The Snow Zone
Snow scene

The Snow Zone brings together information from a variety of sources designed to help everyone stay safe during snowy and icy weather - and when it starts to thaw. Click on the links below to see the information that interests you.

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Keeping warm and looking after others

Clearing snow and ice from pavements

Winter driving tips

Road gritting information: Buckinghamshire | Milton Keynes

Traffic information: Motorways and trunk roads

BBC Travel News: Beds, Bucks and Herts

Weather forecast:
South East England

Avoiding or dealing with burst pipes

Being careful with heaters, candles and electric blankets

Leaflet: Fire Safety in the Winter

Staying off frozen lakes and rivers

Advice before, during and after a flood

Radio frequencies for local travel news and weather forecasts (some are also available on digital radio):

BBC Three Counties Radio - Beds, Herts and Bucks -
95.5, 103.8 FM
BBC Three Counties Radio - Milton Keynes - 104.5 FM
BBC Radio Oxford - 95.2 FM
BBC Radio Northamptonshire - 103.6, 104.2 FM
BBC Radio Berkshire - 95.4, 104.1 FM
Heart - Beds, Bucks and Herts - 97.6 FM
Heart - Milton Keynes - 103.3 FM
Heart - Oxfordshire - 97.4, 102.6 FM
Heart - Northamptonshire - 96.6 FM
Heart - Berkshire - 97, 102.9 FM
Mix 96 - Aylesbury Vale
- 96.2 FM
MKFM - Milton Keynes - 107 FM and www.mkfm.com
Time 106.6 - Berkshire and South Bucks
- 106.6 FM