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:
20th October
12:40 - 13:30 Sutton Valence. South Lane 13:40 - 14:30 Kingswood Village Hall 14:45 - 15:45 Langley. Shepherds Drive
27th October
12:40 - 13:25 Coxheath. Huntingdon Road 13:35 - 14:20 Boughton Monchelsea. Gandys Lane 14:30 - 15:00 Chart Sutton. Amber Lane 15:15 - 15:45 East Sutton. Court Broomes
8th December
07:45 - 08:30 Staplehurst. Poyntell Road 08:40 - 09:25 Staplehurst. Church Green 09:35 - 10:15 Staplehurst. Northdown/Marden Rd 10:30 - 11:00 Marden. Stilebridge 12:00 - 12:40 Marden. Stanley Road 12:50 - 13:30 Marden. Chantry Road 13:40 - 14:20 Linton. Wheelers lane
15th December
07:45 - 08:30 Teston. Livesley Street 08:40 - 09:30 Nettlestead. Bishops Close 09:45 - 10:25 Yalding Village Green 10:35 - 11:15 Yalding. Lyngs Close 12:15 - 12:45 Laddingford. Cleavesland 12:55 - 13:30 Collier Street. Church Farm 13:40 - 14:10 Hunton Village Hall 14:20 - 15:05 West Farleigh Green 15:15 - 15:45 East Farleigh. Adbert Drive
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.
Safety in Action Pupils from Maidstone schools have been awarded prizes for becoming better citizens and improving their safety skills.
More than 1,000 junior school pupils from across the borough took part in the Safety in Action day at the 36 Engineers barracks in Maidstone to learn about environmental hazards, stranger danger, fire and water hazards, road safety, drugs and first aid.
Maidstone Mayor Cllr Rodd Nelson-Grace made a whistle stop tour of five of the borough’s schools to present certificates and a cup, and over 100 medals were awarded to pupils who had got the highest marks in a competition to judge what pupils learnt from the day.
Mela is ten times better
Maidstone’s tenth anniversary Mela was the biggest yet. Artists included the Maidstone Nepalese Dance Group, the award winning Mandy Ellen School of Dance, the colourful Four by Four Bhangra, the Winners of the Maidstone Got Talent Competition, Steel Ambition, Harmony and the Square Pegs Drama Group.
The Mela was headlined by leading tribute act Jessie Jay, bhangra fusion star PBN (Panjabi by Nature) and the ever popular Magnificent Motown Band.
Gurvinder Sandher, Artistic Director of Cohesion Plus, said: “We are very proud to have been working in partnership with Maidstone Borough Council on the Mela for ten years now. Each year we have tried to develop upon the success of previous years and this year is no exception.”
Maidstone Mela celebrates the diversity of Maidstone through music, food and dance. It is organised in partnership by Maidstone Borough Council, Cohesion Plus Kent and the Kent Equality Cohesion Council.
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