Council Services during bank holidays
Services may have different hours or offer a reduced service. Please see Council Services during bank holidays for more details.
Sowerby Bridge (Milner Royd) Household Waste Recycling Centre
Mearclough, Sowerby Bridge. HX6 3LF.
Please note: There is no facility for the disposal of plasterboard, hardcore or rubble at this site. Please use Halifax, Brighouse or Todmorden.
- Opening times
- What you can take
- New rules for the storage and disposal of upholstered furniture
- Re-use shop: "Revive"
- Nearest recycling banks
Calderdale residents can use HWRCs to deposit items that do not fit in the domestic wheelie bin or bin liners. Important note: You must bring and show some identification that proves you are a resident.
There are separate skips for cardboard, scrap metal, general waste, timber, electrical items, green waste and more. Sort your waste before you visit and put it in the right skip. By doing this, you help to make sure that the most is recycled or recovered as possible.
There is a height barrier that restricts vehicles over 5 feet 11 inch (1.8 metres) from entering. Please note: Unless you have a permit, vehicles above this height will be turned away.
Note: We operate a commercial vehicle permit scheme. If you use a van, pick-up or a vehicle with a large trailer, you must have a permit.
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Sowerby Bridge (Milner Royd) Household Waste Recycling Centre
Mearclough Road
Sowerby Bridge
HX6 3LF
United Kingdom
Opening hours
Please note: Gates to these sites can be closed up to 10 minutes before the site closing time. This is to ensure waste is deposited and vehicles have exited by the closing time.
| Day | Winter hours From Monday 27th October 2025 |
Summer hours From Sunday 29th March 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Closed | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed | Closed |
| Wednesday | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 5pm |
| Thursday | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 5pm |
| Friday | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 5pm |
| Saturday | 8am to 4pm | 8am to 4pm |
| Sunday | 10am to 4pm | 9am to 4pm |
Bank Holidays
HWRCs are open, but work Sunday hours.
Christmas closures
- 25th and 26th December.
- 1st January.
What you can take
- Cans: (Include empty aerosols).
- Car batteries
- Cardboard: (Please remove any plastic and polystyrene and flatten the box).
- Cooking oil
- Electrical
- Fluorescent tubes
- Fridges and freezers
- Glass bottles and jars
- Green waste
- Metal
- Mobile phones: (Please deposit in the electrical skip).
- Oil
- Paper
- Plastic bottles, tubs and trays: (No hard plastic, such as garden furniture and no plastic film products).
- Textiles and shoes
- Timber
- Vapes: Please place these in the collection tube.
Have you found the item that you are looking for? If not, try the A to Z of waste and recycling.
Re-use shop; "Revive"
We have a shop at Brighouse HWRC for the resale of good quality unwanted items.
- This includes furniture, toys and homeware at low prices.
- Every item for sale would have gone to waste. This means that each item bought contributes to a greener Calderdale.
For more details, see: Revive shop.