Information on the Household Waste and Recycling Centres in Southend-on-Sea Borough
Stock Road and Leigh Marshes Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are now open but only for essential visits and with strict social distancing measures in place to ensure visitor and staff safety.
Please check Southend-on-Sea Borough's website and our answers to Frequently Asked Questions before you visit.
Only visit the site if you are unable to safely store waste at home, or are unable to dispose of the waste through alternative options including bulky waste collections, garden waste services or your normal weekly collection.
Since 8 June both sites have returned to usual summer opening hours.
9am to 5pm Monday to Friday - Leigh Marshes closed on Wednesdays, Stock Road closed on Thursdays
8am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday
Commercial type vehicles Sundays only 12pm to 4pm
Strict social distancing controls will be in place to keep all visitors and site staff safe. This will include restricting the number of vehicles allowed on site at any one time. Anyone seen to be ignoring these social distancing measures will be asked to leave the site immediately.
There are likely to be long traffic queues at times – particularly on Sundays - so please avoid this day and only visit the sites if your household waste really needs to go to the recycling centre right now. If it could be stored safely away at home, please do so.
Any residents showing symptoms of COVID-19, self-isolating or shielding should not visit any recycling centre under any circumstances and should follow advice from Public Health England.
Stock Road
Stock Road
Address
Stock Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 5QF
1st February - 31st October
Weekdays (closed Thursday) - 9am - 5pm
Weekends - 8am - 5pm
1st November - 31st January
Weekdays (closed Thursday) - 9am - 4pm
Weekends - 8am - 4pm
• Open from 9am on Bank Holidays,
• Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day
Stock Road live webcam
Please note that the webcam feed can take a few moments to load.
Leigh Marshes
Leigh Marshes
Address
Leigh Marshes, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2ET
1st February - 31st October
Weekdays (closed Wednesday) - 9am - 5pm
Weekends - 8am - 5pm
1st November - 31st January
Weekdays (closed Wednesday) - 9am - 4pm
Weekends - 8am - 4pm
• Open from 9am on Bank Holidays,
• Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day
Leigh Marshes live webcam
Please note that the webcam feed can take a few moments to load.