Recycling Centre / Council
Oakley Wood Recycling Centre
Old Icknield Way, Benson, Wallingford OX10 6PW
Opening hours
Visit information
- Monday
- 08:00 - 17:00
- Tuesday
- 08:00 - 17:00
- Wednesday
- 08:00 - 17:00
- Thursday
- 08:00 - 20:00
- Friday
- 08:00 - 17:00
- Saturday
- 08:00 - 17:00
- Sunday
- 08:00 - 17:00
Contact details
Address & Contact
- Address
- Old Icknield Way, Benson, Wallingford OX10 6PW
- Location
- Oxford
- Telephone
- 01865 816043
- GPS
- 51.5959634, -1.0767848
- Website
- Visit official website
Plan your visit
Location
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What can I take to Oakley Wood Recycling Centre?
- Aerosols
- Household and car batteries
- Bicycles
- Cardboard
- Household chemicals
- Cooking oil
- Small electrical appliances
- TVs and monitors
- Household furniture
- Mattresses
- Upholstered seating
- Gas bottles
- General household rubbish
- Flat glass (DIY allowance)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Household paint
- Garden waste
- Hard plastics
- Plastic bottles, tubs and trays
- Kitchen and bathroom fittings (DIY allowance)
- Scrap metal
- Paper
- Rubble, soil and ceramics (DIY allowance)
- Clothes and textiles
- Car and motorcycle tyres (maximum four; charged)
- Wood (DIY allowance)
- Fluorescent tubes and low-energy bulbs
- Engine oil
This is a summary, not a complete list. If an item isn’t shown, check with the council before you travel.
Book before visiting. Declare DIY waste in the booking to claim the free allowance: two 50-litre bags or one item no larger than 2m × 0.75m × 0.7m, once every seven days. Extra quantities are charged. Tyres are chargeable and outside the free DIY allowance. Keep solvent-based paint separate for the chemical store; harden water-based emulsion for the residual-waste skip.
Not accepted
- Tarmac
- Heavily contaminated sandbags
- Plasterboard with other material attached
- Lorry, tractor or commercial-plant tyres
- Red or blue commercial pallets
- Plasterboard and plaster
- Asbestos
- Business and trade waste
ID and proof of address
- Bring proof of address, such as a driving licence, utility bill or council tax document, with your booking confirmation. Non-Oxfordshire residents pay an entry fee.
Trailers
- Trailers accepted
- Yes, up to 2.4m long, towed by an eligible car or quad bike. Commercial-type vehicles cannot tow a trailer into the centre. Horse trailers and trailers with ramps or tipping mechanisms are not allowed.
- Permit required
- Yes, for trailers. A permit allows ten visits in 12 months. A trailer hired for three days or less is exempt from the permit requirement, but you must bring the hire agreement and proof of Oxfordshire address; size and vehicle restrictions still apply.
About this listing
Listing information
Oakley Wood Recycling Centre is located at Old Icknield Way, Benson, Wallingford OX10 6PW. Oakley Wood Tip is for use with residents from the local area only to dispose of their recyclable items or waste. Oakley Wood Dump is controlled by Oxfordshire County Council waste management disposal services.
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