New to the Vale?
If you have just moved to the Vale, welcome! We hope you are settling into your new home and to the area.
This website offers lots of information about the services we provide. To help you get started, here are some links to pages that you might find helpful.
Rubbish, recycling and waste
- Find out when your rubbish and recycling is collected using the My Vale postcode search
- Find out what you can put out for recycling, and how to order extra green recycling boxes in our Recycling pages
- Find out how to join our brown bin scheme and get your garden and cardboard waste collected every fortnight for £36.50 a year in our Garden waste pages
Council Tax
- Find out how much your council tax bill is for your property using the My Vale postcode search
- Find out how you can pay this bill and if you are eligible for any discounts or exemptions in our Council tax pages
Benefits
- Find out how if you are eligible for housing or council tax benefits, and how to apply if you are, in our Benefits pages
- Find out how to apply for a free bus pass if you are over 60 or disabled in our Assisted travel and bus pass pages.
Your new home
- Thinking of making alterations to your new home? Find out how to apply for planning permission or building regulations approval in our Planning pages
- Find out how to save energy in your new home in our Saving energy pages
How to have your say
- Find out how to register to vote in the Vale in our Elections and electoral registration pages
- Sign up to our residents panel to help have your say and help shape council plans and policies
About the Vale
- Find out about the clubs, societies, voluntary groups and leisure groups in your area by searching through the Oxfordshire Key
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database - Find out about the leisure facilities on offer in the Vale, including sports centres and parks, in our Leisure and arts pages
About this Council
- Find out who your local Councillor is using the My Vale postcode search
- Want to know more about the Council? See our Who we are and How we work pages for more details
- Find out about the latest Council news on our News and events pages, or by reading the latest edition of Unvaled, our regular newsletter for residents
If you have any other questions or queries please get in touch using the contact details on the right, or pop into our Local Services Points in Abingdon, where staff will be able to help you access a range of public services.
For details about schools and education please see Oxfordshire County Council's website
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Find local facilities
- Find your nearest library.
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- Oxfordshire NHS - find a GP, dentist, out of hours pharmacy.
- UpMyStreet - find out information about an area - from actual property prices to the neighbourhood's favourite newspaper.
- Broadband Expert - a number of useful free resources including a broadband availability checker, broadband speed checker, a comparison service and customer reviews of different broadband providers and mobile broadband providers.
- Broadband Genie is a free-to-use, broadband consumer advice website.
- Cable.co.uk is a broadband/digital TV/phone comparison site accredited by Ofcom.
- Choose Broadband - Independently run broadband comparison site.
Last reviewed: 19 - 03 - 2012