 Collections to start earlier due to heat
To protect our crews from the heat, our waste and recycling collections will start an hour earlier at 5:30am from this Wednesday to Friday (10 to 12 August).
Put your waste and recycling out the night before your collection day in order to avoid being missed.
Thank you for your cooperation in supporting our hard working crews. You can check your waste collection day on our website.
If you want more heatwave updates and information, sign up for Emergency Alerts using the button below.
 New dementia care home in Wokingham
A new 68 bed specialist dementia care home at Toutley East in Wokingham is on track to open in 2025.
This new state-of-the-art care facility would help make sure residents have access to the high-quality support they need in the borough.
It will allow them to stay close to family and friends, and help us reduce the high costs of having to place people in private care homes or outside of the area.
The new care home, which will be operated by Optalis, the council’s own social care provider, is expected to open in 2025, following which dementia care services would be moved across from the council’s existing Suffolk Lodge care home.
 Initial parcel lockers roll out complete
An initial roll out of InPost and Amazon parcel lockers in Wokingham Borough Council car parks across the borough is now complete, aiming to reduce the amount of carbon emissions from “last mile” deliveries.
Studies show that buyers visiting lockers to pick up their packages generates far less carbon dioxide than last mile deliveries, which are the final journey from a distribution centre to the customer’s doorstep.
Studies carried out by Last Mile Experts show that an InPost parcel locker can generate 66 per cent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than delivering a parcel directly in urban areas, and 90 per cent less in rural areas.
Each reduces CO2 by 14 tonnes annually, equivalent to 2,000 trees converting CO2 into oxygen or driving 35,000 fewer miles in an average petrol car.
Locations include our car parks in Rose Street in Wokingham and Station Road in Earley, as well as supermarkets and other businesses in towns and villages across the borough. There are plans for six more installations during August.
 New menu at Cantley Park Café
Cantley Park Café has announced a new summer menu from this week (8 August) which includes tasty options for vegans and a gluten-free range.
There is a new hot food range which includes bacon rolls and sausage rolls, as well as a selection of ice creams - a perfect summer treat for the warm weather we have been experiencing.
New items on the menu also include sandwiches, wraps and paninis, including a vegan and gluten-free range, salads and fruit.
There is indoor and outdoor seating available and there is an option to take away food with you. Everyone is welcome at the café, including well-behaved dogs.
The café is located in the grounds of Cantley Park in Twyford Road, Wokingham. The opening hours are Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm and Saturday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm. We look forward to welcoming you to the café.
 Shape borough’s new cycling and walking facilities
We’re currently consulting you on our Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP).
This is a strategic document which looks at how you're currently travelling so that we can work out the best places to improve paths and other infrastructure ideally over the next 10 years.
You can see specific proposals for different areas below:
- Shinfield
- Easthampstead Road, Wokingham
- Finchampstead Road, Wokingham
- London Road, Wokingham
- Spencers Wood
- Lower Earley Way
- Wargrave
- Barkham Road, Wokingham to Arborfield
- A4 Bath Road, Earley to Twyford/Wargrave
- Observer Way, Arborfield
- Woodley
- Oxford Road, Wokingham
- Wokingham to Bracknell Greenway
- Reading Road, Reading borough boundary (Earley) to Wokingham
- Twyford
- Nightingale Road, Woodley
- Church Road/Woodlands Avenue, Earley/Woodley
- Winnersh
What you might have missed
- There’s just over a week left to respond to our communications and engagement survey, shape how we communicate and consult with you going forward
- Do you have a favourite tree in Wokingham Borough? We’re looking for your tree stories to tell us about ones which matters to you and why by sending us a picture and telling us the story
- We’ve released our new programme of over-55s SHINE exercise classes at Wokingham Leisure Centre (Carnival Hub), starting at £5.20 per classes. See our full programme and register on our SHINE pages
- Dinton Pastures has a new children’s fun park just for the summer holidays, with rides and inflatables. It can be found next to the mini golf and The Coffee House
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