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Rubbish Collections, Train and Bus Timetables, Council information, etc.
Please get in touch if you notice any mistakes as things do change over the years!
UK Power Networks maintain all the local electrical supplies.
www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk
Phone 0800 3163 105 or 0333 3232 105
Twitter: twitter.com/UKPowerNetworks
LIST OF CURRENT POWER CUTS View and filter by postcode.
UK Power Networks have a 'Priority Services Register' for those that may need additional help and support. More information can be found here:
www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/power-cut/priority-services-register
Thames Water are the local water provider.
www.thameswater.co.uk
Report a leak online: www.thameswater.co.uk/leak
Phone: 24 hour 'leak line' 0800 714 614
Twitter:
twitter.com/thameswater
SGN maintain the local gas supply.
www.sgn.co.uk
Phone - 'smell gas' Emergency number 0800 111 999
Twitter:
twitter.com/sgngas
Princess Royal University Hospital (Farnborough) - 01689 863 000
Accident and Emergency (A&E)
pruh.kch.nhs.uk
Sevenoaks Hospital - 01732 470 200
Minor Injuries Unit
www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/sevenoaks-hospital
NHS 111 Service
The NHS non-emergency number. Call 111 and speak to a highly trained adviser.
NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones
www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/...
For contact details and more NHW and police information see the Badgers Mount Policing page.
Parish Council: Badgers Mount Parish Council
District Council:
Sevenoaks District Council
District Councillors:
John Grint & Gary Williamson
County Council: Kent County Council
County Councillor:
Nick Chard (Sevenoaks West)
Local MP: Laura Trott (Conservative)
Refuse and Recycling - Normal collection days are:
| Road | Collection Day |
| Badgers Road | Wednesday |
| Charles Road | Wednesday |
| Christies Avenue | Wednesday |
| Highland Road | Wednesday |
| Johnsons Avenue | Wednesday |
| Milton Avenue | Wednesday |
| Orpington Bypass | Wednesday |
| Sandersons Avenue | Wednesday |
| Woodlands View | Wednesday |
| Badgers Rise | Thursday |
| Crest Close | Thursday |
| Old London Road | Thursday |
Collections following a Bank Holiday are normally a day late, but this may differ, particularly over Christmas and the New Year. Collection times can be variable, so SDC recommend that bags should be left out by 7am.
There is also a garden waste collection via a paid for
subscription.
Full details on recycling and rubbish on the Sevenoaks District Council website:
Using the link above you can check your next rubbish collection date by address and also report a missed rubbish collection.
SDC and the Parish Council also provide a Rubbish Freighter Service for bulky waste, four times a year - see the Calendar for details.
View travel information/directions to Badgers Mount via road, rail and bus.
BUS SERVICE
Route 3 Bus Route LOCKSBOTTOM-ORPINGTON-SEVENOAKS
Local bus tops are along Old London Road.
Route 3 from Sevenoaks Bus Station and runs via Sevenoaks Station, Riverhead Tesco, Dunton Green, Knockholt Pound, Halstead, Polhill Garden Centre, Pratts
Bottom, Green Street Green and Orpington to the Princess Royal University
Hospital at Locksbottom.
Timetable
(+Route Map & Live Bus Tracker)
BUS TIMETABLE
TRAINS
Knockholt Station is about two-thirds of a mile towards Orpington along the Old London Road from Badgers Rise (about a 15 minute walk) and has services to London and Sevenoaks.
KNOCKHOLT TRAINS
The above link enables you to view the live status of the train arrivals/departures for Knockholt station using the SE Railway website.
There are numerous footpaths and walks around Badgers Mount.
Explore the local woods or walk to Halstead or go further into Shoreham or Well Hill.
View Local Footpaths on an OSMAP.
There are two letter boxes in Badgers Mount – one in Badgers Road and one next to the bus stop in Old London Road near Badgers Rise and the footpath linking to Orpington Bypass.
There are also two on the Halstead border which are fairly close - one in Shoreham Lane near the roundabout and one on the corner of Watercroft Road and Old London Road (Heverswood).
Only the post box in Halstead by Hancocks has an afternoon collection.
Collection Times
Old London Road:
Monday-Friday 9.00am | Sat 7.00am
Badgers Road:
Monday-Friday 9.00am | Sat 7.00am
Shoreham Lane:
Monday-Friday 9.00am | Sat 7.00am
Heverswood:
Monday-Friday 9.00am | Sat 7.00am
Hancocks in Halstead:
Monday-Friday 4.15pm | Sat 11.45am
A later collection is made at 6.15pm from Sevenoaks Post Office, South Park
The Badgers Mount Post Office and local store in Old London Road closed in 2004.
In Halstead, Hancocks Newsagents sells newspapers and magazines and a variety of confectionery, groceries etc.
Hancocks changed hands in 2023 and the shop has been enlarged
and refurbished.
The Halstead Post Office
CLOSED 22nd May 2022. The nearest alternatives are now
Windsor Drive Chelsfield, The Crescent Green St. Green, Otford or Shoreham.
Polhill Garden Centre (see their local business advert) has a farm shop and a butchers along with many other companies in their Shopping Village.
There are a few different Social Media platforms for local news and contact.
WhatsApp: Contact socialevents.bmra@gmail.com
if you want to be invited to the local WhatsApp Groups.
There are
three
'residents only' groups, Badgers Mount Social for all things Badgers
Mount, Out & About Badgers Mount for social events
& activities and Badgers Mount I.C.E.
(In Case of Emergency).
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/BadgersMount
Twitter: Follow
Badgers_Mount (connected to this village website) for local news and random local photos.
If you aren't a Twitter user you can still view Badgers Mount Tweets here.
It's not always easy to find a property in Badgers Mount as many houses only have house names rather than numbers - this Badgers Mount houses locator/map can help.
The Memorial Hall (village hall), at the junction of Highland Road and Orpington Bypass, is the centre for social activities, and is available for hire for meetings, parties etc.
Contact details for hiring the hall.
Regular weekly classes etc. include:
Ballet, jazz, ballroom dancing
Coffee morning
Dog training
Pilates and yoga
Visit this page for more information on the Road Fund (for maintaining the surface of the unadopted roads east of the Orpington Bypass).
The Badgers Mount Women's Institute have their own webpage: www.badgersmount.net/wi
The local primary school is in Halstead.
Website link here: Local Links.
Halstead Nursery (on the same site as the primary school) caters for pre-school children - see their local advert
The KCC mobile library van stops in the Memorial Hall car park on alternate Thursdays, from 11.10am to 11.45am, during the coffee mornings.
There is a weekly Thursday coffee morning held in the Memorial Hall.
The local BT Exchange serving Badgers Mount is in Knockholt.
ADSL and VDSL(FTTC) is available in our area. See the broadband page for more details
Road map, OS Map, Street View.
Find a house in Badgers Mount.
Local houses listed by name.
Use Fix My Street to report and view local problems -
fallen trees, fly-tipping, damaged signs, etc.
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