Pavement Gritting

• Priority System
• Contact information and gritting requests
• Maps
• Clearing snow and ice yourself

Priority System

During snow and ice conditions, a priority system for pavement gritting is in place. Higher priority areas will be treated first, and once the conditions in these are satisfactory, lower priority areas will be gritted (if there is capacity to do so).

Some pavements will be gritted before snow is forecast (known as pre-treatment), as well as when it has actually fallen (known as post-treatment). Pre-treatment cannot be carried out too soon before snow is expected to start falling, otherwise the grit may be dispersed from the pavement surface by pedestrians or melt-water, so during periods of expected snowfall the council receives regular forecast updates from the Met Office so that the timing of any pre-treatment is appropriate.

Below is more detailed information on the different priority classifications:

• Pavement Priority 1
• Pavement Priority 1B
• Pavement Priority 2 (schools)
• Pavement Priority 3
• Pavement Priority 4

You can view our winter gritting map to see where the priority pavements are located in Haringey.

A list of roads in Pavement Priorities 1 (grouped in town centres), 1B and 2 can also be found in the attached files section below.

There are no published schedules or maps for Pavement Priorities 3 and 4.

Pavement Priority 1

These are the busiest pavements, and those serving key locations such as transport hubs, emergency services premises, residential care homes, town centres and main shopping areas.

• These areas will receive pre-treatment on the forecast of snow, within a few hours of when it is expected to start falling
• Ongoing post-treatment of these pavements will continue as required in order to keep them as safe to use as possible

You can view our winter gritting map to see where the priority pavements are located in Haringey.

A map of all Pavement Priority 1 roads can also be downloaded from the attached files section below. Please note that this is a large high-resolution file.

Pavement Priority 1B

These are pavements on main roads in the borough that are not included as Pavement Priority 1, but do need localised treatment, such as on dropped kerbs, crossings, at bus stops, and outside public buildings.

These pavements will receive pre-treatment on the forecast of snow, within a few hours of when it is expected to start falling, if we have been able to satisfactorily complete Pavement Priority 1 pre-treatment.

Ongoing post-treatment of these pavement will take place as often as required to keep them as safe to use as possible, provided that Pavement Priority 1 areas have been satisfactorily treated.

You can view our winter gritting map to see where the priority pavements are located in Haringey.

A map of all Pavement Priority 1B locations can also be downloaded from the attached files section below. Please note that this is a large high-resolution file.

Back to top

Pavement Priority 2 (schools)

These are pavements that do not carry heavy pedestrian traffic, but do serve schools. This classification only applies during term time. During periods of school holidays, these areas will be gritted according to their position in the standard set of priorities.

• These pavements will receive pre-treatment on the forecast of snow, within a few hours of when it is expected to start falling, if we have been able to satisfactorily complete Pavement Priority 1 and 1B pre-treatment.
• Post-treatment of these pavements will be carried out, provided we have been able to adequately treat Priority 1 and 1B areas.

You can view our winter gritting map to see where the priority pavements are located in Haringey.

A map of all Pavement Priority 2 (schools) roads can also be downloaded from the attached files section below.

Pavement Priority 3

These are pavements that would need to be gritted to support refuse and recycling collections.

• There will be no pre-treatment on these pavements
• These pavements may receive post-treatment during ongoing snow conditions to support the provision of refuse and recycling collections, either to keep such services on schedule or to enable catch-up collections to take place following disruption. This treatment will be carried out as needed within the available capacity, and may be restricted to roads with the steepest gradients

Pavement Priority 4

These are the pavements in the borough that are not included in the higher priority groups. It is unlikely that any gritting would ever be carried out on these pavements, as the available resources will be needed to treat higher priority carriageways and pavements

Back to top

Contact information and gritting requests

For urgent or emergency gritting requests during normal office hours (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm), contact the Veolia Haringey Contact Centre:

• Tel: 020 8885 7700
• Email: enquiries.haringey@veolia.com　​

For urgent or emergency gritting requests outside normal office hours, call the council’s Emergency switchboard on 020 8489 0000.

We will respond as quickly as possible to requests for emergency gritting to support responses by the emergency services and where there are vulnerable people at risk. Requests that do not fall into this category will be attended to if it is appropriate to do so within the council’s approved priority response protocols as outlined in the Winter Service Plan.

Back to top

Maps

You can view our searchable winter gritting map to see where the priority pavements are located in Haringey.

Maps of Pavement Priorities 1, 1B and 2 are also available to download in the attached files section below. Please note that these are large high-resolution files.

Back to top

The files below show maps of the pavement priorities - see the main road and street gritting page for street lists of the pavement priorities.