Land Registry opening hours during Christmas and New Year

8 Dec 2009 12:07 PM

All Land Registry offices and services will be closed between 25 and 28 December inclusive, and on Friday 1 January.

Reduced opening hours and services will operate as follows:

Customer Information Centres
24 December - 8.30am to 1.00pm
29, 30 and 31 December - 8.30am to 5.00pm

Customer Contact Centre
24 December – 8.00am to 3.00pm
29, 30 and 31 December - 8.00am to 5.00pm

Telephone Services
24 December – 8.00am to 3.00pm
29, 30 and 31 December - 8.00am to 5.00pm

Find a property, Portal and Land Registry Direct
24 and 31 December – 7.00am to 5.00pm
29 and 30 December – normal opening hours
2 January 2010 - normal system access times.

Normal opening hours and services will resume on 4 January 2010.

Notes to editors

1. With the largest transactional database of its kind detailing over 22 million titles, Land Registry underpins the economy by safeguarding ownership of many billions of pounds worth of property.

2. As a government department established in 1862, executive agency and trading fund responsible to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Land Registry keeps and maintains the Land Register for England and Wales. The Land Register has been an open document since 1990.

3. For further information about Land Registry visit www.landregistry.gov.uk

Contacts

Marion Shelley 020 7166 4543
marion.shelley@landregistry.gsi.gov.uk

Esther McWatters020 7166 4487
esther.mcwatters@landregistry.gsi.gov.uk

Press Office 0207 166 4215