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  • AJS Property & Garden Services
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  • Greenleaves Landscape Gardening
  • Torbay Trimmers
  • Willow Garden Services and Sales (SW) Ltd
  • Princes Ground Care Ltd
  • Watson and Sons Services
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Gardening in Torbay

The Torbay constituency takes in eleven wards, mostly in and around Torquay. It runs from Barton, Watcombe and St Marychurch to Wellswood, Chelston and Shiphay. Preston and Goodrington in Paignton are included too. Torbay Council is unitary, so it handles both bin rounds and the tip. Its company SWISCo does the work on the ground. A brown garden bin costs £51.80 a year. The single recycling centre at Tor Park Road needs a booked slot.1 2 3 4

At a glance

Council
Torbay Council is a unitary authority. Its own company, SWISCo, runs the garden waste rounds, the Tor Park Road recycling centre and the commercial weighbridge.1 2 5
Wards covered
11 wards: Barton with Watcombe; Clifton with Maidenway; Cockington with Chelston; Ellacombe; Goodrington with Roselands; Preston; Roundham with Hyde; St Marychurch; Shiphay; Tormohun; and Wellswood.1
Climate
The Met Office station at Teignmouth, up the coast, averages about 873 mm of rain, 1,737 hours of sunshine and only 11 air frost days a year (1991 to 2020).6
Typical garden
ONS (April 2020) found 97.4% of houses in Torbay have a private garden, with a median size of about 197 m².7

Brown bin subscription, collected fortnightly2

  • Cost £51.80 a bin a year, or £41.80 with Council Tax Support
  • How often Every two weeks
  • Season All year, with a one-month break over Christmas and New Year
  • Container 240 litre brown wheeled bin, up to three per home

Torbay charges for each brown bin, and a household can take up to three.

  • The council page lists £51.80 per bin a year, or £41.80 for Council Tax Support claimants.
  • Direct Debit spreads it as £5.18 a month over ten months.
  • An annual payment covers a rolling 12 months from the first collection.
  • SWISCo aims to deliver the bin within 10 working days of payment.
  • Branches up to 10cm thick are fine, along with grass, hedge cuttings and weeds.
  • Anything left outside the bin stays behind, and commercial garden waste is refused.

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Recycling centres

Torbay has one household recycling centre, on Tor Park Road at the Paignton end of the bay.

  • Every visit needs a slot booked online in advance.
  • Mixed loads are capped at four visits in 28 days, rising to six for garden waste alone.
  • From 14 October eligible vans and trailers need a permit before a slot can be booked.
  • Vans and trailers up to 2m may bring only what would fit in a family car.
  • The site shuts on Sundays and on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.3 4

Torbay Household Waste and Recycling Centre3 4 5 8

Tor Park Road, Paignton, TQ4 7PL · Directions

8am to 4pm Monday to Saturday, last entry 15 minutes before closing. Closed on Sundays.

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Open on other bank holidays.

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

Eligible vans and trailers need a permit from 14 October. Car-sized loads only.

Trade waste not accepted. Gardeners and other businesses need a commercial route. Business waste goes over the SWISCo weighbridge on the same site, paid by the tonne. What a gardening business can do

Council page for Torbay Household Waste and Recycling Centre

If you are a gardening business5 9

Trade loads in Torbay must cross the SWISCo weighbridge at Tor Park Road, never the household tip lanes.

  • Green waste costs £103.33 a tonne, with a £26.87 minimum for loads up to 260 kilos.
  • The weighbridge opens 8am to 3:30pm on weekdays and closes on bank holidays.
  • Payment is by card only, as cash is refused.
  • Each load needs a waste transfer note and proof of your waste carrier registration.
  • Bring your own hi-vis and steel toe-cap boots, as SWISCo cannot lend them.

The year ahead

  1. December

    Garden bins rest for a month2 4

    • Torbay stops brown bin rounds for about a month over Christmas and New Year.
    • The Tor Park Road tip shuts on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Questions people ask about Torbay

How much is a Torbay brown garden bin?

The council page lists £51.80 per bin a year, with up to three bins per home.2

Do I have to book the Paignton tip?

Yes, every visit to Tor Park Road needs a slot booked online beforehand.3

Can I take a van to Torbay recycling centre?

Yes, but eligible vans now need a permit and may carry only a car-sized load.3 4

What does SWISCo charge gardeners for green waste?

The weighbridge charges £103.33 a tonne, with a £26.87 minimum up to 260 kilos.5

From the Ideas section

Sources

  1. ONS Open Geography: Ward to Westminster constituency to local authority lookup (2024). Checked 27 October 2026.
  2. Torbay Council: Garden waste service, sign up or renew. Checked 27 October 2026.
  3. Torbay Council: Book a slot at the tip (recycling centre). Checked 27 October 2026.
  4. Torbay Council: Where is the tip (recycling centre). Checked 27 October 2026.
  5. Torbay Council: Commercial waste disposal (SWISCo weighbridge). Checked 27 October 2026.
  6. Met Office: Teignmouth climate averages, 1991-2020. Checked 27 October 2026.
  7. ONS: Access to garden spaces, Great Britain (April 2020). Checked 27 October 2026.
  8. postcodes.io: postcode coordinates. Checked 27 October 2026.
  9. GOV.UK: Register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England). Checked 27 October 2026.

Local information last checked 27 October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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