Hillingdon Council’s 2026/27 Garden Waste bag tags are orange, and they’re on their way to this coming year’s subscribers. We remain unconvinced that having plastic tags is necessary, and we are even less convinced that it was worth spending £137,000 more on them this year (figures from this year’s budget – it seems an astronomical […]
The London Borough of Hillingdon has opened renewals for the 2026/27 Garden Waste Collection Service, at the revised price of £77 for the year (up from £70 last year). This year subscribers will have orange tags to put onto their garden waste bags. 2026/27 Garden Waste Subscriptions Annual fee: £77.00 for the year from 1st […]
We looked into why Global Media is screwing plastic boards under the railway bridge instead of pasting paper – and the answer might surprise you. If you passed the large advertising board under the railway bridge at Ruislip Manor station in the last couple of months you might have noticed that the advertising billboard on […]
Your residents’ association attends the quarterly Thames Regional Flood & Coastal Committee to ensure we have an eye on any changes to flood risk management and the activities of statutory authorities beyond our local Council, as Lead Local Flood Authority, to include the Environment Agency and Thames Water. Consultation now open There is a current […]
At the Ruislip Residents’ Association General Meeting on September 30, 2025, the poor quality of the new compostable food waste bags was a popular topic of discussion. Residents expressed strong dissatisfaction with the new caddy liners, describing them as “dreadful” and “not fit for purpose”. The main complaints centred on the bags’ lack of durability. […]
Historically, Ruislip is in the hundred of Elthorne, in the county of Middlesex, but for modern administrative purposes it is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Answers to many questions about services in and around Ruislip can be found on Hillingdon’s website:
Areas surrounding Ruislip are covered by other Residents’ Associations, so here are links to them:
