Sevenoaks Local Information
Sevenoaks bin days, tip booking, parking charges, council tax bands, school term dates and trains to London, each one linked to its official source.
Featured
Sevenoaks Bin Collection Days: Sacks End Friday 9 October
Last sacks go out in the week to Friday 9 October; wheelie bins start on the 12th. Look up your first recycling week, the seal rule and what goes in.
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Parking
Parking in Sevenoaks: from £1.10 an hour, £5.30 all day
Every council car park and bay priced. The cheapest is St Johns at £1.10 an hour and £3.20 for four hours, and two council car parks cost nothing at all.
Council Tax
Sevenoaks Council Tax Bands 2026/27: Band A-H Charges
Band D in Sevenoaks town is £2,563.23 for 2026/27. Look up your own bill: every band, A to H, in all 31 parishes, from £2,452 in Brasted to £2,615 in Edenbridge.
Rail
Sevenoaks to London Trains: Times, 2026 Fares & Last Train
Charing Cross in 32 minutes and an annual season at £4,600, frozen until 2027. Times to all four terminals, weekly and monthly fares, and the last train home.
Recycling
Sevenoaks Tip Opening Times: 8am to 4.30pm, Book First
Sevenoaks tip at Dunbrik opens 8am to 4.30pm, 9am to 4pm Sundays. How to book a free slot, same day or two weeks ahead, plus Swanley times and charges.
Garden Waste
Sevenoaks Garden Waste Collection Dates: Weeks Move 12 Oct
Some permit holders switch collection week on 12 October; the council's emails telling them were due in late September. Sacks paused 12 to 16 Oct. £65 a year.
Schools
Kent School Term Dates 2026/27: Ten Schools, Ten Calendars
Kent's half term is 26 to 30 October, but nine of the ten Sevenoaks schools we checked finish on 16 October, and six break up for Christmas on 10 December.
Schools
Sevenoaks Secondary School Places: Five Deadlines, Not One
Kent's deadline is 2 November, but Knole Academy's arts places close on 7 October and both grammar schools with Sevenoaks campuses still print 31 October.
Bins
Sevenoaks Christmas Bin Collections 2026/27: What to Expect
Sevenoaks District Council has not published its Christmas 2026 collection dates. Here is last year's pattern, and why wheelie bins make this one different.
Trains
Sevenoaks Christmas Trains 2026: No Service on the 25th
No trains at all on Christmas Day, and Boxing Day moves to Monday 28 December. Day by day from 24 December to 4 January, plus what Southeastern must confirm.
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Roadworks
Sevenoaks Roadworks: Twelve New Kent Closures and Four M20 Nights
Kent adds 12 Sevenoaks closures, from Lime Tree Walk on 5 October to the A25 at Sundridge on 22 October, and the M20 westbound shuts for four nights.
Planning
Sevenoaks Planning Portal: Direct Link, 21 Days to Object
Search any Sevenoaks application by postcode or reference on Public Access, free and no account needed. You get 21 days to comment, and here is what counts.
Crime
Sevenoaks crime rate: 52.5 per 1,000, 37% below average
Sevenoaks recorded 52.5 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, 37% below the England and Wales rate. The Home Office figures, and what they miss.
House Prices
Sevenoaks house prices: £538,714 average, up 1.0%
The average Sevenoaks home sold for £538,714 in July 2026, up 1.0% in a year. Prices by town and village, from Shoreham at £930,000 to Swanley at £400,000.
Parking
Free Parking in Sevenoaks: Two Car Parks Free All Week
Holmesdale Road and Holly Bush Recreation Ground are free every day, and the council lists them in no tariff. Every other free hour in town, checked.