The Best Guide for the BR5 Area

The Insiders Guide to BR5

Your Quick Glance Guide to Living in BR5

(This information is also available as a PDF and Word Document by clicking on the links)

Medical & Health

NHS Direct - 0845 4647 (24 hours) or see http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

Your closest hospitals are...

Princess Royal University Hospital: 01689 863000

Orpington Hospital (no A&E): 01689 863000

See here for information on local hospitals

Useful medical numbers:

EmDoc (urgent primary care at night, weekend, bank holidays) 020 8676 7424

Dental services (helping locate an NHS Dentist) 020 8776 3684

Dental emergencies (weekends and bank holidays) 020 8776 3685

General enquiries - all Bromley hospital services 01689 863000

General enquiries - all community health services and primary care 01689 853339

Bromley Primary Care Trust (PCT) 01689 853339

Local pharmacies:

The nearest pharmacies are:

• Farrants, 13 Station Square, Petts Wood, Tel: 01689 820949. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm and Saturday 9am-4pm (closed Sundays)
• Boots The Chemists, 77 Queensway, Petts Wood, Tel: 01689 821573. Open Mon-Fri 9am-1pm and 2pm-6pm and Saturday 9am-1pm and 2pm-5.30pm (closed Sundays)
• Crofton Pharmacy, 1 Place Farm Avenue, Crofton Lane, BR6, Tel: 01689 870888. Open Mon-Fri 9am-6:30pm and Saturday 9am-2pm (closed Sundays)
• Lloyds, 34 Marion Crescent St Mary Cray BR5 2DD, Tel: 01689 826047.
• Silversands (Medway), 318 High Street, St Mary Cray, BR5 4AR, Tel: 01689 827785.
• Cray Hill Chemist, 88 Cotmandene Crescent, St Paul's Cray, BR5 2RG, Tel: 0208 300 7341
• B.S Randhawa, 25 Eldred Drive, Orpington, BR5 4PE, Tel: 01689 872522.
• Cray Valley Pharmacy Ltd, 55 High Street, St Mary Cray, BR5 3NJ, Tel: 01689 837575

Sunday and Late Night Pharmacy

• Petts Wood Pharmacy, 83 Queensway, Petts Wood, BR5 1DQ, Tel: 01689 01689 898580

See here to find out more information about local pharmacies or call NHS Direct for local information on 0845 4647.

Refuse centre, collection and recycling

Refuse Collection

Refuse collection days in BR5 depend on which street you live in - search for your regular collection days (roads are listed alphabetically). The same document gives information about recycling collections which are done fortnightly and shown as 'Week 1' or 'Week 2'. To find the dates of 'Week 1' and 'Week 2' collections, see the calendar document.

Recycling

The council provides black boxes to recycle paper and card, and green boxes to recycle glass, plastic and cans. The green box has two spaces - one for glass, and one for plastic and cans.

• Items that can be recycled in your black boxes are: newspapers, magazines and flattened cardboard. Hardback books, drinks and milk cartons or large cardboard boxes are not accepted. Items that can be recycled in the green boxes are: plastic drink and detergent bottles, which need to be washed and squashed, drinks, tin food and aerosol cans, glass bottles and jars. Non-acceptable items include yoghurt pots, plastic bags, foil, other metal, pyrex, drinking glasses, crockery and broken glass.

NOTE: The nearest local recycling bank for paper, cardboard, bottles, glass, clothes and shoes is next to the steps at Petts Wood Station.

For further information or to obtain recycling boxes call 020 8313 4557 or e-mail: csc@bromley.gov.uk

A green garden waste collection service can be arranged (which is payable). Waste is taken to a local farm and recycled into compost. Green garden waste stickers cost £1 and should be attached to the bags. Stickers are available from libraries and the civic centre. To book the service, call free-phone 0800 389 3804 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) or See more information about this service

Refuse Centre

The nearest refuse centre is Waldo Road, Bromley BR2 9RB. You'll need a permit for the refuse centre which you can complete online. Any household or garden waste can be taken to the site during the opening times. Soil, brick, rubble and construction waste may be accepted for a fee according to weight. There are a number of recycling facilities for: paper and card, bottles, cans, car batteries, fridges and freezers, metals, textiles, oil and wellington boots. There is also a container for cement-bonded asbestos which needs to be put into at least two bags. Bromley residents need to bring their reuse and recycling permit in order to deposit bulky household and garden waste free of charge. Users not living within the borough will be charged £3 per visit. Trade or commercial waste will be weighed and a charge made according to the weight.

The centre is usually very busy at weekends so it might be wise to check out the centre's webcam to see what the queues are like before deciding to leave home.

Waldo Road Opening hours

Monday to Friday 7am to 5:30pm
Saturday 7:30 am to 4pm
Sunday 8am to 1pm
Bank Holidays 8am to 4pm

The centre is closed on 25th and 26th December and 1st January.

Bromley council offers a chargeable bulky waste collection service. Collections can be booked over the telephone or on-line. There is a minimum charge of £25. For details and more information call 020 8313 4557 or e-mail: csc@bromley.gov.uk

Your Local MP and Ward Councillors

• Your local MP is John Horam who can be contacted on 01689 820347
• The 3 Petts Wood & Knoll Ward Councillors are Tony Owen, Douglas Auld and Simon Fawthrop. Find out more about the councillors and their latest news updates.
• The three Cray Valley East Ward Councillors are Martin Curry, David McBride and Brenda Thompson.
• The three Cray Valley West Ward Councillors are Judi Ellis, Harry Stranger and Colin Willetts.

  Local Police  

Petts Wood & Knoll is headed up by Sgt John Kemp and his team based at Petts Wood. For non-emergencies you can call the team on 020 8721 2609 or 07920-233853. This phone is carried by a team member at all times when on duty.
Cray Valley East is headed up by Sgt Stuart Baker and his team based in St Mary Cray. For non-emergencies you can call the team on 0208 721 2821 or 07880 788 942. This phone is carried by a team member at all times when on duty.
Cray Valley West is headed up by Sgt David Conyers and his team is based in St Mary Cray. For non-emergencies you can call the team on 0208 721 2611 or 07920 233 851. This phone is carried by a team member at all times when on duty.

Household Emergencies

British Gas - 0800 111 999 (24 hours) - if you smell gas anywhere.

London Electricity - 0845 600 0102

Seeboard Power - 0800 783 8866

Water - 0845 920 0800 

For other types of emergencies and for further information contact Bromley Council on 020 8464 4848.

Other Useful Numbers

Graffiti & vandalism

Bromley Council will only remove graffiti that can clearly be seen from the street. Call 020 8313 4557 or email csc@bromley.gov.uk

For graffiti on:

• Post boxes, contact Royal Mail on 0845 774 0740 with the post box number
• BT phone boxes, contact British Telecom on 0800 661 610 providing the telephone number of the box or the road and nearest junction or you can report online at http://www.payphones.bt.com/publicpayphones/reportafault.htm
• Bus shelters (routinely cleaned every two to three weeks), contact Clear Channel on 0800 731 3699
• Bus stops, contact Surface Transport Call Centre on 0845 300 7000
• Railway bridges across the road and land owned by Network Rail, contact Network Rail on 0845 711 4141 or report online at http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/2709.aspx
• Electricity sub-stations, contact EDF Energy on 0845 601 4516, providing the sub-station number, your name and postcode

Legal Help

Community Legal Service Direct - 0845 345 4345 or see http://www.clsdirect.org.uk/ (provides free information, help and advice on common legal issues)

Nuisance-call Advice

0800 661 441 (free-phone 24 hours) for advice on dealing with unwanted calls and in extreme cases can work with the police to trace calls.

Phone Book

To order the Phone Book for your new home or business address call 0800-833 400

Re-directing your Post

Having your mail re-directed ensures you receive it and protects you from identity fraud. You can pick up a Moving Home redirection form from the Post Office or download one and order online at http://www.royalmail.com/

Local Libraries

Petts Wood:

Telephone: 01689 821607
Fax: 01689 896269
e-mail: mailto:pettswood.library@bromley.gov.uk

Address: Frankswood Avenue, Petts Wood BR5 1BP

Day Opening Times
Monday 9.30am - 8.00pm
Tuesday 9.30am - 6.00pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 9.30am - 8.00pm
Friday 9.30am - 6.00pm
Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm
Sunday Closed

St Paul's Cray

Telephone: 020 8300 5454
Fax: 020 8302 4669
e-mail: stpaulscray.library@bromley.gov.uk

Address: Mickleham Road, St Paul`s Cray BR5 2RW

Day Opening Hours
Monday 9.30am - 6.00pm
Tuesday 9.30am - 8.00pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 9.30am - 6.00pm
Friday 9.30am - 6.00pm
Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm
Sunday Closed

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At 10:43 on 13th October 2008, David W commented:

List of pharmacies does not include new one next to Clarks shoes Queensway, link to 'see more ..' does not work.
A useful list, and I have copied it onto MS Word, printed it to 4 sides - could this be made easy for less-literate computer users?

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At 05:59 on 24th October 2008, Jamie W commented:

Hello David,

Many thanks for your comments. I have now added the Petts Wood Pharmacy to the list- especially as it offers late night and Sunday services.

I have repaired the NHS link also so this now works.

Further to your suggestions, at the beginning of the article I have added the list as PDF and Word documents.

I hope that this helps but please come back if there is anything else that you find.

Best regards

Jamie Wright
Site Editor

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