Rugby Tip Opening Times: Hunters Lane Winter and Christmas

Checked 25 September 2026. Rugby’s tip is Hunters Lane Recycling Centre, run by Warwickshire County Council. You need to book a slot to use it, every day of the week. Winter hours start on Thursday 1 October, when the late Wednesday ends and weekends close at 4.15pm.

The quick answer

• From 1 October: 9.30am to 3.15pm Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.15pm Saturday and Sunday. Book first through the county’s Eventbrite page.
• Christmas: closes at 12.30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and is shut on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
• Fridges and freezers are accepted again since 8 September, after a month-long ban.

Hunters Lane opening hours

From the county’s Hunters Lane page:

The page’s own summary line above the table still reads “Winter opening hours are in effect from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023”. The table is the current version and matches what the site says about the late Wednesday running only in the summer months.

The postcode on the county’s page is CV21 1EA.

Booking is required seven days a week

Hunters Lane is on the county’s “hybrid booking system”, and booking is required every day. The county asks people to book “before travelling to Hunters Lane to avoid delays or a wasted journey” and to come midweek if they can, because weekends are busiest and some recycling containers can be full at busy times.

• Cyclists bringing household waste do not need to book
• Height barrier: 1.98m (6ft 6in). Report to staff on arrival if your vehicle is taller
• Vans cannot bring household waste without a voucher, and are charged if they have none. The county’s vehicle restrictions page explains who qualifies
• Business waste is chargeable

Christmas and New Year 2026

The Hunters Lane page says the site “will close at 12.30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day”. In 2026 that means:

Boxing Day falls on a Saturday this year, so the bank holiday moves to Monday 28 December (GOV.UK). The county’s page does not say what happens on a substitute day. We will ask and update this table.

Garden waste will pile up this winter: Rugby Borough Council’s green bin collections stop from at least 14 December to 15 January. Our Christmas bin collections page has the detail.

Stockton: weekends only

For the south of the borough, the county’s other nearby site is Stockton Recycling Centre, Rugby Road, Stockton, CV47 8LA. It is very different from Hunters Lane:

• Closed Monday to Friday, all year
• Open 8.30am to 4.15pm on Saturdays and Sundays in winter, 8.30am to 5.45pm in summer
• Booking required at weekends
• No trailers, and restrictions on vans, pick-ups and large 4x4s
• Closed on all bank holidays. The page does not say whether that covers Saturday 26 December, which is Boxing Day but not this year’s bank holiday

Fridges and freezers are back

On 8 September 2026 the county resumed fridge and freezer collections at its recycling centres, ending a suspension that began on 5 August when about 1,000 cooling appliances had built up across its sites.

The county warns that “capacity remains limited” and that without a booking system for fridges it may have to pause again. It asks anyone who can keep an old appliance at home a little longer to do so, and points to retailer take-back when you buy a new one.

More Rugby local information: bin collection days, Christmas bin collections, parking in Rugby and roadworks and travel.