Unitary authority · South East, England

West Berkshire bin collection day

Everything you need for bin day in West Berkshire: the official bin day checker, bank holiday changes and which bin is which. West Berkshire Council empties bins in 10 postcode districts, including OX8, OX12, RG7 and RG8, covering places such as Aldermaston, Aldermaston Soke and Aldermaston Wharf.

Check a postcode in West Berkshire

Not sure whether your street is in West Berkshire? Postcode districts on council borders can be split, so enter your full postcode to check.

West Berkshire at a glance

158,465residents (2020)

704 km²area

10postcode districts

123places listed

About 158,465 people live in West Berkshire (mid-2020 estimate) across 704 square kilometres. That makes it a mix of towns and countryside, where rural rounds can be long and run early.

Council: West Berkshire Council
Type: Unitary authority
Region: South East

Who collects what in West Berkshire

West Berkshire Council is a unitary council, so it handles both bin collections and the household waste recycling centres (the tips). One website covers your bin day, missed bins, garden waste, bulky waste and tip bookings.

Bank holidays and West Berkshire bin days

When a bank holiday lands on or before your collection day, West Berkshire may collect as normal or move collections later in the week. These are the next bank holidays in England and Wales:

Christmas and New Year cause the biggest changes. See Christmas bin collections for what usually happens.

Recycling rules in England

Under Simpler Recycling, councils in England must collect the same core recycling from every home: paper and card, glass, metal, plastic (including cartons), food waste every week, and garden waste for households that ask and pay any charge. The rules applied from 31 March 2026, with plastic film and bags joining the plastic stream from 31 March 2027. Councils still choose their own bins, colours and rotas.

GOV.UK: Simpler Recycling household guidance

Not sure which bin something goes in? Our which bin A to Z covers everyday items, and bin colours explained covers what each colour usually means. West Berkshire has the final say, so check its website if your bin label disagrees.

Postcode districts in West Berkshire

West Berkshire collects bins in all or part of these postcode districts. Districts marked on more than one council page cross a boundary.

• OX8
• OX12
• RG7
• RG8
• RG14
• RG17
• RG18
• RG19
• RG20
• RG31

Towns and villages in West Berkshire

Bins in these places are collected by West Berkshire.

• Aldermaston (RG7)
• Aldermaston Soke (RG7)
• Aldermaston Wharf (RG7)
• Aldworth (RG8)
• Ashampstead (RG8)
• Ashford Hill (RG19)
• Avington (RG17)
• Bagnor (RG20)
• Bagshot (RG17)
• Ball Hill (RG20)
• Basildon (RG8)
• Beech Hill (RG7)
• Beedon (RG20)
• Beenham (RG7)
• Bockhampton (RG17)
• Boxford (RG20)
• Bradfield (RG7)
• Brightwalton (RG20)
• Brimpton (RG7)
• Broad Laying (RG20)
• Bucklebury (RG7)
• Burgh-clere (RG20)
• Burghfield Common (RG7)
• Burghfield Hill (RG7)
• Calcot (RG31)
• Catmore (RG20)
• Chaddleworth (RG20)
• Chapel Row (RG7)
• Chieveley (RG20)
• Cleeve (RG8)
• Cold Ash (RG18)
• Combe (OX8, RG20)
• Compton (RG20)
• Cray's Pond (RG8)
• Crookham (RG19)
• Crux Easton (RG20)
• Curridge (RG18)
• Donnington (RG14)
• Downend (RG20)
• East End (RG20)
• East Garston (RG17)
• East Ilsley (RG20)
• East Shefford (RG17)
• Eastbury (RG17)
• Eddington (RG17)
• Enborne (RG20)
• Englefield (RG7)
• Exlade Street (RG8)
• Farley Hill (RG7)
• Farnborough (OX12)
• Fawley (OX12)
• Frilsham (RG18)
• Grazeley (RG7)
• Great Shefford (RG17)
• Greenham (RG14)
• Halfway (RG20)
• Hampstead Norris (RG18)
• Hamstead Marshall (RG20)
• Headley (RG19)
• Hermitage (RG18)
• Hungerford (RG17)
• Hungerford Newtown (RG17)
• Inkpen (RG17)
• Kintbury (RG17)
• Lambourn (RG17)
• Lambourn Woodlands (RG17)
• Leckhampstead (RG20)
• Lilley (RG20)
• Little Hungerford (RG18)
• Longlane (RG18)
• Midgham (RG7)
• Mortimer (RG7)
• Newbury (RG14)
• North End (RG20)
• North Street (RG7)
• Old Burghclere (RG20)
• Padworth (RG7)
• Pangbourne (RG8)
• Peasemore (RG20)
• Plastow Green (RG19)
• Purley on Thames (RG8)
• Shaw (RG14)
• Sheffield Bottom (RG7)
• Shefford Woodlands (RG17)
• South Fawley (OX12)
• Southend (RG7)
• Speen (RG14)
• Spencers Wood (RG7)
• Stanford Dingley (RG7)
• Stanmore (RG20)
• Stockcross (RG20)
• Stratfield Mortimer (RG7)
• Streatley (RG8)
• Sulham (RG8)
• Sulhamstead (RG7)
• Sydmonton (RG20)
• Thatcham (RG18)
• Theale (RG7)
• Three Mile Cross (RG7)
• Tidmarsh (RG8)
• Ufton Nervet (RG7)
• Upper Basildon (RG8)
• Upper Bucklebury (RG7)
• Upper Green (RG20)
• Upper Lambourn (RG17)
• Wash Common (RG14)
• Wasing (RG7)
• Welford (RG20)
• West End Green (RG7)
• West Ilsley (RG20)
• West Woodhay (RG20)
• Westbrook (RG20)
• Weston (RG20)
• Whitchurch Hill (RG8)
• Whitway (RG20)
• Wickham (RG20)
• Wickham Heath (RG20)
• Winterbourne (RG20)
• Wokefield Park (RG7)
• Woolhampton (RG7)
• Woolton Hill (RG20)
• World's End (RG20)
• Yattendon (RG18)

Councils near West Berkshire

• Basingstoke and Deane bin collection
• Reading bin collection
• Vale of White Horse bin collection
• South Oxfordshire bin collection
• Wokingham bin collection
• Swindon bin collection

Bin Collection Day is independent and not run by West Berkshire Council. Collection dates and services can change at short notice; the council's website is always the final word.