Ruislip Woods Trust (RWT) has for many years had serious concerns over London Borough of Hillingdon’s (LBH) management of the Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve (NNR) and especially following the retirement of The Woodland Officer in December 2023 which has left just one Woodland Ranger to deliver both the Long Term and 5 year Plans […]
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Survey results after the first of the paid-for garden waste collections
In the first week of London Borough of Hillingdon’s new paid-for subscription garden waste collection service we are running a survey to ask for residents’ experiences on how things went. With Ruislip and Ruislip Manor’s first collections being on Monday and Tuesday, starting the survey on Tuesday afternoon meant that we could capture the early […]
How to order more green tags for your Hillingdon garden waste recycling bags
This week sees the last free garden waste recycling collection from Ruislip and Ruislip Manor. For collections from next week, you’ll need to have subscribed to the £70 service. Is it three tags? Or Six? When you subscribe to the service, you’ll be sent three tags. Unless you ask for more bags while you’re subscribing, you […]
How Hillingdon’s paid-for garden waste service will work from July, and what are the alternatives?
After announcing their plans to charge £70 for garden waste collections in final draft of the 2025/26 budget, London Borough of Hillingdon ran a “consultation” where they asked for residents’ views on the charge. The consultation results have been published, considered by Councillor Eddie Lavery, and the £70 charge has been confirmed as going ahead. […]
Watering Ruislip’s Community Orchard with Hillingdon’s new Mayor, Philip Corthorne
Wednesday 21st of May saw the Mayor of Hillingdon, Cllr. Philip Corthorne, (the long serving councillor for the Ruislip ward), join with the Ruislip Residents’ Association, (RRA), to water the 20-tree Community Orchard planted on Ruislip Common to celebrate the centenary of the RRA The event is part of our Council’s campaign to encourage residents to water urban and street trees […]
