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Councils
Badgers Mount is a Ward of
Shoreham
Parish Council, under
Sevenoaks District Council.
Badgers Mount has 3 councillors on Shoreham Parish Council, which normally holds
two meetings each month.
Some of their
meetings are held in the Memorial Hall. The Parish Council has a notice board on
the Orpington Bypass, opposite Badgers Road, which includes a map of the whole Parish.
Refuse collections
Normal collection days are:
Tuesday for Badgers Rise, Christies Avenue, Crest Close, Old London Road,
Orpington Bypass, Sandersons Avenue and Woodlands View.
Friday for Badgers Road, Highland Road, Johnsons Avenue and Milton
Avenue.
There is also a garden waste collection on alternate Tuesdays
and Fridays (as above).
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.
Transport
Buses - The
402 bus runs between Bromley and Tunbridge Wells, along Old London Road
with stops near the Roundabout and near Badgers Rise and the footpath linking to
Orpington Bypass, Badgers Road etc. Change at Green Street Green for Orpington
and surrounding areas; Sevenoaks for its rural areas.
Trains -
Knockholt Station is about half a mile towards Orpington along Old
London Road from Badgers Rise, and has services to London and Sevenoaks.
Both bus and train services are hourly during the day, with additional services
on weekday mornings and late afternoons. Weekend and evening services are more
restricted.
Footpaths - There is an extensive network of footpaths around Badgers
Mount and the adjacent countryside. The map on the Parish Council notice board
shows all officially numbered footpaths in the Parish and there are also many
other unnumbered paths in the woods. We also have some A4 maps showing the main
footpaths.
Contact Gordon Plumb 01959 534279 if you would like a copy.
Post -There are 2 letter boxes in Badgers Mount – one
in Badgers Road (last collection not before 4.45pm) and one next to the
bus stop in Old London Road near Badgers Rise and the footpath linking to
Orpington Bypass (5.00pm, 12.00 noon Sunday). There are also 2 in Halstead which
are fairly close - one in Shoreham Lane near the roundabout (5.00pm) and one on
the corner of Watercroft Road and Old London Road (4.45pm).
Saturday collections are made much earlier, by the postman as he passes the
boxes on his delivery round.
Shops - Badgers Mount does not have any shops.
In Halstead, Hancocks Newsagents sells newspapers and magazines and a
variety of confectionery, groceries etc. Unfortunately they cannot deliver
newspapers to Badgers Mount. Next door to Hancocks is Halstead Post Office,
which provides all Post Office services including car tax and foreign currency.
Milk delivery
Dairy Crest Ltd delivers to Badgers Mount on alternate days from their
Orpington depot : 01689 852366.
Memorial Hall
The Memorial 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 Barry Saunders, bookings secretary,
01959 534536.
Regular weekly classes etc include:
Ballet, jazz, tap and ballroom dancing
Barber shop singers
Coffee morning
Dog training
Pilates and yoga
Local organisations
As well as the Badger Mount Residents' Association, there are the following organisations
in Badgers Mount.
New members are always welcome:
Conservative Association - chairman John Grint 01959 532809
Neighbourhood Watch - The Badgers Mount NHW,
chairman Trevor Simmons 01959 534454
Road Maintenance Fund - More info
(for maintaining the surface of the unadopted roads east of the Orpington
Bypass) - chairman Albert Thomas 01959 534353
Women's Institute - www.bmra.info/wi
secretary Pat Haywood 01959 534858
Shoreham Youth Club - Meets every Monday 6:30-8:30pm. at the
Shoreham Village Hall, term time only.
£1 subscription each Monday. During school holidays the odd day out is organised
rather than Monday nights.
For more details please contact Christine Gray on 532946 (evenings only).
Halstead organisations
In Halstead, there are a number of organisations which some Badgers Mount
Residents' belong to, including:
Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Brownies
Halstead Players (amateur dramatics)
Monthly Whist Drive (third Thursday 7.45pm.)
Women's Institute
Cricket, Football and Netball clubs
Horticultural Society and a Flower Club
Various Keep Fit, Dancing etc. classes
Halstead Youth Club (Friday Evenings)
Churches
The nearest church is
St
Margaret's in Halstead (CoE).
There is also a service in the Memorial Hall on the 4th Sunday of each month,
afternoon in winter, evening in summer.
Other denominations are available in Knockholt, Orpington, Otford, and
Sevenoaks.
Social events
Calendar
Various events put on by the local organisations, mainly in the Memorial
Hall include:
Weekly coffee mornings – Thursdays, 10.30 to 12.00
Carols evening on a Saturday evening in early December
New Years Eve party to welcome in the New Year
Occasional whist drives, quiz or race nights, summer social events etc.
Mobile Library
The mobile library van stops in the Memorial Hall car park on alternate
Thursdays, from 10.45 to 11.20, during the coffee mornings.
School
The nearest primary school is in Halstead,
Halstead Community Primary School, 01959 532224, and there is a separate
Nursery school for pre school age children on the site, 07950 681846.
Medical
The nearest doctors’ surgeries are in Chelsfield, Green Street Green,
Otford and Sundridge. Some residents use surgeries in Orpington and
Sevenoaks.
Dentists are available in Chelsfield, Green Street Green, Orpington,
Otford, Riverhead, and Sevenoaks.
The main A&E hospitals are in Farnborough and Tunbridge Wells, and
Sevenoaks Hospital has a minor injuries unit which is open 8am to 8pm every day
except Christmas Day.
Police
PCSO Dave Birchall is our Community Officer, and he covers the Parishes of
Dunton Green, Otford and Shoreham, which includes Badgers Mount. He holds
‘surgeries’ where residents can discuss any Police related issues, currently in
conjunction with the Thursday coffee mornings at approximately 2 monthly
intervals, or can be contacted at Sevenoaks Police Station, 01732 379371. For
urgent matters, e.g. crimes in progress, accidents etc., dial 999.
Updated: 26/01/08
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