2 Maidstone Borough Council Free bulky rubbish service
Most weekends Maidstone council refuse lorries collect bulky household rubbish from locations in your area. Take your refuse to the Saturday Freighter Service at the times shown:
11 August
07:45 - 08:30 Hollingbourne. Troys Mead 08:45 - 09:15 Lenham. Lenham Heath Road 09:25 - 09:55 Ulcombe. Lodge gardens 10:05 - 11:00 Headcorn. Orchard Gardens 12:00 - 12:30 Headcorn. Oak Lane 12:40 - 13:30 Sutton Valence. Captains Close 13:40 - 14:20 Kingswood Village Hall 14:30 - 15:05 Langley. Grasslands 15:15 - 15:45 Leeds. Brogden Crescent
18 August
07:45 - 08:30 Otham. 08:45 - 09:45 Bearsted Village Green 10:00 - 11:00 Loose. Broadfield Road 12:00 - 12:30 Loose. Old Loose Hill 12:40 - 13:25 Coxheath. Huntingdon Road 13:35 - 14:20 Boughton Monchelsea. Hubbards Lane 14:30 - 15:00 Chart Sutton. Amber Lane 15:15 - 15:45 East Sutton. Court Broomes
25 August
07:45 - 08:15 Walderslade. Impton Lane/Spendlow Drive 08:25 - 09:00 Walderslade. Impton Lane/Olivine Road 09:15 - 10:00 Bredhurst. Hurstwood Road 10:15 - 11:00 Stockbury Village Hall 12:00 - 12:45 Detling Village Hall 13:00 - 13:45 Penenden Heath. Heathfield Road/ Heathfield Close
13:55 - 14:40 Penenden Heath. Woodcuts 14:50 - 15:45 Sandling. Tyland lane
1 September
07:45 - 08:30 Ringlestone. Calder Road 08:40 - 09:15 Ringlestone. Moncktons Avenue 09:25 - 09:55 Maidstone. County Road 10:10 - 11:00 Penenden Heath. Park Avenue/Hatherall Road 12:00 - 12:55 Vinters Park. Snowden Parade 13:05 - 14:05 Vinters Park. Hampton Road 14:15 - 14:55 Lower Road. Foster Clark Estate by green 15:05 - 15:45 South Park Road/York Road
8 September
07:45 - 08:30 Fant. Hackney Road/Unicumes Lane 08:40 - 09:30 Barming. Terminus Road 09:40 - 10:20 Barming. Abingdon Road 10:30 - 11:00 Barming. Springwood Road 12:00 - 12:55 Barming. Green Way/Cherry Orchard 13:05 - 13:55 Queens Road/Freshlands Road 14:05 - 14:55 Bower Mount Road/Cornwallis Road 15:05 - 15:45 Victoria Street
allotments 15 September
07:45 - 09:15 Allington. Newbury Avenue 09:25 - 10:15 Allington. Trevor Drive 10:25 - 11:15 Buckland Road allotments 12:15 - 13:00 Grove Green. Provender Way 13:10 - 14:00 Grove Green. Shepherds Gate Drive 14:10 - 15:10 Madginford. Merton Road 15:15 - 15:45 Bearsted. Ashford Road/Rosemary Road
We cannot accept garden waste, very large bulky items and electrical or hazardous items. You can dispose of these items through our paid for bulky collection service or at the household waste recycling centre at Burial Ground Lane, Tovil, Maidstone. It is open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 4.30pm, and Sunday and Bank Holidays, 9am to 4pm. For more information about our bulky rubbish services, including paid for doorstep collections, visit
maidstone.gov.uk or call the cleansing hotline on 01622 602162.
New Mayor
Maidstone’s new Mayor is Rodd Nelson-Gracie, Conservative councillor for Marden and Yalding. His wife Philippa will be Mayoress for the year.
The Mayor and Mayoress have been married since 1980 and have three daughters and three grandchildren.
After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant the Mayor worked for Ernst & Young for three years and in the manufacturing industry for 25 years in the UK and overseas. For the last 15 years of his career he was Bursar at King’s School, Rochester and later The King’s School, Canterbury.
He joined Nettlestead Parish Council in 1995 and was elected to Maidstone Borough Council in 1997.
Rodd has served on a number of Committees on the Council, notably the Planning Committee, a number of overview and scrutiny committees and the Audit Committee. Rodd is an LEA appointed Governor at Yalding Primary School, and is also a Governor of a Preparatory School in Tonbridge.
The Deputy Mayor is Liberal Democrat councillor Clive English.
Council Joins Zipcars
Maidstone Borough Council has joined the Maidstone Zipcar club on a trial basis to see if it can save money by using Zip cars instead of its own cars for council business. Currently Maidstone council operates three pool vehicles and members of staff also use their own vehicles to get to and from council appointments.
Zipcar can help businesses and individuals by giving access to cheap and reliable cars, which are easy to use and eco friendly. Cllr Eric Hotson – Cabinet Member for Corporate Services said: “Zipcar could save the council money, benefit the local community and is good for the environment. Each shared vehicle can take about 20 personally-owned vehicles off the road.”
Zipcar operates in Bristol, Cambridge, London, Maidstone and Oxford.
Cover picture - The Jubilee Proms at Whatman Park Maidstone on Bank Holiday Monday June 4.
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