Gritting around Stambourne in winter 2022 //
With the recent cold weather and early morning ice, the roads may become dangerously slippery. Essex Highways are responsible for gritting the roads around Stambourne in winter but, as they have to prioritise their routes, not all of Stambourne’s roads are covered.
Gritting around Stambourne in winter 2022
Did you know?
The gritting lorries have their own names!
Grit Monster, Alexander the Grit, Gritney Spears, Mrs Good Grit, Big G, Levi, Ice Buster, Ice Exterminator, Rory, Gustav, Ice Caramba, The Only Way is Gritty, Gritting Queen, Gritty, Gritty Bang Bang, Gritendor, Frosty, Andy Flurry, Grit Notley, Gritty McGrit Face and Gritty Gordon
The roads in blue on this map are the ones covered in the 2021/22 winter season:
More information and a live map of the gritters can be found at on the Essex Highways gritting information website.
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“Stambourne is probably as secluded a village as you can find within 50 miles of London” – Nicholas Enticknap
Welcome to the most comprehensive resource on Stambourne, a village in rural North Essex, UK.
Here you will find the live weather in Stambourne, our events calendar, ideas on what to do in the area, lots of information on the history of the village, what’s happening and almost 10 years of the Stambourne Newsletter, the village’s bi-monthly printed newsletter. There are also lots of photos of the village as it is now as well as in times gone by.
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