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Gardening in East Thanet

East Thanet covers Margate, Cliftonville, Broadstairs and Ramsgate, out to Pegwell Bay and Cliffsend. Thanet District Council runs the paid brown bin round at £73 a year. Many homes are flats or terraces with small yards. The ONS median garden for a Thanet house was only about 187 m². Kent County Council runs the tip on Manston Road near Margate, and another at Richborough. Both expect a booking before you drive in.1 2 3 4 5 6

At a glance

Councils
Thanet District Council empties household bins and the garden waste bins. Kent County Council runs the household waste recycling centres.1 2 4
Wards covered
Margate Central, Cliftonville East and West, Dane Valley, Salmestone, Northwood, St Peters, Beacon Road, Bradstowe, Kingsgate, Viking, Central Harbour, Eastcliff, Nethercourt, Newington, Sir Moses Montefiore, Cliffsend and Pegwell.1
Typical garden
In April 2020 the ONS found 98.5% of Thanet houses had a private garden, with a median of about 187 m². Around 78% of flats had some outdoor space, usually shared.3
Homes
Thanet had roughly 67,550 addresses in the ONS garden study, and close to a third were flats.3

Garden waste in Thanet2

  • Cost £73 a year per bin, plus a one-off £44 bin hire
  • How often Fortnightly
  • Season 1 April to 31 March, with a four week Christmas break
  • Container Wheeled bin hired from the council
  • Thanet charges £73 for the 2026/27 scheme year, which runs from 1 April.
  • New users also pay a single £44 hire fee for each bin.
  • A second bin costs £36.50, and a household can have up to five.
  • Joining part way through brings no price cut, and there are no refunds.
  • The council only takes payment for the scheme by debit or credit card.
  • Thanet wants the bin out at the kerb by 6am on the day.
  • Twigs and branches must be under 7.5cm across.
  • Soil, food, pet waste, rubble, wood and plastic are all refused.
  • Crews skip bins that are too heavy or contaminated.
  • A frozen bin may be left until the next round.

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Recycling centres

The Margate centre sits on Manston Road at the western edge of town, close to the seat boundary.

  • Margate admits nobody who arrives without a booked slot at the gate.
  • Richborough, south of Ramsgate in Dover district, is the other option.
  • Kent slots can be booked the same day or up to two weeks before.
  • Visitors paying Council Tax outside Kent pay £10 for each trip.
  • Medway's three centres are no longer open to people living in Kent.4 5 6 7 8

Margate Household Waste Recycling Centre5 7 8 9

Manston Road, Margate, CT9 4LX · Directions

Monday to Saturday 8am to 4:30pm. Sunday and bank holidays 9am to 4pm.

Christmas closures are not shown on the Kent page.

  • Garden waste accepted
  • Booking required
  • Vans: permit needed

Height barrier at 2 metres. Hire vans, tippers and horseboxes are barred.

Trade waste not accepted. Gardeners and other businesses need a commercial route. No commercial waste is taken at Manston Road. What a gardening business can do

Council page for Margate Household Waste Recycling Centre

Richborough Household Waste Recycling Centre6 7 8 9

Ramsgate Road, Richborough, Sandwich, CT13 9NW · Directions

Monday to Saturday 8am to 4:30pm. Sunday and bank holidays 9am to 4pm.

Christmas closures are not shown on the Kent page.

  • Garden waste accepted
  • Booking required
  • Vans: permit needed

Vehicles taller than 2 metres or over 3.5 tonnes are not admitted.

Trade waste not accepted. Gardeners and other businesses need a commercial route. Richborough takes waste from homes, not businesses. What a gardening business can do

Council page for Richborough Household Waste Recycling Centre

If you are a gardening business4 9 10

Thanet's brown bins and Kent's tips are both for household waste only.

  • Kent warns that bringing commercial waste to a recycling centre is illegal.
  • Take customers' green waste to a licensed transfer or composting site.
  • Moving waste for payment needs a waste carrier registration.

The year ahead

  1. November (this month)

    Van permits move online9

    • From 4 November Kent takes applications for digital van permits.
    • Paper vouchers can still be used until 31 January.

  2. December

    Four weeks without garden rounds2

    • Thanet pauses brown bin pickups for four weeks over Christmas.
    • Keep some room in the bin before the break for the last of the leaves.

  3. March

    Renewal for April2

    • The Thanet scheme year ends on 31 March.
    • Renew before April to keep collections going without a gap.

Questions people ask about East Thanet

How much is the brown bin in Margate or Ramsgate?

£73 a year, plus £44 once for hiring each bin.2

Can I join halfway through the year for less?

No. Thanet gives no reduction for part of a year.2

How thick can branches be?

Thanet sets the limit at under 7.5cm, about 3 inches, in diameter. Anything thicker should go to a Kent recycling centre instead.2

Can I turn up at the Margate tip without booking?

No. Kent says Margate does not let in unbooked vehicles.5

From the Ideas section

Sources

  1. ONS Open Geography: Ward to Westminster constituency to local authority lookup (2024). Checked 4 November 2026.
  2. Thanet District Council: Garden Waste Service. Checked 4 November 2026.
  3. ONS: Access to garden spaces, Great Britain (April 2020). Checked 4 November 2026.
  4. Kent County Council: Our Household Waste Recycling Centres. Checked 4 November 2026.
  5. Kent County Council: Margate Household Waste Recycling Centre. Checked 4 November 2026.
  6. Kent County Council: Richborough Household Waste Recycling Centre. Checked 4 November 2026.
  7. Kent County Council: Book a slot to visit a Household Waste Recycling Centre. Checked 4 November 2026.
  8. postcodes.io: postcode coordinates. Checked 4 November 2026.
  9. Kent County Council: Vehicle restrictions and vouchers. Checked 4 November 2026.
  10. GOV.UK: Register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England). Checked 4 November 2026.

Local information last checked 4 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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