Local information
General
Police
See Useful Links for relevant Police web-sites. Quendon & Rickling are covered by the Thaxted Police area. Local Officers include PC Dawn Bamford who may be contacted:
Mobile: 07779085615
Telephone: 03003334444 ext 395103
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The Mobile Police Station regularly visits Ricklng Green, parking by the Village Green, and you are invited to "Pop in and discuss any issues concerning your local area with your local community officers". See the Events Calendar for dates.
Click on the village names for Crime Maps of Quendon and Rickling
Toddlers and young children
The Buffy Bus regularly visits Rickling Green on Wednesdays from 09.15 to 10.30, offering a wonderful opportunity for pre-school children to
have some fun and for parents to meet other people living in the village. See the Events Calendar for more.
Armadillos, the "Bumps, Babies, Toddlers and Parents Group" Meet every Tuesday (term time) from 9am-11am at Rickling School Hall. Contact Stevie Green on 01799 542734 or email, armadillos2010@hotmail.co.uk for details
Waste collection
We currently have a three bin waste disposal system in Quendon and Rickling.
However this is soon to change. See Uttlesford District Council's recycling pages for details.
The brown wheely bin is for kitchen scraps, cooked and uncooked, that are treated to make compost for sale.
The green bins are for dry recycling: paper of all kinds (except foil coated and wallpaper), cardboard, aluminium foil, empty tins and some plastics are acceptable, provided that they are clean.
The black bins are for non-recyclable waste.
Brown (kitchen waste) bins are emptied every Wednesday and the other two bins are emptied alternate Wednesdays. If you want them emptied you should ensure that the correct two bins are available at the roadside by 07.00am on Wedensdays (most residents put them out on Tuesday evenings). Click here for the 2011 collection calendar. Click here for the January to June 2012 calendar.
We currently have no collection for glass, though glass recycling facilities may be found nearby in Newport railway car park, Stansted Mountfitchet main car park (by the castle) and of course at Essex County Council's waste recycling facility off Thaxted Road in Saffron Walden. However Uttlesford District Council plans to introduce collection of glass together with other recyclable materials in the near future (see above).
More details of current provisions are available from Uttlesford District Council's web-site.
Tree Warden
We are very lucky in our village to have a fully qualified Tree Surgeon to act as the Parish Tree Warden. Robert regularly inspects the trees around the village to ensure they are healthy and safe:
Robert Rudd
The Old Post Office
Green Road
Rickling Green
Essex
CB11 3YD
Tel: 01799 ######
Mobile Library
See the Events Calendar for visiting dates and times.
For further information please ask at any library or telephone Answers Direct on:
0845 603 7628
Uttlesford Community Travel
For an annual membership fee of £10, those eligible can make use of the Book-and-Ride and Group Booking service. For journeys to and from local hospitals the volunteer Hospital Car drivers do not require you to be a member but do ask for reimbursement of their vehicle costs at the rate of 40p per mile.
Contact Uttlesford Community Travel, Unit One, Flitch Industrial Estate, Chelmsford Road, Great Dunmow CM6 1XJ or
Telephone 01371-875787.
Events in Cambridge
Cambridge is nearby and has an enormous amount to offer. Aside from the shops, the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Botanical Gardens and the magnificent buildings, it is buzzing with fascinating events every day. You can take the train to Cambridge (from Newport, for instance) or park the car at one of the Park-and-Ride car parks (free) just outside the city and take one of the frequent and inexpensive buses from there to the centre. Easy.
Use this link http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/ to find a selection of what to visit this week!
