Here are our phone numbers for services within the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole areas.

Opening times

Our phone lines are open during office hours.

We are closed on bank holidays.

Phone numbers for our main services

Anti-social behaviour: 01202 128 883

Beaches and seafront: 01202 123 555

Benefits - housing and Council Tax Support: 01202 123 330

Blue badges: 01202 123 100

Bins, waste and recycling: 01202 123 123

Building control:

• Building control in Bournemouth and Poole: 01202 123 741
• Building control in Christchurch: 01202 093 333.

Bus passes (concessionary travel): 01202 123 700

Children's and family information  service: 01202 123 222

Council Tax: 01202 123 330

Carers Resource Information Support (CRISP): 01202 128 787

Electoral services: 01202 123 400 

Environment: 01202 123 123

Graffiti: 01202 123 123

Housing/Homelessness: 01202 123 147

Libraries: 01202 127 000

• Contact details for each library can be found in our Your local library section.

Parking:

• Parking Customer Services (for all permit and general enquiries): 01202 123 911
• Parking Operation Team (illegally parked vehicles or reporting an issue with a parking machine): 01202 128 900.

Planning services: 01202 123 321

Pest control: 01202 123 123

Potholes: 01202 123 123

Registrars (births, deaths and marriages):

• Bournemouth and Christchurch 01202 123 777
• Poole 01202 123 232

School admissions: 01202 123 222

Skills & Learning (Adult Learning): 01202 123 444

Social services adults: 01202 123 654

Social services children: 01202 123 334

Street lights: 01202 123 123

If you can't find the information you need and the phone number is not listed, then please call us on 01202 123 456.