Important Alerts and Reminders

Welcome to our alerts page. Here you will find important information about disruptions to council services. These can include school closures, bin collections, winter gritting, path clearance, and road conditions. These alerts can help you stay safe, and help you plan ahead at this time of year.

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GENERAL ALERT: Plessey Woods Country Park Cafe to close for refurbishment from Tues 26 Aug for approx 12 weeks

We are about to renovate our cafe to make it a more inviting, modern space for our visitors.
Unfortunately, this means we will have to close the cafe from Tuesday 26 August.

The park and toilets will remain open as usual.
We expect the renovation to take 12 weeks, with an anticipation of opening at the end of November.

BIN COLLECTION ALERT: Missed Recyclin bins in the Widdrington area

Due to Vehicle breakdowns we are anticipating that there may be some bins in the Widdrington area that we will be unable to collect on Thursday 21st. We are sending a crew to collect any missed bins on Friday 22nd, please leave your bins out for collection.

ROAD ALERT: Overnight resurfacing works: #A69 from 4 August until 29 August (7pm - 7am) on weeknights only.

Overnight resurfacing works: #A69 #Northumberland #Newcastle

National Highways are resurfacing the A69 between Corbridge and Newcastle, creating safer journeys in this area.

Work will take place over four weeks from 4 August until 29 August (7pm - 7am) on weeknights only.

This work will be carried out in phases in the following areas:

• Bays Leap eastbound near Heddon
• Horsley to Heddon eastbound
• Nafferton to Ovington westbound
• Styford Roundabout to Shaw House near Corbridge
• Stagshaw Interchange westbound entry slip near Corbridge

To keep drivers and the workforce safe, we'll need overnight lane closures, with a convoy system in place ??????

When surfacing is carried out at Horsley to Heddon and Stagshaw slip road, adjoining slip roads will be closed with a diversion route clearly indicated.

There will also be speed restrictions within the lane closures.

If you’re planning to travel in the area during these closures, please allow more time for your journey.

Please note that works are weather dependent, so dates are subject to change.