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Our new community Police Officer is PC Nick Williams, he is based at Craven Arms Police Station
and can be contacted by phone on 0300 333 3000 extn 666 02
Local Police Surgeries are held in the Village Shop on Thursday mornings - Please see Shop notice board for times and dates.
 
Emergency call 999

Non-emergency call 08457 444 888

The nearest Post Office is based in the Village Shop, it is open on Monday and Thursday mornings from 9.30am - 11.30am

The nearest banks are:
    HSBC      -  Bishop's Castle, Craven Arms and Church Stretton.
    Barclays  -  Bishop's Castle, Craven Arms and Church Stretton.
    Lloyds     -  Ludlow  and Church Stretton.
    NatWest  -  Ludlow.
   

The nearest surgery is at Bishop's Castle.
Bishop's Castle Medical Practice, Schoolhouse Lane, Bishop's Castle SY9 5ER
General Enquiries 01588 638 285
Outside of surgery opening times you will hear a recorded message giving details of how to contact a doctor.
For advice on any medical matter you can call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47

Bishop's Castle   - Kneale & Butler         01588 638 581
Church Stretton - Clapworthy & Jones  01694 722 660
                    -  Lyness                      01694 722 862

Local Hospital telephone numbers:
Shrewsbury      01743 261000
Ludlow           01584 872201
Bishop's Castle  01588 638220

Lydbury North is part of the  Shropshire Council scheme to reduce household waste as much as possible. Residents are given two wheelie bins and a green box. Black wheelie bin - Non-recyclable waste ( plastics, cat litter etc) Green wheelie bin - for bio-digestible waste ( garden waste, food waste, cardboard etc) Green box - for re-cyclable waste ( Newspaper, magazines, junk mail, tins, glass) The Black wheelie bin is emptied on Friday and the following Friday the Green box and the Green wheelie bin are emptied. A calendar of dates is available from the Council. For more information about Wheelie Bins and Re-Sort telephone 0345 678 9007 A large Household Waste Recycling Centre is based at Craven Arms, this will take large items, e.g. soil, engine oil, electrical equipment. Some plastic waste (plastic bottles, carrier bags) can be recycled here. A smaller recycling facility is based at Bishop's Castle Business Park (bottle banks, newspapers etc) Bank Holidays: There will be no collection of domestic refuse on bank holidays. ALL rubbish collections during a bank holiday week will be made one day later than usual. i.e. Friday collections will be on a Saturday.

The nearest library is at Bishop's Castle, it has internet facilities. Telephone 01588 638215.
It is based at Enterprise House, which also has computing and photocopying facilities.

A mobile library visits Lydbury North every two weeks on a Monday  from 9.30 - 9.45am. (please check with Bishop's Castle Library)
The Mobile Library is based at Bishop's Castle Library.

To check if local schools are open,  during severe winter weather  (heavy snowfall) please ring 01743 252 080.
Please note  - this line is only activated during severe weather.
Alternatively, Radio Shropshire has regular updates of school closures . If you suffer from bad reception try listening through broadband by clicking on this link. RADIO SHROPSHIRE LIVE

Contacting your council 0345 678 9000 (Switchboard)

Shropshire LINK Bookings 0345 678 9068

553 is the regular bus service from Bishop's Castle to Shrewsbury, run by Minsterley coaches.  Click here for TIMES

Bus Services are being re organised. Therefore no details are available at present.

Dial-a-Ride
Bishop's Castle & District Dial-a-Ride operates a regular Friday morning service into Bishop's Castle, it provides by arrangement an on-demand service to any person with a transport need. Dial-a-Ride operates a small bus which takes individuals or groups of up to 12 or 13 (check with co-ordinator). A rear lift  is fitted for wheelchair users, and a helper can be arranged to travel with the less able.
Bookings must be made in advance via the co-ordinator 01588 638 350

To check road traffic conditions in the local area please click on this link. ROAD TRAVEL

Craven Arms Taxis                  01588 660 448

The nearest train station is at Craven Arms, on the Wales and Borders line, local trains to Ludlow and Shrewsbury.
Trains are run by Arriva.

Allwood & Jones
Crowgate Veterinary Surgery
Bishop's Castle Business Park
Bishop's Castle SY9 5BX
01588 638356