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Library
The Harlow mobile library visits the village on alternate Fridays and stops outside the Social Club from 1600 - 1625, and in High View from 1630 - 1645.
2007 Visit dates are: 13th and 27th July; 10th and 24th August; 7th and 24th September; 5th and 19th October; 2nd 16th and 30th November; 14th and 28th December.
Police
The mobile police station no longer visits the village because of 'insufficient demand'. However it can be found at Birchanger Green Service Station on Thursdays from 1000 - 1100, except for the following dates when the times are 1115 - 1200: 3rd August, 31st August, 28th September, 26th October, 23rd november, 21st December. The dates for 2007 are 18th January, 15th February, 15th March. To contact the mobile police unit call 07989 335719.
It has not been easy contacting the police in this area. The local police station, at Stansted, is only open a few hours a week. At other times the phones (01279 812211) are diverted to Braintree or even Chelmsford. There is also an answering machine at Stansted on 01279 647680 which is checked daily, but you are unlikely to receive a reply unless you specifically ask for one.
There is now a neighbourhood policing team for this area who can be contacted on 07801 461666.
The usual advice applies - if you need the police quickly call 999.
Postal Collections
There are two postboxes in Birchanger Lane. The first is on the corner of Bradley Common, and the second is next to the Social Club sports ground, roughly opposite 246 Birchanger Lane.
Royal Mail no longer provides details sbout collection times. Now they just state what's the last time you should post something if it's to be collected that day.
The times for Birchanger are:
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Birchanger Lane |
| Mon - Fri |
1630 |
| Sat |
1150 |
Books of first and second class postage stamps are on sale in the Social Club.
Postcodes
| Sion House |
CM23 5PU |
| 30 - 71 Birchanger Lane |
CM23 5QA |
| 72 - 117 Birchanger Lane |
CM23 5QF |
| 209 - 227 (odds) Birchanger Lane |
CM23 5QJ |
| 249 - 315 (odds), 260 - 284 (evens) Birchanger Lane |
CM23 5QP |
| 317 - 363 (odds), 300 - 330 (evens) Birchanger Lane |
CM23 5QR |
| 202 - 244 (evens) Birchanger Lane |
CM23 5QH |
| Birchwood |
CM23 5QL |
| Bradley Common |
CM23 5QD |
| Duck End |
CM23 5QS |
| Harrisons |
CM23 5QT |
| High View |
CM23 5QG |
| Hillside Cottages |
CM23 5QB |
| Hillside End |
CM23 5QQ |
| Wood Lane |
CM23 5QN |
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| Rochford Close |
CM24 8LZ |
| Brook View |
CM24 8ES |
| Stoney PLace |
CM24 8PE |
| Start Hill |
CM22 7TA |
For other postcodes within Birchanger Parish including Forest Hall Road, The Pines and Stansted Road contact Royal Mail.
Refuse and Recycling
Uttlesford District council has now adopted a three-bin system as part of an effort to increase recycling levels in the District. Unless the Council has granted an exemption, each household has three wheelie bins. They are used as follows.
The small brown bin is for 'wet recycling', or kitchen waste. This includes all sorts of kitchen scraps, including chicken carcases, eggshells and flower heads. It is acceptable, though messay, to place this rebbish directly into the bin. However it can be wrapped in newspaper or placed in a cardboard box such as a ceral packet. It can also be placed in biodegradable bin liners such as those on sale at the Social Club (£6.99 for a roll of 50). Be careful, however - not all recyclable liners on sale locally will be accepted. For instance there are reports that the biodegradable bags sold by Tesco are unacceptable, whereas those from Sainsbury's are OK.
The large black bin with the green lid is for 'dry recycling'. This includes clean plastics, newspapers, foil, food trays, magazines, cardboard and tin cans (aluminium and steel).
The other large bin, with the grey lid, is for non-recyclables.
Note that glass, metals and textiles should not be placed in ANY bin - they should be taken to a recycling point.
If you have any recycling enquiries call the UDC Recycling Hotline on 01799 510344 or email recycling@uttlesford.gov.uk. The bins are emptied on Wednesdays. The wet recycling (brown) bin is emptied every week, while the other two are emptied alternately.
| Grey (Non-recyclable) |
Green (Dry recyclable) |
| 2008 |
| January 9, 23 |
January 3, 16, 30 |
| February 6, 20 |
February 13, 27 |
| March 5, 19 |
March 12, 27 |
| April 2, 16, 30 |
April 9, 23 |
| May 14, 29 |
May 14, 28 |
| June 11, 25 |
June 4, 18 |
| July 9, 23 |
July 2, 16, 30 |
| August 6, 20 |
August 13, 28 |
| September 3, 17 |
September 10, 24 |
| October 1, 15, 29 |
October 8, 22 |
| November 12, 26 |
November 5, 19 |
| December 10 |
December 3, 17 |
Collections are usually one day later (i.e. on Thursday) in weeks following a bank holiday.
A bottle bank and a newspaper recycling collection point are located in Birchwood at the junction of Wood Lane (close to the Social Club).
Rubbish Skip
Uttlesford has announced that it can no longer provide a free, unmanned, skip for villagers' rubbish. This is because of the increasing quantity of forbidden and dangerous material being deposited. Parish Councils will now have to pay for a manned skip.
Birchanger Parish Council has agreed that it will pay for the skip to visit the village from time to time.
The next skips will be on 3rd June, 18th August (half-day) and 18th November.
Telephones
Birchanger is on the 01279 dialling code, which also covers Stansted Airport, Bishop's Stortford and Harlow. ADSL broadband, including DSL Max, is available in the village from the Stansted exchange, but cable is not.
There is a public call box opposite 246 Birchanger Lane. Its number is 01279 812021. Private coin boxes can also be found in the Three Willows and the Social Club.
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