Doctors
Hospitals
Transport
Emergency
Services
Refuse
Recycling
Doctors
The Phoenix Medical Centre
They covers the villages of Burham and Eccles. There are three General Practitioners and a full range of ancillary staff. The practice has its own dispensary.
Find them at: Bell Lane, Burham or Mackenders Lane, Eccles
Call them at: (01634) 867982
Or go to their website: http://www.phoenixsurgery-burham.nhs.uk/
Find a dentist
Prescription Collection Service
This is a service offered to the household which is managed by a group of volunteers.
Call Rachel Harris at: 07725 289194
Burham Surgery Opening Times
Dispensary Opening Times
Hospitals
Transport
Buses
Nu Venture run the buses through the Village
Nu Venture: 01622 882288
Railways
There are mainline stations at Maidstone, Chatham and Rochester with fast and frequent services to London and the Kent coast. There are high speed trains available from/to St Pancras to Ramsgate via Snodland and Maidstone.
Tel: (0345) 322 7021
For up-to-date information go to: southeasternrailway.co.uk
Nu-venture run the buses through the village
For Nu-venture enquiries phone (01622 882288)
Emergency
Police
The following are the appointed officers for Burham and the adjacent villages:
PCSO Ms Georgia Marshall: 101
Community Warden: 07813 694140
To contact the police for non-emergency matters: 101
In the case of a genuine emergency: 999
Defibrillator information
The defibrillator was installed in November 2014. The equipment itself was donated after Georgina Nicolettos, assistant to Chatham and Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch, after running the London Marathon in April 2014 to raise funding for defibrillators locally. The casing required to house the equipment was purchased with the generous funding of local residents and local companies.
A 2nd Defibrillator has been installed at the Garage, between the shutter doors of the workshop.
Village Services
Mobile Library
The Mobile Library service is provided by KCC and the Mobile Library vehicle visits the village fortnightly, currently on a Tuesday from 14.35 to 15.35 p.m.
The library vehicle is parked in the Village Hall car park.
Please note this service is subject to change, for the latest information please eithercontact Pam at the Parish Office or click here & enter Burham in the KCC search. Note that Burham is ‘Red Fortnightly’ service & you will then need to search for the calendar to obtain the next due date.
Refuse
Household
TMBC provides each household with two large wheeled bins; one black lidded, one green lidded, plus a green box (no lid) and two food waste bins (kitchen caddy & outside food waste bin, black with orange lid). TMBC can also provide garden waste service (chargeable) in a brown bin.
Green Box (Paper & Cardboard):
In the green box you place paper, newspapers, magazines, telephone directories. The paper contents are recycled into paper.
In the recycling bin (green lidded) you place glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, food tins, plastic pots and tubs, plastic food trays and punnets, sweet/biscuit tins, cans, foil food trays.
The black lidded refuse bin is for non-recyclable waste including drink and food cartons, plastic bags, nappies and sanitary items, crisp packets/sweets wrappers.
Kitchen caddy for all cooked and raw leftover food – empty the kitchen caddy into the outside foods waste bin and lock the lid by moving the handle to the upright or forward position.
Garden Waste (Brown bin):
A new fortnightly garden waste service, please contact TMBC (see below) or subscribe and pay online.
Both the green box and the green bin are emptied one week, the black bin the following week. Place your bins at the boundary of your property by 7 a.m. on the morning of collection & remove your containers once they have been emptied.
To find out when your next collection date is, click here and enter your postcode.
Contact: Waste Services Team (01732) 876147
or email: waste.services@tmbc.gov.uk
For more information about household recycling click here.
Household Waste & Recycling Centres (formerly know as ‘The Tip’)
For information about where you can dispose of larger, household items, click here.
Recycling
Village Recycling Centre
The Recycling Area in Burham village is provided / operated by: All Recycle Clothing, and Burham Parish Council.
In May 2024, the recycling banks for cans/glass and plastics was removed by TMBC. These items can be recycled by using the green box and green lidded bin which each household now has ie kerbside collection. Green box can take cardboard and paper. Green lidded bin can take all other recyclables including glass and plastics.
Clothing, Books and CDs – funds are generated from the clothing per kg.
Cardboard and Paper (DS Smith): This bank was removed late June as a massive increase in exchange costs deemed the service unviable. Cardboard and paper can be placed in your green box which is collected by TMBC Contractors.
The clothing bank is sited adjacent to the Village Hall. Please do not leave household rubbish or any other items in this area! Any items left are considered as fly tipping, details will be notified to TMBC who have the authority to issue a £400 fixed penalty notice.
Village Bulky Refuse Collection - withdrawn
The Bulky Refuse Collection Service is provided by TMBC and the collection vehicle currently visits the village on the second Saturday in each month from 8.00 – 9.00 a.m.
The collection vehicle is stationed in the Village Hall car park.
For up to date information on this service including what items are eligible for collection and dates, visit the TMBC website here.