Lewes household waste recycling site

Lewes tip, Ham Lane, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3PS. Run by East Sussex County Council.

Book before you go

Book a slot with East Sussex

Opening times

Monday to Sunday 9am to 4pm

Vans, trailers and permits

  • Vans: Vans on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only. Limits on weight and type of van allowed (no Luton, flatbed, tipper, cage or box vans, nothing 3.5 tonnes or over); height limit 2 metres.
  • Trailers: Trailers up to 1.8 metres long.

What Lewes takes

Aerosols · Aluminium foil · Books · Cans/tins · Car batteries · Cardboard · Carpet/underlay · Chemicals · Clothes/shoes · Cooking oil · Electrical goods · Engine oil · Fluorescent tubes/energy saving bulbs · Fridges/freezers · Furniture · Glass bottles/jars · Green garden waste/Christmas trees · Hardcore/rubble · Household batteries · Household waste · Mattresses · Metal scrap items · Mobile phones · Newspapers/magazines/junk mail · Nitrous oxide bottles · Paint (solvent-based) · Paint (water-based emulsion) · Plastic bottles · Printer cartridges · Soil · TVs/computer monitors · Tyres · Vapes · Washing machines and tumble dryers · Wood/MDF

Charges at Lewes

Tyres (max 4 a month) £2.70 per tyre

Before you visit

  • Cyclists can use the main entrance; no pedestrian access.

East Sussex tip rules: 36 materials, charges

Pin: centre of BN7 3PS. © OpenStreetMap · Larger map

Nearest other tips

Bin day near Lewes

Lewes District Council collects the bins here.

Source: eastsussex.gov.uk, checked 2 October 2026. All East Sussex tips