main content Gritting the roads in winter

Each winter, our gritting fleet is on 24 hour standby to ensure that roads are free from ice and snow. 

We concentrate on 200 miles of the most heavily used routes and use detailed local forecasts from the London Met Office to predict when frost or ice is likely to form on the road surface.

Details

We provide salt bins for you at locations that are not on the priority routes as a self-help facility. See the salt bin location list for more details. 

We are legally required to treat roads in winter to ensure 'safe passage' as far as is reasonably practical. Our winter service policy sets out how we treat the roads and pavements and a map showing priority gritting routes.

A list of the roads we treat in anticipation of ice or frost is available. A list of roads we treat if icy conditions continue into the day is also available.  Information about weather conditions is available from the Met Office website.

Please note that Transport for London (TFL) is responsible for gritting Red Routes. In this borough they run along the A21 from the M25 to the Lewisham boundary at Bromley Hill and the A232 from Locksbottom (Croydon Road) to the boundary with Croydon at West Wickham High Street.

Contacts

Telephone: 020 8313 4621
E-mail: street.services@bromley.gov.uk

Snowline: 020 8313 4625 (operational only during office hours while snow is affecting the roads)

Address: Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH.

Office hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm