Non-metropolitan district · South East, England

Tunbridge Wells bin collection day

Check your Tunbridge Wells bin day, plan around bank holidays and set up free reminders for every collection. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council empties bins in 8 postcode districts, including TN1, TN2, TN3 and TN4, covering places such as Ashurst, Bedgebury Cross and Benenden.

Check a postcode in Tunbridge Wells

Not sure whether your street is in Tunbridge Wells? Postcode districts on council borders can be split, so enter your full postcode to check.

Tunbridge Wells at a glance

118,939residents (2020)

331 km²area

8postcode districts

42places listed

About 118,939 people live in Tunbridge Wells (mid-2020 estimate) across 331 square kilometres. That makes it a mix of towns and countryside, where rural rounds can be long and run early.

Council: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Type: Non-metropolitan district
County council: Kent County Council
Region: South East

Who collects what in Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council collects household bins, recycling, garden waste and bulky items. Kent County Council is the waste disposal authority, so it runs the household waste recycling centres (the tips) and decides where the waste goes after collection. If you have a question about your bin day, missed bins or new bins, contact Tunbridge Wells. For tip opening hours, van permits or booking a tip slot, contact Kent County Council.

Bank holidays and Tunbridge Wells bin days

When a bank holiday lands on or before your collection day, Tunbridge Wells may collect as normal or move collections later in the week. These are the next bank holidays in England and Wales:

Christmas and New Year cause the biggest changes. See Christmas bin collections for what usually happens.

Recycling rules in England

Under Simpler Recycling, councils in England must collect the same core recycling from every home: paper and card, glass, metal, plastic (including cartons), food waste every week, and garden waste for households that ask and pay any charge. The rules applied from 31 March 2026, with plastic film and bags joining the plastic stream from 31 March 2027. Councils still choose their own bins, colours and rotas.

GOV.UK: Simpler Recycling household guidance

Not sure which bin something goes in? Our which bin A to Z covers everyday items, and bin colours explained covers what each colour usually means. Tunbridge Wells has the final say, so check its website if your bin label disagrees.

Postcode districts in Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells collects bins in all or part of these postcode districts. Districts marked on more than one council page cross a boundary.

• TN1
• TN2
• TN3
• TN4
• TN11
• TN12
• TN17
• TN18

Towns and villages in Tunbridge Wells

Bins in these places are collected by Tunbridge Wells.

• Ashurst (TN3)
• Bedgebury Cross (TN17)
• Benenden (TN17)
• Bidborough (TN4)
• Brenchley (TN12)
• Capel (TN12)
• Cranbrook (TN17)
• Cranbrook Common (TN17)
• Curtisden Green (TN17)
• East End (TN17)
• Flishinghurst (TN17)
• Four Throws (TN18)
• Frittenden (TN17)
• Gill's Green (TN18)
• Glassenbury (TN17)
• Goudhurst (TN17)
• Hartley (TN17)
• Hawkenbury (TN2)
• Hawkhurst (TN18)
• High Brooms (TN4)
• High Street (TN18)
• Hole Park (TN17)
• Horsmonden (TN12)
• Iden Green (TN17)
• Kilndown (TN17)
• Lamberhurst (TN3)
• Linkhill (TN18)
• Lower Green (TN2)
• Matfield (TN12)
• Paddock Wood (TN12)
• Pembury (TN2)
• Rolvenden Layne (TN17)
• Royal Tunbridge Wells (TN1)
• Rusthall (TN4)
• Sandhurst (TN18)
• Sissinghurst (TN17)
• Southborough (TN4)
• Speldhurst (TN3)
• The Moor (TN18)
• Tudeley (TN11)
• Wilsley Green (TN17)
• Winchet Hill (TN17)

Councils near Tunbridge Wells

• Maidstone bin collection
• Tonbridge and Malling bin collection
• Rother bin collection
• Wealden bin collection
• Sevenoaks bin collection
• Ashford bin collection

Bin Collection Day is independent and not run by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Collection dates and services can change at short notice; the council's website is always the final word.