Lancashire tips and recycling centres
Lancashire County Council runs 16 household waste recycling centres.
Opening times
| Tip | Open |
|---|---|
| Altham (Accrington) | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Barnoldswick | Mon 9am to 5pm; Thu to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Burnley | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Burscough | Mon 9am to 5pm; Thu to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Carnforth | Mon 9am to 5pm; Thu to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Chorley | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Clitheroe | Mon and Tue 9am to 5pm; Fri to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Farington (Leyland) | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Fleetwood | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Garstang | Mon 9am to 5pm; Thu to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Haslingden | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Lancaster | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Longridge | Wed to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Lytham (Lytham St Annes) | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Preston, Lancashire | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
| Skelmersdale | Mon to Sun 9am to 5pm |
What Lancashire tips take
Bric-a-brac · Cans · Cardboard · Cooking oil · Electronic equipment · Engine oil (maximum of 5 litres per household) · Flat/plate glass · Fluorescent tubes · Fridges and Freezers · Furniture (sofa, armchair, wardrobes) · Gas bottles · Glass bottles and jars · Green garden waste · Household and car batteries · Household chemicals · Inert waste (including plaster and plasterboard) from small scale DIY projects · Large domestic appliances (cookers, ovens) · Newspapers, magazines, books and paper · Plastic bottles · Scrap metal · Textiles, clothes and shoes · TV's and monitors · Tyres (maximum 5 tyres per household) · Vapes and E-cigarettes · Wood
Listed for most Lancashire tips. Each tip's page says what it takes.
Vans, trailers and permits
- Vans, hire vans and camper vans must book an appointment before visiting; one booking per calendar month.
- Trailers must book too; a booking is for a van or a trailer, not both.
Before you visit any Lancashire tip
- Pedestrians are not allowed to enter the recycling centres, including parking outside and walking in.
- Standard domestic pick-ups (double cab, 4 doors, 2 rows of seats) can visit without booking; other pick-ups must book.
- Hard plastics (buckets, laundry baskets, toys, garden furniture) are not recycled; they go in the general waste skip.
Bin collection days nearby
Blackburn · Burnley · Chorley · Hyndburn · Lancaster · Preston · South Ribble · West Lancashire · Wyre
Read from lancashire.gov.uk on 2 October 2026. We list the tips whose details we could check against the council's own pages.