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ACCOMMODATION FOR THE HOMELESS Back to top Tom  Scott House, Chesham Tel. Social Services (01494) 729000 The Chiltern  Hundreds Housing Association 0845 845 5517 AMBULANCE Back to  top Ambulance Station,  Chiltern Avenue, Amersham Tel. (01494) 727154 (999 in  emergency) AREA OF TOWN Back to  top 3,489  acres ASSIST, the Advice Network Back to  top Free and impartial  information and advice about learning and work for adults. Contact Pat Tennant,  tel. 07754 500411 CAR PARKS Back to  top Albany Place,  Catlings, East Street, Saffron Meadow (Sainsburys), Railway Station, Star Yard  (off Broadway), Water Meadow (off Germain Street) CAREERS SERVICE Back to  top Information and  guidance for young people. Chesham Caller Centre, Copsham House, 53 Broad  Street. Tel 793277. Call in between 2pm-4pm Tues &  Thurs. CASUALTY DEPARTMENT Back to  top High Wycombe  General Hospital Tel. (01494) 526161 CHESHAM LEISURE CENTRE Back to top White Hill,  Chesham Tel. (01494) 791777 CHESS VALLEY SPORTS & LEISURE ASSOCIATION Back to  top The Moor, Chesham.  Chairman: Mr Chris Webb, Culwood House, Lye Green Road, Chesham Tel.  (01494) 771012. Secretary: Brian Wright (01494) 785853 CHILDRENS DAY CARE Back to  top  see PRE-SCHOOL CHURCHES Back to  top see PLACES OF  WORSHIP CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU Back to top 5 Market Square Tel. (01494) 784279 Fax 791391 Open Mon-Fri 10am-12.30pm; Mon, Tues &  Thurs 1pm-4pm by appointment. CREMATORIUM Back to top Chilterns  Crematorium, Whielden Lane, Amersham. Tel. (01494)  724263 EDUCATION Back to  top See Education EARLY CLOSING IN CHESHAM Back to top Thursday (where  applicable) ELECTRICITY Back to  top See reverse of  your electricity bill for information EMPLOYMENT/JOB CENTRE Back  to top see also CAREERS  SERVICE Chesham Jobcentre, 31 Red Lion Street Hours Mon-Thurs  9am-4.30pm; Fri 10am-4pm Disabled facilities provided Tel. (01494) 654700  (main switchboard) FIRE STATION Back to  top Bellingdon Road,  Chesham. (999 in emergency) GAS Back to top Emergencies – to  report gas escapes tel. FREE 24hrs (0800) 111 999 HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SERVICES Back to top The Chesham  Hospital is at Hospital Hill, Waterside Tel. (01494) 783961 It has  physiotherapy and x-ray units and various clinics. THERE ARE NO EMERGENCY  FACILITIES. (See Casualty Department) Doctors surgeries are located  at: Water Meadow Surgery, Red Lion Street Tel. (01494)  782241, (emergency 784242) Aureole House, Market Square Tel. (01494)  792558 The New Surgery, Lindo Close Tel. (01494) 782262 (emergency  782101) Gladstone Road Tel. (01494) 782884 Family Planning,  well-man and well-woman, post-natal clinics are available at these surgeries. The South Bucks Intermediate Care Service offers a rapid response  rehabilitation service to all adults who are at risk of hospital admission or  need a supported discharge. Contact (01494) 734724 HEALTH & SOCIAL SECURITY Back to top Red Lion Street,  Chesham Tel. (01296) 314700 HIGHWAYS Back to  top Buckinghamshire County Council, Environmental Services Dept (roads,  footpaths, traffic management, road safety etc) 29 Windsor End,  Beaconsfield, HP9 2JJ Tel. (01494) 586600 HOUSING Back to  top (see also  ACCOMODATION FOR THE HOMELESS) Chiltern Hundreds Housing Association, White Hill House, 1 White Hill, Chesham Tel. 0845 845 5517 Housing  Interaction Trust – (lodgings for young persons 16-25yrs) Townsend House,  Townsend Road, Chesham, HP5 2AW LIBRARY Back to  top The  Chesham Library, Elgiva Lane Tel: (01494) 772322, Fax (01494) 773074 Open  from 9.30-8.00 Tues & Thurs; 9.30-5.30 Wed & Fri , 9.30-4.00 Sat. Closed  on Sundays & Mondays Learning Resources Library (hours as above) direct line (01494) 774452 LOCAL & NATIONAL GOVERNMENT Back to top Chesham Town  Council see Council Info Chiltern District Council  (all departments) King George V Road, Amersham Tel. (01494)  729000 www.chiltern.gov.uk Buckinghamshire County Council  (all departments) County Hall, Aylesbury Tel. (01296) 395000 www.buckscc.gov.uk Member of Parliament (Chesham  & Amersham) Cheryl Gillan MP, House of Commomns,  Westminster, London SW1A 0AA Tel. 020 7219 3000 Conservative Office, 7B  Hill Ave, Amersham, HP6 5BD Tel. 721577 Member of European  Parliament (Bucks & Oxon) The Hon James Elles, Disraeli House, 12  Aylesbury End, Beaconsfield, HP9 1LW Tel. 673745 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS Back to  top Chesham has many  clubs, societies and organisations. The following provides the name and a  contact number for some of them. For local organisation - click here MARKET DAYS Back to  top Wednesday &  Saturday. PRODUCERS MARKET last Wed. in the month. NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES Back  to top For  Newspapers/Magazine info click  here PLACES OF WORSHIP Back to  top -  Baptist Broadway Baptist,  Rev. Gordon O'Neill 78 The Broadway Tel. (01494) 772244 Chartridge  Baptist Mission, Secretary: Alan Crooks, Tel. (01494) 791006 Newtown  Evangelical Baptist, Berkhampstead Road Pastor Jack Jenner. Tel. (01494)  583790 Trinity Baptist, Red Lion Street. Rev. Colin Cartwright. Tel.  (01494) 775651 -  Church of England Back to top Parish of Great  Chesham, Parish Office: Daily 9.30-12.30. Tel. (01494) 783629. Team Rector:  Roger Salisbury. St. Marys, Church Street Tel. (01494) 783629 (Parish  office) Christ Church, Waterside Tel. (01494) 773318 Emmanuel,  Broad Street Tel. (01494) 784372 St. Johns, Bellingdon Tel.  (01494) 783629 (Parish office) St. Georges, Tylers Hill, Ley  Hill Tel. (01494) 773318 St. John the Evangelist, Ashley Green Tel.  (01494) 783629 St. Michaels, Whelpley Hill Tel. (01494)  783629 -  Free Church Back to top Hivings Park Free  Church, Upper Belmont Road Tel. (01494) 784838 The Gospel Hall,  Station Road The Kingâs Church, Chesham Park Community College Tel.  (01494) 792814 -  Jehovahs Witnesses Back to top Kingdom Hall, Griffetts Yard, Bellingdon Rd Tel. (01494)  792944 - Methodist Back to top Chesham  Methodist, Bellingdon Road Senior Steward: Mr Les Brum. Tel. (01494)  782249 Ley Hill Methodist, Senior Steward: Mr Lindsay Fulkner Tel.  (01494) 783048 -  Mosque Back to top 161 & 163  Bellingdon Road, Chesham. Mosque Committee Welfare & Association, Chairman:  Mohammad Zafar, 64 Deansway. Tel. (01494) 791142 -  Roman Catholic Back to top St. Columbas,  Berkhampstead Road. Tel. (01494) 785269 -  Salvation Army Back to top The Citadel, Broad  Street, Chesham. For information Tel. Uxbridge (01895)  208800 -  The Spiritualist Church Back to top Higham Road Tel. (01494) 862499 -  Society of Friends Back to top Chesham Friends  Meeting House, Bellingdon Road. Clerk: Linden Sims Tel. (01494)  782848 -  South Bucks Jewish Community Back to top Red Lion St. Tel.  (01494) 431885. PO Box 391, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1WB. Website: www.sbjc.org.uk -  United Reformed Back to top Chesham United  Reformed Church, The Broadway Tel. (01494) 776014 PRE-SCHOOL & PARENT/TODDLER GROUPS Back to  top See Education section POLICE STATION Back to  top Broad St, Chesham  (12 noon to 4pm, Monday - Friday) Tel. (01494)  431133 POPULATION OF TOWN Back to  top 21,176 (October  1996) POST OFFICES Back to  top Customer helpline  0845 7223344 Chesham Post Office , 79-81 High Street, Chesham, Bucks  HP5 1DE Tel. (01494) 794749/782806 Sub offices at Newtown,  Waterside, Greenway and Botley. RECYCLING/HOUSEHOLD WASTE SITES Back to top Recycling  facilities Main Site: Star Yard Car Park: glass bottles and jars, plastic  bottles, steel and aluminium cans, paper and cardboard, textiles, books. Other sites include: Albany Place, The Moor, Station Car Park,  Watermeadow Car Park. Other recycling facilities available: boundary  collection of paper and cardboard for all households on a fortnightly cycle, and  boundary collection of glass bottles and jars for all households on a 4-weekly  cycle. Other refuse services: collection of bulky household waste, free clinical  waste collection, collection of garden waste (charged service). Any queries  please contact the Waste Management Section 0n 729000. Household Waste  Site: Latimer Road, Chesham. Open 8am - 6pm (summer), 8am-5pm (winter). Vehicle access height restriction 1.75m. Recycling facilities available:  scrap metal, engine oil, gas cylinders, garden waste, textiles, furniture,  cardboard, paper and glass bottles. For queries regarding the household waste  sites please contact Bucks C.C. on (01296) 382307. REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS Back to  top Births &  deaths may be registered locally at Aureole House, 9 Church Street, Market  Square. Tues 1.15-3.15pm, Thurs 10.15am-12.15pm. Appointments on the half hour.  To book phone 475200. For marriage appointments (in High Wycombe only) phone  475205. Civil marriages can be arranged at Chesham Town Hall from August 2002.  Tel. 774842 for details. RESIDENTIAL & RETIREMENT HOMES Back to top Full list with  Social Services Abbeyfield Society Ltd, Abbeyfield House,  Bois Moor Road, Chesham Tel. (01494) 771770 Chesham Bois Manor (B&M Care), off Amersham Road, Chesham Tel. (01494)  783194 Culwood House 130 Lye Green Road, Chesham Tel.  (01494) 771012 Maple Court, Wallington Road, Chesham Tel.  (01494) 784459 Rayners(Extra Care) Home Ltd, Weedon  Hill, Hyde Heath Tel. (01494) 773606 The Willow, Residential  Home, 110 Chartridge Lane. Tel. (01494) 773451 White Hill  House 128 White Hill, Chesham. Tel. (01494)  782992 SAMARITANS Back to  top 149 Station Road,  Amersham Tel. (01494) 432000 SOCIAL SERVICES, BUCKS COUNTY COUNCIL Back to top Council Offices, King George V Road, Amersham, Bucks HP6 5BN Tel. (01494)  729000 TRANSPORTATION Back to  top see Transport section WATER Back to top Three Valleys  Water Leakspotters' Hotline: 0800 376 5325