A number of household waste recycling centres were forced to temporarily close over the weekend.

Preston Household Recycling Centre, along with sites in Altham, Burnley, Lancaster, Clitheroe and Haslingden, was forced to close due to the high demand as glorious weather sparked spring cleaning.

The site is now back open but the council has issued guidance over the best times to visit as sites are expected to stay busy over Easter.

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Longridge Household Waste Recycling Centre is due to reopen at Noon on Wednesday, April 9. This is a short delay as it usually opens at 9am. Chorley Household Waste Recycling Centres had to close on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 8 but will reopen on Wednesday, April 9.

Steve Scott, head of Waste Management at Lancashire County Council said: “We appreciate that the sunny weather meant a lot of people wanted to enjoy some spring cleaning but it has led to a very busy weekend.

“We dealt with unprecedented numbers of residents wishing to use our Household Waste Recycling Centres and unfortunately we needed to close all of the sites at times while our hard-working staff dealt with the demand.

“We have done everything we can to clear all the sites and we are hoping to reopen Longridge and Chorley Household Waste Recycling Centres on Wednesday and Clitheroe Household Waste Recycling Centre on Friday.

“We are expecting another busy weekend and urge residents keep checking our Facebook page and website as we will share the latest information here on closures.”

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