Thorn Turn Household Waste Recycling Centre

Thorn Turn (Houghton Regis) tip, Grendall Lane (off Thorn Road), Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, LU5 6GJ. Run by Central Bedfordshire Council.

Book before you go

Book a slot with Central Bedfordshire

Opening times

Monday to Sunday 9am to 5pm

Open on bank holidays

What Thorn Turn takes

Aluminium cans · Car batteries · Cardboard · Carpet & underlay · Cooking oil · DIY waste · Electrical appliances · Gas bottles · Glass bottles and jars · Household batteries · Lightbulbs, including fluorescent tubes · Newspaper and paper · Green garden waste · Household furniture · Mattresses · Paint and paint tins · Printer ink cartridges · Scrap metal · Shoes and textiles · Soil · Tyres · Used engine oil · Vapes · Wood

Before you visit

  • Thorn Turn also has a trade waste facility.

Central Bedfordshire tip rules: 25 materials, vans

Pin: centre of LU5 6GJ. © OpenStreetMap · Larger map

Nearest other tips

Bin day near Thorn Turn

Central Bedfordshire Council collects the bins here.

Source: centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, checked 2 October 2026. All Central Bedfordshire tips