Rugby Local Information
Practical local information for Rugby: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Rugby Bin Days: Your Food Caddy Is on Another Day
Rugby collects on every bank holiday but Christmas. We checked 47 addresses: the food caddy fell on a different day from the black bin at 35 of 43.
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Parking in Rugby: £5 All Day, or £10 Right Next Door
John Barford is £5 for eleven hours and Railway Terrace next door is £10. Five council car parks are free on Sunday and five are not. Full tariffs inside.
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Rugby Council Tax 2026-27: Band D Is £2,494.62 in Town
Band D in the Rugby town area is £2,494.62 for 2026-27, up 4.4 per cent. Full A to H table, all 40 parish rates ranked, and who takes each pound of the bill.
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Rugby house prices: £272,696, only fall in Warwickshire
The average Rugby home sold for £272,696 in July 2026, down 3.5%, the only fall in Warwickshire. Median sold prices for all 15 borough wards.
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Rugby train times to London: 52 mins, £7,360 a year
Rugby to London is 52 minutes by train and 85 miles by road. An annual season is £7,360, and driving in costs £18 a day before you have parked.
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Rugby Roadworks This Week: A426 Nights to 5 Oct, A5 Kilsby
The A426 into Rugby stays shut southbound overnight until 5 October, now Newton Manor Lane to Tesco. Plus A5 Kilsby nights and the M6 J2 to J4 closure.
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Things to do in Rugby: free museums, £3.50 to park
Rugby's two museums are free to walk into, and a day out costs £3.50 at Draycote or £6 at Ryton Pools. Every venue checked against its own site this week.
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Rugby planning: 10,812 homes, hearings from 17 Nov
Rugby's submitted Local Plan sets 10,812 new homes to 2042, 2,886 of them on new sites. Examination hearings open 17 November 2026. What is allocated, where.
Bins
Rugby Christmas Bin Collections 2026: What Moves and When
Rugby's green bins stop from 14 December to 15 January. Black and blue bin dates for Christmas 2026 are not out yet; last year's moved to Saturdays.
Schools
Rugby School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term, Christmas, INSET
Warwickshire half term is 26 to 30 October and Christmas runs 21 December to 1 January. Lawrence Sheriff, Rugby High, Ashlawn and Harris dates compared.
Trains
Rugby Christmas Trains 2026: No Trains 25 Dec, New St Works
No trains on Christmas Day, very few on Boxing Day, and Birmingham New Street has major works 24 to 28 December. What Rugby travellers know so far.
Tip
Rugby Tip Opening Times: Hunters Lane Winter and Christmas
Hunters Lane tip in Rugby closes at 3.15pm on weekdays from 1 October and needs a booking every day. Christmas closures, Stockton hours, and fridges are back.