Bromley's Waldo Road tip reopens on Monday 23 November after 21 months shut. You will need to book, it will not take garden waste, and the Baths Road weekend site then closes.

The Waldo Road Reuse and Recycling Centre in Bromley reopens on Monday 23 November. The council confirmed the date on Monday 9 November. The borough’s main tip has been shut since 3 February 2025, so it will have been closed for almost 22 months.

You will need to book a slot. The council says a booking system is being launched to keep queues down, and that its details “will be publicised shortly” (London Borough of Bromley, 9 November 2026). The booking link was not live when we checked on Monday evening.

What changes when it reopens

The council’s release sets out how the reopened site will work:

  • Most of what it took before, it will take again. The exception is garden waste, which Waldo Road will not accept.
  • It will be smaller at first. The centre will run on “a slightly smaller footprint” while construction carries on elsewhere in the depot.
  • Veolia still runs it, as the council’s recycling and waste contractor.
  • Booking only, through a new system still to be announced.

The release says this phase of the depot work included a fire suppression system. Much of the building work has happened away from the tip itself, so the council says residents “will not notice much change at the centre”. The spare land has been used for waste collections, including a temporary barn for storing paper.

Councillor Josh Coldspring-White, the council’s Executive Councillor for Environment, said: “I’d like to thank residents for their patience with us as we have carried out these vital works.”

Baths Road weekend site closes

The temporary weekend site reached from Baths Road, BR2 9RB, will close when Waldo Road reopens, the council’s Waldo Road page says. That makes the weekend of Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November the last one it is due to open, though the council has not given a last day in so many words. It takes bulky items by booking only: Saturdays 8.30am to 3pm, Sundays 8.30am to midday (weekend Reuse and Recycling Centre).

Why it took so long

The council closed the site for what it calls once-in-a-generation work on the depot. In August it said the reopening was “anticipated to be in the middle of the month”, with the exact date to follow (London Borough of Bromley, 20 August 2026). Monday 23 November is a week later than mid-month. The background is in our earlier reports: Waldo Road tip reopens in November and the defects the council lists at the depot.

What it means for you

  • Until 22 November, Churchfields Road in Beckenham is the only full tip. It is open daily and you must book. Times and the booking link are on our tip opening times page.
  • Garden waste and leaves will still have to go elsewhere after 23 November: Churchfields Road, the Norman Park Saturday site until 28 November, or the council’s garden waste collections. Our leaves and garden waste guide has the options.
  • Watch for the booking link. We will add it to the tip opening times page as soon as the council publishes it, along with Waldo Road’s hours.
  • Normal bin days are unchanged: check yours on our bin collection days page.

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