Public Utilities
Gas
To report a gas or carbon monoxide emergency, or if a pipeline is struck (even if no gas leak has occurred) call the National Gas Emergency Service 24 hours a day on 0800 111 999 (calls are recorded and may be monitored).
0800 111999
0800 111999
General Recycling
Fortnightly service for newspapers, tins and bottles collected from roadside. For information:
01353 863864
Milton Recycling Centre, Butts Lane, Milton:
01223 860674
Bins for bottles (glass and plastic), cans, paper & clothes at Burwell: Village College & Ex-service Club Bins for plastic bottles at Tan House Lane Garden / vegetable / wood waste: Burwell Allotments Shredder Plastics / clothes / bottles: Tesco Supermarkets.
01353 863864
Milton Recycling Centre, Butts Lane, Milton:
01223 860674
Bins for bottles (glass and plastic), cans, paper & clothes at Burwell: Village College & Ex-service Club Bins for plastic bottles at Tan House Lane Garden / vegetable / wood waste: Burwell Allotments Shredder Plastics / clothes / bottles: Tesco Supermarkets.
Water & Sewerage
Electricity
Energy Conservation
Insulate your home to save money and reduce CO2 emmisions. Arrange a no obligation survey of your home.
Contact: HEAT Cambridgeshire Scheme:
08000930450
ECDC Energy Conservation Officer:
01353 616251
08000930450
ECDC Energy Conservation Officer:
01353 616251
Power cut?
Working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep your lights on but sometimes faults occur.
0800 3163105 (From Landline)
03333232105 (From Mobile)
Web
Text POWER and your postcode to 80876
0800 3163105 (From Landline)
03333232105 (From Mobile)
Web
Text POWER and your postcode to 80876
Refuse / Recycling
Check Dates by Postcode/Address
Normal weekly collection on Thursdays or Fridays Large articles can be collected free of charge (not bathroom or kitchen fittings):
01353863864
Events
Local Area Events
Events Calendar
Burwell Museum Cambridge Events Visit Ely
Local Area Events (Skiddle)
Burwell Museum Cambridge Events Visit Ely
Local Area Events (Skiddle)
Action
Médecins Sans Frontières
MSF Web Site
Area Photos
Village News
UK's biggest solar farm approved for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
Latest Proposals
Project and
Current Status
Millstone Park Housing Development
(350 new homes)
Linden Homes
Web Site
Planning Docs
This Land -
Councillors
Express Concerns
This Land -
Council plays down
fears over loan
This Land Business Plan?
(350 new homes)
Linden Homes
Web Site
Planning Docs
This Land -
Councillors
Express Concerns
This Land -
Council plays down
fears over loan
This Land Business Plan?
BBC News
One dead after crash at level crossingNational Rail says disruption to lines between Cambridge North and Ely will continue until this afternoon.
Chance encounter that ended with a student's murderChas Corrigan has never explained why he stabbed Mohammed Algasim to death in summer 2025.
Reserve restores '168 football pitches' of landLakenheath Fen is helping wildlife to thrive again by rewetting a 296-acre plot of land.
F-5 Tiger II replica gifted to former airbaseA heritage centre says the aircraft will be on its site ready for visitors on Easter Sunday.
School that dropped Pepys name chooses replacementDiarist Samuel Pepys no longer has a house named after him, due to his "relations with women".
Man guilty of murdering Saudi Arabian studentA man is found guilty of stabbing a student who was studying at a summer school in Cambridge.
Your Voice – on your local BBCTell your local BBC team about the issues you would like to see them investigate.
Cambridge winning title 'not a must' for MpanzuPelly Ruddock Mpanzu says chasing the League Two title is not the major priority for Cambridge United with 12 games left to play.
Hindu temple wins first round fight over sale to mosqueA judge rules against the council, which has decided to sell a building to an Islamic group.
Voting at shopping centres to be piloted in May electionsFindings from the experiment will be published later this year and inform future electoral reform.
New Darwin Green school date 'wildly optimistic'A Cambridge school initially hoped to open in September 2020, but still has no planning permission.