Hemel Hempstead Local Information
Practical local information for Hemel Hempstead: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Hemel Hempstead Bin Days: Bank Holiday Week Runs Late
Nothing is collected on Monday 31 August and every Dacorum round that week shifts a day later. Garden waste £60, bulky waste £57, missed bins cost £53.
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Parking in Hemel Hempstead: Every Tariff, Sundays Too
Dacorum's car parks charge 8am to 6pm seven days, and two Hemel on-street bays run to 10pm. Full tariffs, the free bays, permits and station prices.
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Hemel Hempstead Council Tax: Band D Is £2,381.40
Hemel Hempstead pays Dacorum's lowest council tax at £2,381.40 on band D. Full A to H table for all 17 areas, and the parish that put its precept up 43.8%.
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Hemel Hempstead house prices: £441,240, Berkhamsted £754k
The average Hemel Hempstead home sold for £441,240 last year, Berkhamsted £754,424. Prices by town and property type, straight from Land Registry data.
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Hemel Hempstead to London trains: 29 mins, £4,904 a year
Fast trains reach Euston in 29 minutes and the last one home leaves at 01:39. Times from Hemel, Berkhamsted and Tring, plus 2026 fares and season tickets.
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Hemel Hempstead Roadworks: Queensway, London Road Shut
Queensway, the Leighton Buzzard Road roundabout and London Road at Boxmoor have closure orders from 1 October. M1 northbound shut at night to 20 October.
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Things to do in Hemel Hempstead: free museum, £28.80 ski
The Natural History Museum at Tring and Berkhamsted Castle are free, an hour on real snow costs £28.80. Days out in Hemel, Berkhamsted and Tring, with prices.
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Hemel Hempstead planning: Tring's 1,400 homes not justified
Inspectors say Dacorum has not justified 1,400 homes east of Tring, and the plan is 923 homes short. What that means for the Local Plan, and for Hemel.
Bins
Hemel Hempstead Christmas Bins: 2026 Dates Not Out Yet
Dacorum has not published its Christmas 2026 bin dates. The last time Christmas fell on a Friday, collections moved early before it and a day late after.
Schools
Hemel Hempstead Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term 26 Oct
Herts schools break for half term on Friday 23 October and for Christmas on Friday 18 December. Every 2026/27 holiday, plus four Dacorum schools' own dates.
Trains
Hemel Hempstead Christmas Trains: No Service 25 Dec
No trains from Hemel Hempstead on Christmas Day, few or none on 26 December, and early finishes on Christmas Eve. What we know about 2026 so far.
Bins
Hemel Hempstead Tip: Open 10am to 5.30pm, Shut Tue and Wed
Hemel Hempstead tip on Eastman Way opens 10am to 5.30pm, shut Tuesday and Wednesday. Berkhamsted shuts Thursday and Friday. Christmas days and the ePass.
What's On
Hemel Hempstead Half Term: 26 to 30 October, What's On
October half term in Dacorum runs 26 to 30 October. Free Old Town Halloween fireworks on the 25th, a free animal drop-in at The Marlowes on the 26th, and more.