Linford Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Linford tip, Buckingham Hill Road, Linford, SS17 0PP. Run by Thurrock Council.
No booking needed
No booking needed: just turn up during opening hours.
Opening times
| Monday to Sunday | 8am to 4pm |
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Closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
New Year's Eve: 8am to 12 noon.
Entrance gates close 15 minutes before closing time
Closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday
Vans, trailers and permits
- Small vans need a permit (Thurrock council tax payers, up to 6 visits a year; hire vans 2 visits). No Ford Transit, Luton, tipper, flatbed, minibus or vehicles over 3.5 tonnes.
- Single-axle trailers under 1.8m need a permit; vehicles with trailers can only enter on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
What Linford takes
Batteries · Books · Cans and tins · Cardboard · Cartons and Tetra Pak · Clothes · Electrical appliances · Fluorescent tubes · Furniture · Glass bottles and jars · Garden waste · Metals · Mobile phones · Oil, cooking or engine · Paint · Paper · Plastic bottles · Printer cartridges · Shoes · Textiles · Tyres · Wood and timber · General waste · Carpets · Mattresses · Polystyrene · Vapes and electronic cigarettes · Soil · Rubble · Hardcore · Plasterboard
Before you visit
- Free for Thurrock residents; bring proof of address such as a council tax or utility bill.
- Soil, rubble, hardcore and plasterboard: no more than 3 wheelbarrow loads in total.
- Asbestos, fire extinguishers and hazardous chemicals are not accepted.
- Tyres: no more than 5 a year; cooking or engine oil: no more than 10 litres a year.
Nearest other tips
- Pitsea 8.7 km, Essex
- Canvey (Canvey Island) 11.4 km, Essex
- Thames Road (Crayford) 15.3 km, Bexley
- Rayleigh 16.0 km, Essex
- Leigh Marshes (Leigh-on-Sea) 16.5 km, Southend-on-Sea
Bin day near Linford
Thurrock Council collects the bins here.
Source: thurrock.gov.uk, checked 2 October 2026. All Thurrock tips