Recycling Centre / Council

Barrow Recycling Centre

Walney Rd, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 5UY

Opening hours

Visit information

Monday
08:00 - 11:00 - 12:00 - 18:00
Tuesday
08:00 - 11:00 - 12:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
08:00 - 11:00 - 12:00 - 18:00
Thursday
08:00 - 11:00 - 12:00 - 18:00
Friday
08:00 - 11:00 - 12:00 - 18:00
Saturday
08:00 - 11:00 - 12:00 - 18:00
Sunday
08:00 - 11:00 - 12:00 - 18:00

Contact details

Address & Contact

Address
Walney Rd, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 5UY
Location
Lancaster
Telephone
01229 431212
GPS
54.1262289, -3.2401868
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What can I take to Barrow Recycling Centre?

  • Car batteries
  • Household batteries
  • Cardboard
  • Household and garden chemicals (ask staff)
  • Clothing and textiles
  • Fluorescent tubes
  • Fridges and freezers
  • Non-upholstered household furniture
  • Mattresses
  • Carpets and rugs
  • Garden waste
  • Gas bottles
  • General household waste
  • Hardcore and rubble
  • Large domestic appliances
  • Paper
  • Emulsion paint and dry empty metal paint tins
  • Scrap metal
  • Small electrical appliances
  • TVs and monitors
  • Engine oil
  • Wood and timber
  • Household asbestos (contact the centre before visiting)
  • Plasterboard and gypsum (telephone first to confirm space)
  • Domestic tyres (maximum four per visit)
  • Household glass bottles and jars
  • Computer equipment

This is a summary, not a complete list. If an item isn’t shown, check with the council before you travel.

Household service for local residents. Keep oil-based paints with household chemicals and speak to staff before unloading them.

Confirm the centre’s asbestos packaging and quantity requirements before travelling.

Not accepted

  • Trade or business waste
  • Clinical waste
  • Acetylene cylinders
  • Boat flares
  • Car airbags
  • Fireworks
  • Agricultural or commercial tyres
  • Upholstered household seating

Trailers

Trailers accepted
Cars may tow non-tipping trailers up to 3m long. Vans and utility vehicles towing trailers, horse trailers, agricultural trailers and trailers over 3m are not admitted.
Permit required
Not required for a car towing an eligible single-axle trailer. A double-axle trailer needs an HWRC permit.

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