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The Potton Town Council Newsletter is published quarterly and the Town Council will keep you informed on this page of any latest news between Newsletters.

  • Your bin services are changing 11 February 2026

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    What’s changing?
    From Monday 30th March 2026 you will be able to add glass bottles and jars to your mixed dry recycling bin and flats can start to use their new food waste caddies.

    Bin collection days will change in some areas.

    These improvements are based on what you’ve told Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) about recycling, and they’re designed to make recycling at home simpler and easier for you.

    CBC is making recycling easier for your everyday routine. These improvements to your service will make it easier than ever to recycle more from home.

    From 3oth March you will be able to put glass bottles and jars in your kerbside mixed dry recycling bin, along with paper, card, cans, tins, aluminium foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs, trays and cartons. Please use your existing bin with a green or orange lid.

    If you currently have a separate kerbside glass collection using a box, you’ll start to use your mixed dry recycling bin for glass. You can keep the box for your own use or take it to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre to recycle it.

    Broken glass bottles and jars will be able to go in your mixed dry recycling bin from this date too, if it’s safe to do so. You can wrap broken glass bottles and jars in paper, or place them in a cardboard box, and put them in your dry recycling bin.

    What stays out?

    Drinking glasses, Pyrex, light bulbs, mirrors, ceramics and cookware should not be placed in your recycling bins.

    Ideally, these should be taken to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) for reuse or disposal. However, if they are broken, they can go in the black bin or the general rubbish at the HWRC.

    Bin collection day changes
    To support the new recycling service, CBC needs to make some changes to bin lorry routes. If your home is affected, they will write to you in mid-March.

    You can also check the bin collection calendar on CBC’s website from early March to see if your household is affected.

    New food waste collections for flats

    From 30th March all residents living in flats will receive weekly food waste collections.

    Food waste caddies and food waste bins for flats will be delivered from late February and throughout March in time for the new collections starting. They will contain a leaflet with instructions detailing how to use the caddy.

    Find out more on food waste for flats.

    Removal of bottle banks

    Once the service changes are in place, bottle banks will be removed across Central Bedfordshire.

    Glass recycling will continue to be available at CBC’s Household Waste Recycling Centres.

     

  • Garden Waste Collections and Subscriptions 11 February 2026

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    Garden waste collections resume in Potton on Friday 27th February.

    For more information about this and the 2026/27 garden waste subscriptions, visit the Central Bedfordshire Council website. Please remember: your subscription will not automatically renew.

  • Emergency Road Closure 10 February 2026

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    C184 From C168 Cambridge Road To C185 Biggleswade Road Dunton Opposite No 1, Edworth, Bedfordshire

    Anglian water have an urgent road closure in place at the above location due to a burst main.

    They expect to be here until 13th February.

  • February 2026 Newsletter 9 February 2026

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    Delivery of the February 2026 edition of the Potton Town Council newsletter will commence this week with completion by Friday 20th February. Look out for your copy!

    If you do not receive your newsletter, please contact enquiries@pottontowncouncil.gov.uk and we will endeavour to get one to you.

    You can view the February edition here; we hope you enjoy it!

  • New X75 Bus Route 5 January 2026
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    🚍 New X75 Bus to Cambridge – starts 5 January 2026!
    Now it’s easier to get to Cambridge from Biggleswade, Sandy and Potton.
    ✅ Fast journey — just over an hour
    ✅ Leaves Biggleswade at 06:28 (for commuters)
    ✅ Last bus leaves Cambridge at 17:15
    ✅ Clean Euro VI buses with USBs, seat belts and full accessibility
    🕓 Starts 5 January 2026
    📍 Timetable here: https://ow.ly/1zi250XjEtl
  • Have your say on how we keep our communities safe 5 January 2026

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    Central Bedfordshire Council

    As we are approaching the end of the year, we would be very grateful if you would complete our Community Safety Survey to tell us about crime and anti-social behaviour in your area.

    We appreciate the time you spend giving us your feedback and are grateful to those of you who share their views every year, keeping us up to date with developments and changes.

    If you have concerns, please report them. If you do not wish to report to Bedfordshire Police’s non-emergency number, 101, you can contact Crimestoppers, an independent charity that allows the public to report crime while remaining completely anonymous. You can contact them from any mobile or landline by calling 0800 555 111 or by submitting a report through their website. However, in an emergency, please call 999.

    Community safety is important to us all, and by working together to tackle crime and disorder we can make Central Bedfordshire a safer place to live.

    Have your say

     

  • Winter break for garden waste collections 5 November 2025

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    Important update for garden waste collection subscribers

    Central Bedfordshire Council will temporarily pause garden waste collections for 12 weeks this winter, from Monday 1st December 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026.

    The final garden waste collection for Potton will take place on Friday 21st November. All other waste and recycling collections will continue as normal during this period.

    Potton’s garden waste collections will resume on Friday 27th February 2026.

    Sign up for email alerts to receive updates on collection schedules and future garden waste subscription renewals.

    For more information about garden waste and collection dates you can also visit: www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/garden-waste.

    During the break, garden waste can still be recycled at any of CBC’s four Household Waste Recycling Centres. For further details, including the opening times over the Christmas and New Year period, please visit: www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/tidytips

    Residents with enough space in their gardens are encouraged to home compost and can access tips and advice on CBC’s website. 

    Residents can also prepare for the festive season by following the CBC’s social media and checking the website for collection dates throughout the Christmas period: www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/waste

  • CBC Tree Tally Survey 27 October 2025
    🌳 Have you planted a tree since 2019?
    From garden saplings to community woodlands, every tree counts! Help us build a picture of tree and hedge planting across Central Bedfordshire by completing our Tree Tally survey.
    Let’s grow a greener future together 🌱
  • Town Council email 23 October 2025

    Potton Town Council has recently migrated to .gov.uk emails and our previous btconnect.com emails will no longer be forwarded to us from Thursday 30th October 2025.

    If you wish to contact us, please email enquiries@pottontowncouncil.gov.uk or call the office on 01767 260086.

    Thank you.

  • Don’t take it out on our staff, town councillors or volunteers 27 August 2025
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    Please to be polite and courteous when speaking to town council staff, councillors and volunteers.

Newsletters

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