Category Archives: Advice

Christmas and New Year Refuse Collections

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Bank holiday rubbish and recycling collection days Collection days for households and businesses during the bank holiday periods.
To minimise disruption to waste and recycling collections during the Christmas and New Year period, our crews will be working on Saturdays 20 and 27 December and Saturday 3 January.

Christmas collection days
Normal collection day > Revised collection day
Monday 22 December > Saturday 20 December
Tuesday 23 December > Monday 22 December
Wednesday 24 December > Tuesday 23 December
Thursday 25 December > Wednesday 24 December
Friday 26 December > Saturday 27 December

New Year holiday collection days
Normal collection day > Revised collection day
Monday 29 December > No change
Tuesday 30 December > No change
Wednesday 31 December No change
Thursday 1 January > Friday 2 January
Friday 2 January > Saturday 3 January

Please leave your rubbish out for collection by 6am, near your front gate, but not on the pavement. Separate arrangements are in place for flats and business premises.

West Ruislip HS2 works from Jan 5

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from HS2

What we are doing

From 5 January 2026, we will be continuing our work on the construction of the porous portal and the headhouse for our West Ruislip Portal site.

We will carry out the following activities:

  • Hydroscabbling: high-pressure water jets will scratch concrete surfaces to help new layers stick (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm and Saturday, 8am to 1pm)
  • Formwork and steel fixing (Monday to Saturday,  24 hours a day)

HS2 is undergoing a comprehensive reset to ensure it can be built efficiently and for the lowest reasonable cost. This work is being carried out in stages and will be completed in 2026. We will provide you with updates on the reset and what this means for our plans to build the railway in your area.

Download information relating to these works

https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/headhouse-works-at-west-ruislip-portal/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=41c5bfb6-880b-48b1-9c3c-53daa4430300
or
https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AWN-Hydroscabbling-Jan-2026.pdf

HS2/Align/SCS Christmas working hours

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Christmas Working Hours for HS2 Contractors Align & SCS 

HS2 Main Contractor Align, who have built the Colne Valley Viaduct in LBH, have provided details of their Christmas 2025 Working Hours:  All Align Sites will close at midday on Tuesday 23/12/25 and will re-open on Monday 05/01/26 Security & some daily maintenance activities will be in place at Sites during these times  HS2 Main Contractor SCS, who operate the Sites in Hillingdon from the East Side of Harvil Road towards London, have provided details of their Christmas 2025 Working Hours:  All SCS Sites will close on Wednesday 24/12/25 and Sites will re-open on Monday 05/01/26 SCS Offices will reopen on Fri 02/01/26 Security & some daily maintenance activities will be in place at Sites during these times  The HS2 Helpdesk is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year by:
Freephone: 08081 434 434 | Minicom: 08081 456 472 | Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk
 
 

Met and Picc this weekend

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METROPOLITAN LINE: Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 December, no service between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge. There will also be no PICCADILLY LINE service between Acton Town and Uxbridge. Replacement bus service ML1 operates between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge via West Harrow (Treve Avenue), South Harrow, Rayners Lane, Eastcote, Ruislip, West Ruislip (for Central line and Chiltern Railways), Ickenham and Hillingdon.

Replacement bus service PL4 operates between Acton Town and Rayners Lane via Ealing Common, North Ealing, Hanger Lane (for Central line and Park Royal), Alperton, Sudbury Town (Whitton Avenue East), Sudbury Hill and South Harrow.

Roadworks – Swakeleys Rd/High Rd, Ickenham

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Richard Mascarenhas, Metropolitan Police, PCSO, WA Ickenham South Harefield reports that there are currently temporary traffic lights on the junction of SWAKELEYS ROAD and HIGH ROAD in Ickenham. This is causing significant delays in travel in the area. Please check the traffic before beginning your journey and use alternative routes if able. 

HS2 works update w/c 22/11/25

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Breakspear Road South Road Closure for Conveyor Bridge Removal – Fri 28/11 at 8pm to Sun 30/11 at 8pm
 
HS2/SCS have agreed with LBH that Breakspear Road South will be Closed at the Chiltern Railway Bridge while the Conveyor Bridge that oversails the Highway is removed These works have been rescheduled to take place on the weekend of Fri 28/11 at 8pm to Sun 30/11 at 8pm.
 
The Conveyor Bridge carries the Conveyor system that was used to transport the TBM Spoil/Material over Breakspear Road South towards the Treatment Area at Harvil Road Gate 1. Now that both TBMs have completed their tunnelling between West Ruislip and Greenpark Way in LB Ealing the Conveyors are being removed and the Bridges that carry the Conveyor can also be removed.
 
These works will involve laying Matting on the road surface to protect it, then using a Crane to lower the Bridge to ground level before dismantling and removing it. The road would then be cleared with the Matting removed before reopening to the public.
 

  • There will be no Emergency Services Access during this Road Closure due to overhead lifting operations on the carriageway.
  • The Pedestrian Crossing which runs diagonally underneath the Chiltern Line Bridge will be closed for the duration of this Road Closure (also due to overhead lifting).
  • Notices & Signage will be installed in advance to advise walkers of the Pedestrian Crossing Closure.
  • The Diversion Route has now been confirmed with HS2/SCS and is the usual Diversion via Swakeleys Road, Ickenham High Road, Bury Street, Breakspear Road 

Piling and Drainage Installation works for Noise Barrier in West Ruislip Embankment area – 28/07/25 to 27/03/26

From 28/07/25 to 27/03/26 HS2/SCS will be carrying out works to allow the construction of the Noise Barriers along the HS2 route between the Copthall Tunnel and West Ruislip Portal. These works will be happening during Core Hours only (Mon to Fri 8am to 6pm & Sat 8am to 1pm).

Update Nov 2025 – The Noise barrier Piling is being completed in 2 Phases. Please note that Phase 1 was completed in Oct 2025 and Phase 2 has now started in Nov 2025 (from w/c 17/11).
HS2/SCS will start by installing Concrete Piles to stabilise the ground, followed by the installation of Drainage Systems.

Wallasey Crescent Road Closure coming

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LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON
TEMPORARY RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC
(WALLASEY CRESCENT, ICKENHAM) ORDER 2026
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1)
1. Hillingdon Council gives notice that to enable utility works to be carried out by Affinity Water and to prevent the likelihood of danger to the public it made this Order, which will temporarily close Wallasey Crescent from the junction of Copthall Road East to the junction of Swakeleys Road.
2. Diversion route will be in place via Copthall Road East, Swakeleys Road.
Nothing in the Order shall apply to prevent vehicular access to premises on or adjacent to the prohibited length of road insofar as access is reasonably practicable without interference with the said works.
3. The temporary restriction will be in operation between 08:00hrs on the 5th January 2026 to 17:00hrs, on the 27th March 2026 and to such extent as indicated by traffic signs prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Road users should assume that the closure has been put into effect only if traffic signs have been erected stating that the road
has been closed and the diversion route, if necessary is in place.
4. The Order, which is proposed will come into operation on 5th January 2026, will continue in force for eighteen months or until work to which it relates is completed. However, it is anticipated that the works will be completed within 12 Weeks.
Dated this 5 day of November 2025
Daniel Kennedy
Corporate Director of Residents Service