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Assessment · recycling services round recycling-services-2026-09

Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre review

Researched for Recycling services in Telford

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Trading as Telford & Wrekin Council · Hortonwood 50, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 7AA · Service area: Telford

Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre in short

Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre is the council-run tip at Hortonwood in Hadley, open seven days a week for Telford and Wrekin residents clearing house, garden or garage by car. Proof of address is required on arrival for every single visit. Six signed drop-off areas cover appliances, rubble, scrap, paint, tyres, oils and batteries, with staff on hand to point each load right. If you can carry it, this review finds it the free route.

Customers rate Hortonwood strongly, with above four stars on Google across the round's deepest review base. What counts against it is formal: no carrier listing appears on the register and no company record sits behind a council service. Residents-only access with proof of address keeps it outside the ranked table.

The record shows a council service for bulk and garden waste, based at Hortonwood in Hadley with daily opening across the week. Cars carry the loads in, and staff point each material to its bay across the signed areas. Our view is that the offer suits the heavy weekends: shed clearances, hedge cuttings and the garden loads that dwarf the kerbside bin.

The customer evidence rests on one public source, a deep set of Google reviews that forms the round's largest base. The council page stands beside it with the site rules and bay layout. Our reading is that most visitors leave satisfied, though a single source can only show so much about every kind of load.

Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre reviews and ratings on other sites

Every public rating we hold for Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre, with the source, scale, count and the date we read it. These are customers' ratings, not ours.
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Google4.5 out of 5277

Our verdict

Our judgement: Hortonwood suits you if you are a Telford and Wrekin resident clearing the house, garden or garage by car, with free drop-off across six material areas and the round's deepest review base [1] [3]. The gaps are formal: no carrier listing on the register and no company record behind a council service [2]. Non-residents are turned away from April 2026 [1].

Score summary

We researched this provider but have not scored it, because it did not meet one of our eligibility requirements.

G3 · No waste carrier listing found for Hortonwood on the Environment Agency register searched 4 September 2026 [2].

Industry qualifications

Sourced from the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders, on the date shown.

Strengths

  • You get six signed drop-off areas covering appliances, rubble, scrap, paint, tyres, oils and batteries, with staff on hand to advise where things go, on the page seen 4 September 2026 [1].

  • Opening runs 9am to 5pm seven days a week, closing only on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day [1].

  • The Google base is the deepest in this round at 277 ratings averaging 4.5 [3].

Limitations

  • No waste carrier listing appears for the site on the Environment Agency register searched 4 September 2026, and no company record sits behind the council operation [2].

  • The site serves Telford and Wrekin residents only from April 2026, with proof of address required, so anyone outside the borough cannot use it [1].

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Questions about Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre

Is Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre any good?

On the evidence, yes for free drop-offs: it takes residents' sorted loads across six signed areas with staff on hand, and holds strong Google reviews across the round's deepest review base. It suits bulk and garden loads by car. Sort the load and check the accepted list before you drive over.

Is Hortonwood a registered waste carrier?

No waste carrier listing appears for the site on the Environment Agency register, which is expected for a council-run service rather than a private carrier. That is why it sits outside our ranked table rather than inside it. Hortonwood runs as a council service, so take proof of address to show you are a borough resident.

What does Hortonwood charge?

Visits are free for Telford and Wrekin residents, with proof of address required on arrival. Non-residents cannot use the site, so anyone outside the borough needs a private firm instead. Check the accepted list before loading, since some items are turned away, and sort each material so staff can send it straight to its bay.

Where is Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre?

The centre sits at Hortonwood in Hadley, open seven days a week for residents clearing house, garden or garage by car. Bulk and garden loads the kerbside rounds will not take belong here. Arrive with the load sorted and proof of address ready, and follow staff directions to the right bay for each material.

How is Hortonwood ranked?

It is researched but not assessed: as a council service with no carrier listing it cannot enter the ranked table, whatever its reviews say. That is a formal gap, not a quality verdict. Council tips and private carriers answer different jobs, so the table holds firms you can hire. Read the full review, then sort the car load.

What do customers say about Hortonwood?

Google shows above four stars from the round's deepest set of reviews. That is the only public review source we hold, so the picture is broad but single-sourced. Read the individual reviews for car-load visits like yours, then set them beside the free entry and the residents-only rules on this page.

How does Hortonwood compare with the ranked firms?

It does a different job: free car drop-offs of sorted loads, where the ranked firms charge to carry waste away or buy scrap at their yards. Luv Waste tops the table for skip hire and clearances, while the Madeley and Wellington yards suit weighed-in metal. Drive to Hortonwood with a carful you can sort, and hire a ranked firm for loads you cannot shift.

Others assessed for this trade

  1. Luv Waste71.1 / 100Ranked 1. Best for skip hire and clearances backed by spotless reviews.
  2. E-reuse70.1 / 100Ranked 2. Best for furniture reuse and house clearances.
  3. JMS Breakers69.9 / 100Ranked 3. Best for scrap cars and metal weighed in at Madeley.
  4. Cartwrights Waste Disposal Services69.6 / 100Ranked 4. Best for skips, grab hire and trade waste together.

Sources

  1. Telford and Wrekin Council — HRC site rules and guidance Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. Environment Agency register — name search HORTONWOOD (no listing) Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  3. Google Maps listing — Hortonwood Household Recycling Centre, Telford Retrieved 4 September 2026.

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