Leafing Season

As autumn arrives each year, the borough experiences some heavy leaf fall. This usually happens between October and December and during this time, we make some changes to our street cleansing schedules, to respond to this.

Schedule of road cleaning

Our dedicated leafing team will clear many roads once a week, from Monday 10 October to Friday 16 December 2022. If your street is on the list below it will be cleaned each week by the leafing team. If it is not then it will be cleaned every two weeks:

    • BOSTALL HILL
    • CHURCH MANORWAY
    • FEDERATION ROAD
    • GREENING STREET
    • LODGE HILL
    • LONGLEIGH LANE
    • MCLEOD ROAD
    • SHIELDHALL ROAD
    • OLD MILL ROAD
    • ST NICHOLAS ROAD
    • WICKHAM LANE
    • AUSTEN CLOSE
    • BOOTH CLOSE
    • CARLYLE ROAD
    • DISRAELI CLOSE
    • GOOSANDER WAY
    • LEONARD ROBBINS PATH
    • MALTHUS PATH
    • MARSHALL PATH
    • NASSAU PATH
    • OWEN CLOSE
    • PASSFIELD PATH
    • RICARDO PATH
    • ROWNTREE PATH
    • SEWELL ROAD
    • TAWNEY ROAD
    • TITMUSS AVENUE
    • WAREPOINT DRIVE
    • WHINCHAT ROAD
    • BEACONSFIELD ROAD
    • GLENLUCE ROAD
    • HARDY ROAD
    • HUMBER ROAD
    • MYCENAE ROAD
    • ST JOHNS PARK
    • VANBRUGH PARK WEST
    • VANBRUGH PARK
    • WESTCOMBE PARK ROAD
    • BENBOW STREET
    • BORTHWICK STREET
    • CARAVEL MEWS
    • CARRICK MEWS
    • DEPTFORD GREEN
    • WATERGATE STREET
    • CATHERINE GROVE
    • CROOMS HILL
    • GLOUCESTER CIRCUS
    • GREENWICH PARK STREET
    • HYDE VALE
    • MAZE HILL
    • PARK ROW
    • PARK VISTA
    • TUNNEL AVENUE
    • WOOLWICH ROAD
    • CASTERBRIDGE ROAD
    • COUTHURST ROAD
    • DURSLEY ROAD
    • FURZEFIELD ROAD
    • HASSENDEAN ROAD
    • GREEN LANE
    • HOLBURNE ROAD
    • LISKEARD ROAD
    • LYVEDEN ROAD
    • COURT ROAD
    • ELTHAM ROAD
    • LYME FARM ROAD
    • MOON COURT
    • RAVENS WAY
    • ROCHESTER WAY
    • SIDCUP ROAD
    • SOUTHBOURNE ROAD
    • SUNNYDALE ROAD
    • WEST PARK
    • WESTHORNE AVENUE
    • LEE ROAD FOOTPATH
    • LEE HIGH ROAD
    • BEGBIE ROAD
    • BROADWALK
    • EASTBROOK ROAD
    • HERVEY ROAD
    • KIDBROOKE GARDENS
    • KIDBROOKE GROVE
    • KIDBROOKE PARK ROAD
    • WEIGALL ROAD
    • WRICKLEMARSH ROAD
    • ZANGWILL ROAD
    • AVERY HILL
    • ACADEMY ROAD
    • DELAFIELD ROAD
    • ELLISCOMBE ROAD
    • INVERINE ROAD
    • VICTORIA WAY
    • WELLINGTON GARDENS
    • BEXLEY ROAD
    • CRAIGTON ROAD
    • CROOKSTON ROAD
    • CROUCH CROFT
    • DAIRSIE ROAD
    • EARLSHALL ROAD
    • ELTHAM GREEN
    • FAIR OAK DRIVE
    • GLENESK ROAD
    • GREEN WAY
    • NORTH PARK
    • OAKWAYS
    • JOHN WILSON STREET
    • ROCHESTER WAY
    • SHOOTERS HILL
    • WELL HALL ROAD
    • WOOLWICH NEW ROAD
    • SHOOTERS HILL ROAD
    • ATLAS GARDENS
    • BELSON ROAD
    • BORGARD ROAD
    • CANBERRA ROAD
    • CHARLTON PARK
    • CHARLTON PARK ROAD
    • CEMETERY LANE
    • DALLIN ROAD
    • DERRICK GARDENS
    • GENESTA ROAD
    • FOX CROFT ROAD
    • HORNFAIR ROAD
    • LANSDOWNE LANE
    • LITTLE HEATH
    • MARLBOROUGH LANE
    • PARK DRIVE
    • SUTLEJ ROAD
    • TORRANCE CLOSE
    • BREWERY ROAD
    • FOX CROFT ROAD
    • GRIFFIN ROAD
    • PLUM LANE
    • SHREWSBURY LANE
    • VERNHAM ROAD
    • WAVERLEY CRESCENT
    • BROOKHILL ROAD
    • HILLREACH
    • WOOLWICH COMMON
    • WROTTESLEY ROAD
    • WALMER TERRACE

Please note: If your road is listed, you will notice your cleansing day may have changed. This is only temporary and will return to normal after the leafing period is complete.

We will clean all other residential roads fortnightly during this period. Our teams will face extra cleansing on these roads, as they will also be clearing leaves which will take longer to complete.

What you can do to help

We ask residents to:

  • not sweep leaves from your gardens and driveways out onto the public highway, as this increases the workload
  • dispose of leaves as garden waste in your green top bins (or paper or corn starch bag).

Find out more about the food and garden waste collection service