Winter weather safety

Sign up to alerts and get information about staying safe in winter weather, including dealing with floods and power outages.

Ice and snow

Cold weather advice and information

Our cold weather: ice and snow pages give information on:

  • gritting and salting 

  • where to find your nearest salt bins 

  • driving in winter conditions

  • signing up for cold weather alerts

  • preparing your home in cold weather

  • where to find travel updates

  • how schools will update in the event of closures due to cold weather

  • signing up to be a Snow Buddy volunteer

Service disruptions

If any of our council run services are disrupted by cold weather we will update the web pages for that service and post updates on social media channels. 

This would include: