Aylesbury Local Information
Practical local information for Aylesbury: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
Top story
Aylesbury Roadworks: Blackgrove Shut Again to 8 October
Blackgrove Road at Waddesdon shuts 7am to 7pm on weekdays until 8 October, and Bridgeway in Cuddington goes onto 24-hour lights to 12 October.
More stories
Local Info
Aylesbury Bin Days: Food Weekly, Green Bin Every 2 Weeks
Food waste weekly, blue-lidded recycling and the 140-litre green bin fortnightly. Every round slides a day in the bank holiday week, and garden waste is £65.
Local Info
Parking in Aylesbury: Walton Street Is £4 Cheaper All Day
Over five hours costs £4.30 at Walton Street and £8.30 at Exchange Street. Sundays and bank holidays cost £1.80 everywhere, and Hale Street charges Blue Badges.
Local Info
Aylesbury Council Tax Bands 2026/27: Band D Is £2,626
Band D in Aylesbury Town is £2,626.21 this year, up 5.4%. The full A to H table, the four precepts behind it, and why Buckingham has the county's top bill.
Local Info
Aylesbury house prices: £315,000 town, £485,000 villages
The typical Aylesbury home sold for £315,000 last year. In the vale's villages the median was £485,000. Land Registry sales, parish by parish.
Local Info
Aylesbury train times to London: 56 mins, £5,328 a year
Aylesbury to Marylebone takes 56 minutes at best and £5,328 a year. Wendover is faster and £1,092 cheaper. Times, fares and station parking compared.
Local Info
Things to do in Aylesbury: £8 museum, free Wendover Woods
The Bucks museum is £8 and the Roald Dahl gallery £9.50. Wendover Woods and College Lake are free to enter. Ten places near Aylesbury, prices checked this week.
Local Info
Aylesbury planning: 9 of 10 new settlements are in the vale
Nine of the draft Local Plan's ten strategic new settlements are in the Aylesbury Vale: 26,100 homes by 2045. Cabinet decides on submission on 10 November.
Bins
Aylesbury Christmas Bin Collections 2026/27: What to Expect
Garden waste stops on 14 December and restarts 25 January. The 2026 Christmas bin dates are not out yet: here is last year's table and how it moved.
Bins
Aylesbury Tip Opening Times: Rabans Close Shut to December
Aylesbury's Rabans Close tip is shut for drainage works until December. Aston Clinton is open 9am to 4pm daily from 1 October, closed Christmas Day.
Schools
Aylesbury School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Terms and INSET
Bucks schools break for half term 26 to 30 October and for Christmas on 18 December. Sir Henry Floyd and Mandeville take two weeks off in October.
Families
Aylesbury October Half Term: What's On 26 to 31 October
Bucks half term runs 26 to 30 October 2026. Free Halloween activities in the town centre on 29 October, £4 museum crafts daily and a torchlit doll hunt.
Trains
Aylesbury Christmas Trains: Last Train and Boxing Day Gap
No trains ran at Aylesbury on Boxing Day 2025 and the last Christmas Eve train left Marylebone at 21.15. The 2026 times are not out yet: last year's pattern.