floral tributes can do so up until the end of Monday, 19 September at Hornsea Memorial Gardens.
While the Royal Family will continue with a period of mourning for a further seven days, the national period of mourning will end on Monday.
From Tuesday, 20 September, the council will return to business as usual and all public committee meetings going ahead as normal
UPDATE: Bin collections due to take place on Monday now WILL NOT be going ahead, following the announcement of the full details of the funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.