Sevenoaks Tip Opening Times: 8am to 4.30pm, Book First

The Sevenoaks tip is at Dunbrik, and it is one of two household waste recycling centres serving the district, the other being Pedham Place in Swanley. Both are run by Kent County Council rather than the district council, both keep the same hours, and both now turn away anyone who has not booked. This page sets out the opening times, the booking rule, which vehicles get in and which need a voucher, what you can tip free and what costs money, the four rules that are not the same at both sites, and the items neither will take.

The quick answer

The Sevenoaks tip at Dunbrik, Main Road, Sundridge, TN14 6EP, is open 8am to 4.30pm Monday to Saturday and 9am to 4pm on Sunday and bank holidays. The Swanley site at the Teardrop Centre, Pedham Place, BR8 8TJ, keeps exactly the same hours. You must book a slot before you arrive, and Kent County Council does not let unbooked vehicles in. Booking is free, you can book for the same day or up to two weeks ahead, and there is no cap on how many times you visit in a day. Both sites have a 2 metre height barrier, so a tall van or a car with a roof box will be stopped.

Sevenoaks tip opening times, Dunbrik

The site everyone in the district calls “the Sevenoaks tip” is at Dunbrik, on Main Road in Sundridge, west of the town.

Address	Main Road, Dunbrik, Sundridge, TN14 6EP
Monday to Saturday	8am to 4.30pm
Sunday	9am to 4pm
Bank holidays	9am to 4pm
Height barrier	2 metres (6 foot 6 inches)
Booking	Required, no entry without one

What the Sevenoaks tip is actually called

Kent County Council calls it Sevenoaks Household Waste Recycling Centre, but almost nobody locally does. On the ground it is the Dunbrik tip, or the Sundridge tip, after the hamlet and the parish it sits in: Dunbrik is on Main Road in Sundridge, in the parish of Sundridge with Ide Hill, about two and a half miles west of Sevenoaks town centre. All four names point at the same TN14 6EP site, and searching any of them on the council’s booking system finds it. Note that it is a county council site, not a Sevenoaks District Council one, so questions about the tip go to Kent on 03000 41 73 73, while questions about your wheelie bin or a bulky collection go to the district council.

Sevenoaks tip bank holiday opening

Both centres run 9am to 4pm on bank holidays rather than the usual 8am to 4.30pm, so the site opens an hour later and shuts half an hour earlier. The next bank holidays in England are:

Date	Day	Bank holiday
25 December 2026	Friday	Christmas Day
28 December 2026	Monday	Boxing Day, substitute day
1 January 2027	Friday	New Year’s Day
26 March 2027	Friday	Good Friday
29 March 2027	Monday	Easter Monday

Kent County Council prints one blanket bank holiday line rather than a date-by-date list, so it does not separately confirm whether Dunbrik and Swanley open at all on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day. Check the booking system for those three dates before you plan a trip: if there is no slot to book, there is no visit, because entry without a booking is refused.

Swanley tip opening times, Pedham Place

The north of the district is served by the Swanley centre in the Teardrop Centre at Pedham Place, on the A20 London Road. The hours are identical. The rules are not: Swanley refuses plasterboard outright and does not take pesticides, while it is the only one of the two that takes wheelchairs and crutches for reuse. Those differences are set out below.

Address	Teardrop Centre (Pedham Place), A20 London Road, Swanley, BR8 8TJ
Monday to Saturday	8am to 4.30pm
Sunday	9am to 4pm
Bank holidays	9am to 4pm
Height barrier	2 metres (6 foot 6 inches)
Booking	Required, no entry without one

Which one is nearer depends on where you are in the district. Measured in a straight line from the town centre, so the drive is longer in each case:

From	To Dunbrik	To Swanley
Sevenoaks town	2.4 miles	8.1 miles
Westerham	3.1 miles	9.9 miles
Edenbridge	6.7 miles	14.4 miles
Swanley	7.9 miles	1.2 miles

One thing worth knowing if you live in the north of the district: Kent residents can no longer use the Medway sites at Capstone, Cuxton and Hoath Way. If Medway used to be your habit, Swanley is now your closest option.

How to book a slot at the Sevenoaks tip

Booking is the single biggest change to how the tip works, and forgetting to book is still the most common reason people are turned away at the gate. Kent County Council runs all 19 of its recycling centres on booked slots, Dunbrik and Swanley included. Booking is free and takes a couple of minutes.

1. Open Kent’s HWRC booking form directly. The council’s visiting a recycling centre page links to the same form. There is no account to create, and the system was replaced recently, so it will look different if you last used it a while ago.
2. Accept the terms on the first screen. You confirm that the waste is domestic and from your own household, that a restricted vehicle such as a van needs a vehicle voucher as well as a booking, and that staff may ask what is in your bags.
3. Choose the centre and a slot, for the same day or up to two weeks ahead.
4. Keep the confirmation email. It carries your booking reference and the only link for cancelling or changing the slot.

On the day, and afterwards:

• Show the reference at the gate. On your phone, printed or handwritten are all fine.
• Arrive inside your slot. If you book the last one, leave time to unload before the 4.30pm close, or 4pm on a Sunday or bank holiday.
• Coming in a different car? No need to rebook. Bring the reference and tell staff when you arrive, and check first that the other vehicle is not restricted.
• Cancel a slot you cannot use, through the link in the email. Kent warns that anyone who neither turns up nor cancels may be unable to book future visits.
• There is no limit on visits in one day, so a big clearout can be split across several bookings.
• Staff sometimes hold cars at the entrance while they carry out work that needs the site clear. Your booking stays valid while you wait. The council also says a centre may close temporarily with no warning.
• If you cannot book online, call 03000 41 73 73, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Text Relay is 18001 03000 41 73 73.

Which vehicles get in, and which need a voucher

Both Sevenoaks and Swanley have a 2 metre height barrier, and the vehicle rules matter more here than at most tips because so many households in the district run a van or tow a trailer.

Not allowed at all:

• Anything more than 2 metres tall, including a car made too tall by a roof rack or roof box.
• Hire vans, tippers, drop-sided lorries, horseboxes and agricultural trailers.
• Any vehicle with a maximum gross vehicle weight over 3.5 tonnes.

Allowed with no voucher:

• Cars and estate cars with windows all the way round and seats throughout.
• People carriers, 4x4s and minibuses with windows all round and seats throughout, up to nine seats.
• Pick-up trucks and open-back vehicles, including those with a removable top.
• Taxis and sign-written cars, again with windows all round and seats throughout.

Allowed, but you need a vehicle voucher first:

• Panel vans, and car-derived vans with panels in place of windows or no rear seats.
• People carriers, 4x4s and minibuses fitted with panels instead of windows, or with the rear seats out.
• Minibuses with 10 seats or more.
• Campervans and minibuses over 2 metres tall but under 3.5 tonnes, with windows and seats throughout.

To qualify for vouchers the vehicle must be the only one in your household, under 2 metres tall unless it is a campervan or minibus, and under 3.5 tonnes. Apply through Kent County Council’s vehicle restrictions and vouchers pages.

Disability adapted vehicles have no height restriction in principle, but Sevenoaks and Swanley are two of the three Kent sites where staff cannot raise the barrier. If your adapted vehicle is over 2 metres, ring 03000 417373 before you go and ask for special access arrangements rather than turning up and hoping.

Trailers

You can bring a car and trailer. The trailer body must be no more than 2.05 metres long, must not have its sides built up for extra capacity, must not be overloaded, must stay within your towing capacity, and must stay hitched unless staff tell you otherwise. Agricultural trailers, horseboxes and tippers are refused, and you cannot tow with a vehicle that is itself restricted.

What is free, and what you pay for

Most household recycling is free. The charges apply to tyres and to DIY waste above a set allowance.

The free DIY waste allowance is four visits in four weeks, and on each of those visits one large item (up to 200cm by 75cm) or two standard black bags of 50 litres each. A sheet of plasterboard counts as one black bag.

Item	Free allowance	Cost above it
Car and motorbike tyres	None	£3 per tyre, up to 5 a day
DIY waste	4 visits in 4 weeks, 1 large item or 2 bags a visit	£5 per item or bag
Plasterboard	4 visits in 4 weeks, 1 sheet or 2 bags a visit	£7.50 per sheet or bag
Visit by a non-Kent resident	None	£10 per visit

Inside the allowance you can tip breeze blocks, bricks, set cement and concrete (not powder), drainpipes, flagstones, granite, marble, paving slabs, hardcore, rubble, gravel, rocks, sand, stones, soil, ceramic tiles, and ceramic bathroom and kitchen fittings such as baths, basins, sinks, toilet pans, cisterns, bidets and shower trays.

There is no limit and no charge at all on plastic kitchen units, non-ceramic sinks, non-ceramic baths and doors, which is worth remembering if you are ripping out a kitchen.

Payment is by debit or credit card only. Neither site takes cash or cheques, and staff cannot give discounts. Ask on site if you need a VAT receipt.

The £10 charge for residents outside Kent includes Medway residents. It is charged per visit, not per item.

What each site takes, and the four rules that differ

Kent County Council keeps one A-Z of items for all 19 of its centres, and the site-by-site exceptions are buried in it. Neither the Sevenoaks page nor the Swanley page mentions a single one of them; both simply link to the A-Z. Four of those exceptions separate Dunbrik from Swanley.

	Dunbrik (Sevenoaks)	Swanley
Plasterboard	Accepted, inside the DIY allowance	Not accepted at all
Pesticides	Accepted, free	Not accepted
Community care equipment (walking sticks, crutches, wheelchairs, hand grabs)	Not taken for reuse	Taken for reuse, free
Damaged upholstered seating	Bring it intact, no extra rule	Cover the damaged area with a bin bag and tape before you arrive

Plasterboard is the one that costs people a wasted trip. Swanley is one of four Kent centres, with Faversham, Folkestone and Sheerness, that will not take it in any quantity, free or paid. A Swanley household stripping out a ceiling has to drive to Dunbrik instead, roughly eight miles across the district in a straight line and further by road. Pesticides work the other way: Dunbrik is on the council’s list of ten centres that accept them, Swanley is not.

Items with a condition attached

These are accepted at both sites, but not on the terms most people assume.

• Asbestos. Taken at every Kent centre except Sheerness, and free up to five sacks or the equivalent a month. It has to be double wrapped in heavy duty plastic bags or sheeting, taped shut, kept damp, with nothing sticking out and no piece bigger than 3 metres by 1.5 metres. Wear gloves and a face mask, and do not break or cut it. The container is kept locked, so ask a member of staff to open it, expect to be asked to confirm the asbestos came from your own home, and plan to lift it yourself, because staff are not allowed to help.
• Paint. Dried is preferred. Leave the lid off before you set out, and cat litter or sawdust speeds it up. Wet paint is accepted in tins up to 5 litres. Commercial paint and large tins are refused. Worth knowing before you make the trip: any tin still holding paint goes into the general household waste container, because the council has no facility to reuse or recycle it.
• Engine oil. Free, but no more than 5 litres at a time, which is a container capacity limit rather than a rule about your car.
• Gas bottles. Accepted, with two exceptions. Calor bottles have to go back to the supplier or through Calor, and nitrous oxide canisters are treated as hazardous commercial waste and refused outright.
• Garden waste. Branches up to 10cm thick, plus whole plant pots and ornaments. Empty your black sacks into the green container rather than throwing them in bagged. Invasive weeds including ragwort and Japanese knotweed are refused. Concrete, clay, wood and metal pots are free; plastic and fibreglass ones go in general waste.
• Upholstered seating. Sofas, armchairs, dining and office chairs, futons, bean bags, stools, garden seating and child car seats are all destroyed rather than recycled, because any of them may contain persistent organic pollutants and there is no way to tell which do. Bring the item intact so nothing escapes in the car park.
• Mattresses. Free at both, but neither site has a mattress recycling container. Only Allington, Ashford and Canterbury do, so a mattress left at Dunbrik or Swanley goes into the bulky waste container.
• Lawnmowers. Fine, once drained. Neither site can take petrol.
• Glass. Bottles and jars go in the bottle banks, and sheets of glass and old double glazing units are accepted too, in the bulky waste container.
• Loft insulation. Free, into the general waste container, bagged up if it is glass fibre.

Free, and often assumed not to be

Vapes have their own container. So do coffee pods, split between aluminium and plastic, and you can leave the used grounds in. Kitchen knives are taken, in the metal container, which is safer than putting them out for the bin crew. Small domestic fire extinguishers go in the gas bottle container. Car batteries, e-bike and scooter batteries, printer cartridges, hangers, artificial grass, VHS tapes, suitcases, carpet cut into manageable lengths and wallpaper are all free. Wallpaper should not go in the paper container, because of the glue on the back.

If it is still usable, the Sevenoaks tip does keep some of it

This is the part of the rules most often got wrong, including by us until we re-read Kent’s own sources on 24 September 2026, so here is the position in full.

Dunbrik does set items aside for reuse. Kent County Council says fifteen of its nineteen recycling centres now collect items for reuse, and when it published the figures for its reuse shops on 31 March 2026 it named the sites stocking them: Maidstone, Pepperhill, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Sheerness, Canterbury, Dartford, Swanley and Ashford. Anything sound you hand over at Dunbrik or Swanley goes into a reuse container and is then moved to the Allington Reuse Shop near Maidstone or the New Romney container shop, or passed to a charity or auction house, rather than being crushed.

Those shops are worth knowing about as a destination as well as a drop-off. Allington opened in September 2025 with FCC Environment and in its first six months took more than 30,000 donated items, over 100 tonnes diverted from disposal, with about 20,000 visitors and 19,500 items sold. You need a booked slot to drop waste off, but not to browse the shop. A share of the profits goes to charity, this year SATEDA and the Young Lives Foundation.

Two categories are still the exception, and they are the two people most often turn up with. In the council’s A-Z, furniture is kept for reuse at nine named centres and books at twelve, and Dunbrik and Swanley appear on neither list. So a wardrobe or a box of paperbacks left at the Sevenoaks tip is not being saved, whatever happens to the rest of the load. For furniture in good condition the council’s named reuse partner for Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells is the YMCA, and the British Heart Foundation collects across Kent. Working fridges, cookers, washing machines and tumble dryers are worth offering to a reuse project before a recycling centre, which matters more than usual this year given the fridge backlog below.

What the tip will not take

• Business or trade waste. It is illegal to bring it to a recycling centre, and staff will send tradespeople to a waste transfer station instead. If you have hired someone to do the work, the waste is theirs to dispose of, not yours.
• Large quantities of soil, rubble, hardcore or renovation materials. The sites are not built for it. Past the free allowance you are into skip hire territory.
• Rubbish carried in from the road. You cannot park outside and walk your waste in. The council says it blocks the road and gets round the number plate cameras it uses to catch trade waste. Walking or cycling in is possible, but only by arrangement: contact Kent first on 03000 41 73 73 and it will fit you in at a quieter time, usually a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon, with staff ready to stop vehicles moving. Deal is the only Kent centre that takes people on foot or by bike without a booking.
• Chemicals and domestic hazardous waste, including antifreeze. Only four Kent centres take these: Ashford, Dartford, Maidstone and Richborough. Dartford is the nearest to Sevenoaks at roughly 12 miles in a straight line, so it is a deliberate trip rather than a detour.
• Petrol, and fuel generally. A local repair garage is the route for it.
• Bitumen, or anything containing it, which has to go to a licensed waste management facility.
• Glycerin, in any quantity.
• Calor gas bottles and nitrous oxide canisters.
• Plaster powder, at any Kent centre, not just these two.
• Commercial or business paper and shredding, which belongs at a transfer station.

You also have to wear sensible clothes and footwear, and children must stay in the car.

Fridges and freezers are the current pinch point

If you are trying to get rid of a fridge or a freezer this month, expect friction at both ends. On 30 July 2026 Kent County Council asked residents to hold on to fridges and freezers a little longer if the appliance is safe to keep, because fridge and freezer recycling is under pressure across the UK and it wants to keep space for urgent cases. Sevenoaks District Council’s own bulky waste service says the same in stronger terms: it is currently unable to collect any fridges or freezers due to a national issue.

The trips to Dunbrik you no longer need to make

A lot of what people still drive to the Sevenoaks tip is now collected from the kerb, and two of the three routes below are free.

• Food waste is collected weekly, free. Sevenoaks District Council now collects food waste from most households on the same day as the general waste and recycling, in a separate vehicle, so the caddy goes at a different time to the bins. Every household in Kent gains a food waste service this year under national legislation, and Kent County Council named Dartford and Sevenoaks as the two districts getting it for the first time. Cooked and raw food both go in, including meat and fish bones, tea bags, coffee grounds, egg and nut shells and pet food. Plastic bags do not. Caddies have to be out by 7am, and if the food waste lorry has not been by 4pm you can report it missed. Worth knowing: compostable caddy liners are 50p a roll at outlets across the district under a Kent County Council pilot, which is a lot less than supermarket prices, and the pilot is time-limited.
• Garden waste is collected fortnightly, for a subscription. A 240-litre wheelie bin is £65 a year, a 140-litre bin £48, both for 48 weeks with a four-week break at Christmas. If you do not generate enough for a bin, sacks are £29 for a bundle of 25, or £1.16 each where sold singly, and each sack holds 80 litres. Only the council’s own sacks are collected. At Dunbrik garden waste is free anyway, so the subscription is buying you the drive, not the disposal.
• Bulky items are collected from the kerbside, priced below.

One date to plan around: garden waste sack collections are suspended from Monday 12 to Friday 16 October 2026. Sevenoaks District Council is switching to wheelie bin collections on 12 October, which it calls the biggest change to its waste services in a generation, and it is pausing sack collections for that week to manage the changeover. Subscribed bin collections still run. If you are on sacks, that is the week the tip will be busier than usual, so book a Dunbrik slot early rather than turning up.

When the council will come to you instead

For heavy furniture, a trip to Dunbrik with a trailer is not always the sensible answer. Sevenoaks District Council runs a bulky waste collection from the kerbside, up to 10 items on your normal collection day:

Items	Charge
1 item	£26
2 items	£31
3 to 4 items	£42.50
5 to 10 items	£57
Corner sofa	£31
White goods	£26

Items must be outside your property boundary by 7am on the booked day, and crews work between 7am and 4pm. The service will not take televisions, furniture or doors containing glass, gas canisters or plasterboard, and, as above, no fridges or freezers at present. Book and pay by card on the council’s bulky waste collection page.

For everything that goes out at the kerb each week, including the switch to wheelie bins on 12 October 2026, see our guide to Sevenoaks bin collection days.

Frequently asked questions

What time does the Sevenoaks tip open?

Both the Sevenoaks site at Dunbrik and the Swanley site open at 8am Monday to Saturday and close at 4.30pm. On Sundays and bank holidays they open at 9am and close at 4pm. You must have booked a slot before you arrive.

Do I need to book to use the Sevenoaks tip?

Yes. Kent County Council requires a booked slot at all 19 of its recycling centres, and entry without one is not permitted. Booking is free, can be made for the same day or up to two weeks ahead, and there is no limit on how many visits you make in a day. If you cannot book online, call 03000 41 73 73 on a weekday between 9am and 5pm.

How do I book the Sevenoaks tip?

Use Kent County Council’s online HWRC booking form, which needs no account. Accept the terms, choose Sevenoaks (Dunbrik) or Swanley and pick a slot for today or up to two weeks ahead. The confirmation email holds your booking reference and the link to cancel or change the slot. If you do not cancel a slot you cannot use, you may be unable to book again.

Can I walk or cycle to the Sevenoaks tip?

Not without arranging it first. Kent will not let you park outside and carry waste in. It can arrange a visit on foot or by bike at a quieter time, usually a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon, if you call 03000 41 73 73 in advance. Deal is the only Kent centre open to pedestrians and cyclists without a booking.

Where is the Sevenoaks tip?

At Dunbrik, Main Road, Sundridge, TN14 6EP, roughly two and a half miles west of Sevenoaks town centre. The district’s other centre is at the Teardrop Centre, Pedham Place, A20 London Road, Swanley, BR8 8TJ.

Can I take a van to the Sevenoaks tip?

Only with a vehicle voucher, and only if the van is under 2 metres tall, under 3.5 tonnes gross weight, and the only vehicle in your household. Hire vans, tippers and drop-sided lorries are refused outright. Cars, estates, pick-ups and people carriers with windows and seats throughout need no voucher.

How much does it cost to use the Sevenoaks tip?

Nothing for ordinary household recycling. Tyres cost £3 each, up to five a day. DIY waste above the free allowance of four visits in four weeks, with one large item or two black bags a visit, costs £5 per item or bag, and plasterboard £7.50 per sheet or bag. Residents who do not pay council tax to a Kent council pay £10 a visit. Card only, no cash.

Does the Sevenoaks tip reuse things rather than scrap them?

Yes, for most items. Kent County Council names Sevenoaks and Swanley among the centres that collect reusable items, which are then sent to the Allington Reuse Shop or the New Romney container shop. The exceptions are furniture and books: neither Dunbrik nor Swanley is on the council’s list of sites that keep those two categories for reuse.

Can I buy things from a Kent reuse shop?

Yes, and you do not need a booking to browse. The Allington Reuse Shop near Maidstone and the New Romney container shop both sell donated items. Allington opened in September 2025 and sold 19,500 items in its first six months.

Can I take food waste to the Sevenoaks tip?

You can, but there is no reason to. Sevenoaks District Council collects food waste weekly from most households, free, on your normal collection day, and caddy liners are 50p a roll locally under a Kent County Council pilot. Put the caddy out by 7am.

Can I take garden waste to the Sevenoaks tip?

Yes, and it is free at Dunbrik: branches up to 10cm thick, plus whole plant pots and ornaments, tipped loose out of your sacks into the green container rather than thrown in bagged. Ragwort, Japanese knotweed and other invasive weeds are refused. The kerbside alternative is a subscription: £65 a year for a 240-litre bin, £48 for a 140-litre one, or £29 for 25 sacks. Note that sack collections are suspended from 12 to 16 October 2026 while the district switches to wheelie bins.

Can I still use the Medway tips?

No. Kent residents can no longer use the Medway sites at Capstone, Cuxton and Hoath Way. If you live in the north of the district, Swanley is your nearest centre.

Can I take plasterboard to the Swanley tip?

No. Swanley is one of four Kent centres, with Faversham, Folkestone and Sheerness, that does not accept plasterboard at all, free or paid. Take it to Dunbrik at Sundridge instead, where it is accepted inside the free DIY allowance.

How much plasterboard can I take to the tip?

At Dunbrik, one sheet counts as one of your two black bags for the visit, so within the free allowance you can bring one sheet plus one bag, or two sheets, on each of four visits in four weeks. Anything beyond that is £7.50 a sheet. Plaster powder is not accepted at any Kent centre, Swanley will not take plasterboard in any form, and Sevenoaks District Council will not take it on a bulky waste collection either.

Can I take asbestos to the Sevenoaks tip?

Yes. Kent County Council accepts asbestos at every centre except Sheerness, and the first five sacks or equivalent in a month are free. Double wrap it in heavy duty plastic bags or sheeting, tape it shut, keep it damp, and keep each piece under 3 metres by 1.5 metres with nothing sticking out. Wear gloves and a mask, do not break or cut it, and expect to lift it yourself, because the container is locked and staff cannot help you unload it.

Is the Sevenoaks tip open on a Sunday?

Yes, but on shorter hours: 9am to 4pm on Sundays and on bank holidays, against 8am to 4.30pm Monday to Saturday. The same times apply at Swanley. You still need a booked slot on a Sunday.

Is Dunbrik the same as the Sevenoaks tip?

Yes. Dunbrik, Sundridge and Sevenoaks Household Waste Recycling Centre are all the same place, at Main Road, Dunbrik, Sundridge, TN14 6EP. The council uses the formal name, locals use the other three.

Who runs the Sevenoaks tip?

Kent County Council, not Sevenoaks District Council. The county runs the recycling centres and the booking system, on 03000 41 73 73. The district council runs your kerbside bins and the bulky waste collection. Sending a tip question to the district council is the most common way people lose a day waiting for an answer.

Sources

• Opening times, the booking rule, the 2 metre height barrier and the £10 non-Kent charge re-checked against Kent County Council’s own Sevenoaks Household Waste Recycling Centre page on 16 September 2026: all unchanged.
• Food waste collection detail, the 7am and 4pm times and the 50p liner pilot from Sevenoaks District Council, food waste collections, read 16 September 2026.
• Garden waste prices and the 12 to 16 October suspension of sack collections from Sevenoaks District Council, garden waste collection, read 16 September 2026.

• Dartford and Sevenoaks named as the districts gaining food waste collections for the first time: Kent County Council, “Kent’s food waste recycling soars saving £75k in a single month”, 30 January 2026.

• Kent County Council, Sevenoaks Household Waste Recycling Centre and Swanley Household Waste Recycling Centre

• Kent County Council, our household waste recycling centres (19 sites, Medway sites closed to Kent residents)
• Kent County Council, book a slot to visit a household waste recycling centre (booking rules, phone line, fridge and freezer notice of 30 July)
• Kent County Council, charges at HWRCs (DIY allowance, tyre, plasterboard and non-Kent charges)
• Kent County Council, restricted vehicles and vehicle restrictions and vouchers
• Kent County Council, I want to get rid of…, the A-Z of items, for the site-by-site exceptions on plasterboard, pesticides, community care equipment, upholstered seating, asbestos, paint, chemicals, mattresses, furniture and books
• Sevenoaks District Council, bulky waste collection (charges, item limits, exclusions)

• Distances calculated by Sevenoaks Online from Ordnance Survey grid references via the postcodes.io API, straight line between town centre postcodes

• Reuse at Dunbrik and Swanley, the reuse shop figures and the fifteen-of-nineteen count from Kent County Council, “30,000 donations and counting: Kent shines a spotlight on Reuse Shops for Zero Waste Day”, 31 March 2026, read 24 September 2026. The furniture and books site lists were re-read on the council’s A-Z the same day and still exclude both our centres.

• Opening times, the bank holiday line, the booking rule, the 2 metre barrier and the £10 non-Kent charge re-checked on Kent County Council’s Sevenoaks HWRC and book a slot pages on 24 September 2026: all unchanged, and the 30 July fridge and freezer notice is still running.

All Kent County Council and Sevenoaks District Council figures on this page were checked at source on 17 August 2026. The opening times for both centres, the charges, and the whole A-Z of accepted items were re-checked on 3 September 2026. The booking steps, the on-site rules and the Dunbrik opening times were re-checked on 11 September 2026, and again on 24 September 2026. Charges, opening times and site-by-site restrictions can change, so confirm on the council’s own pages before you set off.