Utilities
Electricity
UK POWER NETWORKS are responsible for maintenance of mains electricity in the Essendon area.
POWER CUT? CALL 0800 316 3105
Check areas affected
Gas
National gas emergency service:
0800 111999
Water
Affinity Water is responsible for maintenance of the water supply in the Essendon area
LEAKS? please phone: 0800 3765325
Thames Water are responsible for sewerage in the Essendon area
Problems? 0845 9200800
Post
There is a postbox next to the phone box in School Lane.
Last collections: Mon - Fri 4.15pm
Saturdays 12:00pm
ALL collections take place on MONDAY mornings
There are THREE wheelie bins provided:
BROWN for garden waste (additional charge £35 per annum)
BLUE LIDDED for plastic, cardboard, glass and an insert for paper
BLACK BIN for landfill/general waste.
Collections are on alternate Mondays:
One week for BROWN/BLUE recycling
The following week for BLACK BIN landfill
NB: On weeks with a bank holiday, both recycling and landfill waste are collected according to holiday schedules
All bins must be placed at the front of the property on collection days or they will not be emptied
Boxes and wheelie bins are provided free of charge by the council for recycling (a charge is levied for replacement wheelie bins).
LINK TO A-Z LIST OF WHAT GOES IN EACH BIN
Phone: Hotline (including fly tipping): 0800 807060
The closest recycling centre (which also accepts landfill waste) is at Cole green on the A414. This link to Wasteaware has more information. The Hatfield Great North Road Tesco site also has recycling facilities for paper, cans and clothes.
Healthcare
Stevenage, SG1 4AB - 01438 314333
QUEEN ELIZABETH II : (QE2)
Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4HQ - 01707 326398
Hertford, SG14 1LP - 01438 314333
To find a GP/DENTIST
in the Essendon area, use the NHS web site
Police
CALL :
101
to be directed to Hertfordshire Constabulary
Police Station
Hatfield Police Station
Comet Way
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9SJ
OPENING HOURS:
Mon-Thurs 8.00am until 11.00pm
Fri/Sat 8.00am until Midnight
Sunday 10.00am until 8.00pm
SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM
for Welwyn Hatfield South
Sgt Dave Stansbury
email : david.stansbury@herts.pnn.police.uk
or call: 0845 045 4545
Hertfordshire Constabulary Headquarters
Stanborough Road
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL8 6XF
Hertfordshire Crimestoppers: 0800 555111