The Dulwich Tip: Devon Street Is Open Daily, West Norwood Needs a Booking

The tip for Dulwich, Peckham and Camberwell is the Southwark Reuse and Recycling Centre on Devon Street, SE15 1AL, open every day from 8.30am to 4.30pm with no booking. If your council tax goes to Lambeth (West Dulwich), your tip is Vale Street in West Norwood, which needs a booked slot and is shut on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The quick answer

• Southwark residents: Devon Street, London SE15 1AL. Every day, 8.30am to 4.30pm. No appointment by car, bike or on foot. Quietest between 10am and 3pm on weekdays.
• Bring: photo ID plus a current council tax bill, recent utility bill or recent bank statement showing a Southwark address.
• Vans and pickups: permit only, four a year, entry between 8.30am and 9.30am. Book a Southwark van permit.
• Lambeth residents: Vale Street, West Norwood, SE27 9PA. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday and every day from midday to 1pm. Book a Vale Street slot. Recycling and reuse only, no rubbish, no vans.
• Christmas: Devon Street shuts on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Vale Street shuts on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Last checked 11 November 2026 against Southwark Council’s Reuse and Recycling Centre pages and Lambeth Council’s reuse and recycling centres page.

Which tip you can use

It depends on the council you pay council tax to, not on your postcode. Each site checks ID against its own borough, so a Lambeth address will not get you into Devon Street, and a Southwark one will not get you into Vale Street.

Most of the Dulwich Today area is Southwark: East Dulwich, Dulwich Village, Peckham, Nunhead, Camberwell and the eastern half of Herne Hill. The Lambeth side is West Dulwich (Turney Road, Rosendale Road, Thurlow Park Road) and the Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction side of SE24. The bin collection days page sets out where the boundary runs.

Southwark: Devon Street, SE15

Southwark Reuse and Recycling Centre, Devon Street, London SE15 1AL. It is run by Veolia for Southwark Council and sits just off the Old Kent Road.

What to bring. Photo ID, such as a passport or driving licence, plus one of: a current council tax bill, a recent utility bill or a recent bank statement. Wear sturdy shoes; the council says no sandals or open shoes.

What it takes, free:

• general mixed household rubbish
• building rubble and hardcore, including doors and windows
• plasterboard
• bathroom and sanitary fittings
• furniture, wood and chipboard
• fridges, freezers and other large and small electrical appliances
• computers (wipe personal data first), electronics and mobile phones
• car and household batteries
• lightbulbs, including fluorescent tubes
• gas bottles and tyres
• used engine oil and cooking oil
• metal, textiles, clothes, shoes and books
• garden waste
• plastic bags and film

You have to sort it by material into the right bays yourself.

What it turns away. Anything from a business, trade job or a property you let to tenants: landlords have to pay a registered waste carrier. The council also asks you not to bring what already goes in your household recycling.

Vans, pickups and converted cars

You need a resident van permit for a purpose-built van, a pickup, any vehicle designed mainly to carry goods, or a car converted to carry goods (seats out).

• Four permits a year per resident.
• Entry only between 8.30am and 9.30am on the date you booked, and all the unloading has to be done in that slot.
• No trailers, tippers or specialist vehicles on a permit visit.
• Bring a driving licence and ID with an address that matches the permit.
• Nothing over 3.5 tonnes gross is let in, permit or not.

Apply for a van permit on the council website.

Getting there

The council says you can arrive by car, bike or on foot. By bus, the P12 from Peckham Rye station stops at Manor Grove, about 150 metres from the site; the 21, 53, 172 and 453 stop at Old Kent Road / Ilderton Road, about 300 metres away.

Lambeth: Vale Street, West Norwood

Lambeth Reuse and Recycling Centre, Vale Street, West Norwood, London SE27 9PA. Lambeth residents only.

It shuts every day between midday and 1pm, and on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

• Book a time slot if you are arriving in a vehicle: Lambeth booking form.
• Every visit: photo ID (passport, driving licence, national identity card or Freedom Pass) and proof of a Lambeth address (council tax bill, household bill, parking permit, bank statement, rent or mortgage statement, or tenancy agreement).
• Recycling and reuse only. You cannot bring rubbish for disposal.
• No vans or commercial vehicles, and they may not unload outside the gate.
• Cars driver-only where possible; staff will help unload. Children stay in the vehicle, and no pets.
• Not taking cooking oil or engine oil at the moment; Lambeth sends you to Smugglers Way for those.

It accepts cardboard and paper, glass, cans and cartons, scrap metal, wood, electrical items, batteries and car batteries, lightbulbs and tubes, gas bottles, empty fire extinguishers, bicycles, books, CDs and DVDs, clothes and shoes, garden hand tools, printer cartridges, water filters, mobile phones, garden waste (vegetation only, no logs) and certain hard plastics: buckets, drums, bins, laundry baskets, crates, storage boxes, wheelie bins, plastic pallets, garden furniture and plant pots.

Lambeth’s rubbish option: Smugglers Way

For general rubbish, Lambeth residents can use the Smugglers Way Household Waste and Recycling Centre, Wandsworth, SW18 1JS, run by the Western Riverside Waste Authority. A car needs a booked slot; on foot or by bike you do not need one. Bring photo ID that shows your Lambeth address, or photo ID plus a document that does. Check the WRWA opening times before you go.

Questions about either Lambeth site: 020 7926 9000, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

If you cannot get there

Both councils collect bulky items for a fee. Prices, item limits and the Emmaus free collection for reusable furniture in Lambeth are on the bin collection days page. For the festive changes to collections and tree recycling, see Christmas bin collections in Dulwich.

Sources

• Southwark Council: getting there and opening times, what you can take, ID and van visits
• Lambeth Council: reuse and recycling centres and Smugglers Way
• Bus stops: TfL stop data for Devon Street, SE15 1AL