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Winter service

Make sure you are prepared for winter this year. Follow our twitter feed @ LBofHavering for up to date information on ice alerts, the weather forecast and when we will be out gritting.

Warm Spaces are heated, safe and friendly places and are free to use for anyone struggling to heat their home.

Find locations in Havering

Warm coats can be picked up by anyone for free from our libraries.

Find out more about the Warm Coats Initiative

Our fleet of gritters are out working hard to help keep the roads clear, so everyone can get around the borough safely during the current winter weather.

We also have teams out keeping pavements and bridges as clear as possible.

We’ve got:

  • 4 gritting lorries
  • 2,000 tonnes of salt in our depot – enough to grit up to over 380 miles of roads and sufficient for almost three weeks of continuous snowfall
  • a team of winter heroes on-call 24/7 including weekends

Find out more about gritting in Havering

Collection days change over the Christmas period.

Check the collection service changes page for details

In the event of heavy snow, rubbish and recycling collections may be delayed. We will keep the website up to date to let you if this happens and what roads are affected.

Check for service disruption

In severe weather local schools may be affected.

Parents are advised to check individual schools' websites, social media and Time FM for the latest updates.

View list of school websites

Many transport services can be affected such as buses and trains.

For the underground and buses visit the Transport for London status checker for updates.

For overground train services visit the National Rail website.

There are online resources for roads such as Google Maps and Essex Highways giving updates on queues and traffic.

The Met Office issues severe weather warnings giving detail on the likely impact to services in the area.

Visit the Met Office website

There are also updates on local radio such as Time FMand Heart FM.

Find out how to stay healthy during winter and where to get help if you need it.

Find out more about staying healthy

Find out how to stay safe this winter with our safety and security tips.

Find out more about staying safe

We have plans in place to help the homeless over the winter period but if you are concerned you can tell us about the person and where they are.

Tell us about homelessness

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