Connect, Chat, and Create!
Have you ever wanted to create something beautiful from wood but haven’t known where to start?
If you’re a Caldecott resident, come along to one of our Community Shed evenings and meet like minded people, be inspired and get crafting!
These events are held monthly on a Wednesday from 6-8pm.
Wood Collection
Recycle your waste wood by using our wood waste collection services and save 40% or more on skip charges.
Wood Shop
You can purchase reclaimed and locally sourced timber for DIY and manufactured items from our Wood Shop in Abingdon, and our fabulous range of reclaimed wood furniture can also be purchased from our online shop.
Who We Are
Established to address sustainability issues in wood waste management and providing employment opportunities for people facing disadvantages.
Tonnes collected in 2025
Tonnes deferred CO2 emissions in 2025
Volunteering hours completed in 2025
About Oxford Wood Recycling
An award-winning Social Enterprise and Charity, Oxford Wood Recycling:
- Offers commercial and domestic wood waste collections around Oxfordshire, maximising recycling and reclaiming wood for reuse.
- Empowers our community to support their environment by purchasing reclaimed and locally sourced timber for DIY and manufactured items from the Wood Shop in Abingdon.
- Transforms lives by supporting people excluded from working to move towards and into employment.
- Read our Impact Report to see just how.
Sounds good? Find out more or get in touch at info@owr.org.uk.
What’s New?
Festive Corporate Challenge: With Annie Sloan and Sobell House Hospice
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Annie Sloan and Sobell House Hospice for a unique festive corporate...
Oxford Wood Recycling
Oxford Wood Recycling is a social enterprise providing an environmentally friendly alternative to a skip for producers of wood waste in Oxfordshire, West Buckinghamshire and most of Berkshire.
We specialise in recovering reusable materials from the waste collected, which provide local DIYers and woodworking enthusiasts with a sustainable source of low cost timber.
See the Wood Shop album to get an idea of the materials we can offer.
For waste wood producers, we can provide you with a comprehensive waste audit detailing the destination of all of your waste, which you may be required to have to comply with recent legislation governing the disposal of waste.
For wood users, we have an ever changing array of both ordinary and unusual materials.
From raised beds to garden sheds, floorboards to firewood, bookshelves to storage boxes or workshops to wine racks. If you can make it from wood our low cost, high quality supplies are sure to fit the bill.
It was great to spend the morning yesterday at Abingdon volunteer day, organised by the council. lovely to speak to some of the people of Abingdon, be that to potential volunteers and also to other local charities who are also offering volunteer places.
Our volunteers have all sorts of backgrounds, experience, knowledge of wood and they also offer different amounts of time with us (Mon to Fri), but every single one is much appreciated.
It is a hands on, physical place where everyone gets involved. Volunteers are very much a key to enabling the shop to receive and process the up-cycled wood that the collections team gather and they help us to get it ready for selling it in the shop and in making some basic products also to sell.
Our volunteers have all sorts of backgrounds, experience, knowledge of wood and they also offer different amounts of time with us (Mon to Fri), but every single one is much appreciated.
It is a hands on, physical place where everyone gets involved. Volunteers are very much a key to enabling the shop to receive and process the up-cycled wood that the collections team gather and they help us to get it ready for selling it in the shop and in making some basic products also to sell.
Chris has been out to one of our local hard wood suppliers this morning.
We have some lovely chunky slabs of all sorts of wood to choose from already ready for you and on Monday more will go out onto the shop floor for you to look at but already quite a lot is ready to be bought.
All locally grown and seasoned.
We have some lovely chunky slabs of all sorts of wood to choose from already ready for you and on Monday more will go out onto the shop floor for you to look at but already quite a lot is ready to be bought.
All locally grown and seasoned.
Our Festive Corporate Challenge is now open for bookings!
We are delighted to be partnering with Annie Sloan and Sobell House Hospice for a festive corporate challenge. Businesses are invited to get creative and give back at unique Christmas-themed fundraising workshop.
Taking place on Thursday 19 November at Oxford Wood Recycling in Abingdon, this special corporate workshop will offer teams a festive, hands-on creative experience with a competitive twist, while raising vital funds for two much-loved local causes.
Designed as an alternative to traditional team-building activities, the workshop will bring colleagues together to learn new creative skills, collaborate on practical projects and compete for festive bragging rights, all under the guidance and inspiration of Annie Sloan.
You can book a morning slot or afternoon slot, each session has 5 groups of 5 competing.
And the best part? Your creations will be sold to raise vital funds for Sobell House and Oxford Wood Recycling, helping to support two local causes.
Every ticket sold and every decoration made will help make a difference. So gather your team and get ready for a festive challenge!
To book use the QR code, visit: https://donate.givetap.co.uk/f/oxford-wood-recycling/corporate-day or on instagram, screen shot this caption, open the photo and then click the link that magically appears!
We are delighted to be partnering with Annie Sloan and Sobell House Hospice for a festive corporate challenge. Businesses are invited to get creative and give back at unique Christmas-themed fundraising workshop.
Taking place on Thursday 19 November at Oxford Wood Recycling in Abingdon, this special corporate workshop will offer teams a festive, hands-on creative experience with a competitive twist, while raising vital funds for two much-loved local causes.
Designed as an alternative to traditional team-building activities, the workshop will bring colleagues together to learn new creative skills, collaborate on practical projects and compete for festive bragging rights, all under the guidance and inspiration of Annie Sloan.
You can book a morning slot or afternoon slot, each session has 5 groups of 5 competing.
And the best part? Your creations will be sold to raise vital funds for Sobell House and Oxford Wood Recycling, helping to support two local causes.
Every ticket sold and every decoration made will help make a difference. So gather your team and get ready for a festive challenge!
To book use the QR code, visit: https://donate.givetap.co.uk/f/oxford-wood-recycling/corporate-day or on instagram, screen shot this caption, open the photo and then click the link that magically appears!
We do so much more then just selling reclaimed wood.
Our passion is for the community the environment and we genuinely try to promote well being.
We run a community shed (Next one is on Thursday evening 3rd Oct 6-8pm) once a month where we hope to encourage local connections while developing wood working skills - it is free but we do ask for a donation of what you can afford.
We also offer a range of courses, this Sunday (27 Sept) we have a whittling course where you can hand make your own serving spoon, with the wonderful Steffen and the next weekend on Saturday (3 Oct) you can make your own chopping board with Phil.
We sell SESI which is a well known refill brand, so bring your own bottles and take only what you need, we also rent out games and even a wedding arch.
Currently you will find a really large range of timber at discounted prices. When we can, we try to share reduced prices while still enabling us to be able to support our volunteers and the 'Wood to work' (W2W) scheme.
This Wood to work program is all about helping people, who have barriers to work, to be able to get over those barriers and get back into work, we support a range of people in a vast gentle way.
Every penny you spend here is put back into the charity and not used to pay any bonus's or large management salaries.
Our OWR family look forward to seeing you in the shop and maybe even at our Open day which is on Saturday the 17th Oct 10am - 4pm.
Our passion is for the community the environment and we genuinely try to promote well being.
We run a community shed (Next one is on Thursday evening 3rd Oct 6-8pm) once a month where we hope to encourage local connections while developing wood working skills - it is free but we do ask for a donation of what you can afford.
We also offer a range of courses, this Sunday (27 Sept) we have a whittling course where you can hand make your own serving spoon, with the wonderful Steffen and the next weekend on Saturday (3 Oct) you can make your own chopping board with Phil.
We sell SESI which is a well known refill brand, so bring your own bottles and take only what you need, we also rent out games and even a wedding arch.
Currently you will find a really large range of timber at discounted prices. When we can, we try to share reduced prices while still enabling us to be able to support our volunteers and the 'Wood to work' (W2W) scheme.
This Wood to work program is all about helping people, who have barriers to work, to be able to get over those barriers and get back into work, we support a range of people in a vast gentle way.
Every penny you spend here is put back into the charity and not used to pay any bonus's or large management salaries.
Our OWR family look forward to seeing you in the shop and maybe even at our Open day which is on Saturday the 17th Oct 10am - 4pm.
Last chance to book... Half price for Caldicott residents.
This weekend we offer a very popular carve your own serving spoon course, this was so popular that we have had to offer this second date to allow you all to come, we still have a few places available on Sunday 27 Sept.
From 11am to 3pm - we provide everything that you need, and you will go home with a very unique special spoon that you will be proud of every time that you use it.
Relaxing, Fun and rewarding are just some of the words that people use after they have been on this short introductory course.
Call or email us to book a place - but do it fast, as you only have days left and the next one is already fully booked.
This weekend we offer a very popular carve your own serving spoon course, this was so popular that we have had to offer this second date to allow you all to come, we still have a few places available on Sunday 27 Sept.
From 11am to 3pm - we provide everything that you need, and you will go home with a very unique special spoon that you will be proud of every time that you use it.
Relaxing, Fun and rewarding are just some of the words that people use after they have been on this short introductory course.
Call or email us to book a place - but do it fast, as you only have days left and the next one is already fully booked.
We met with some of the members of Thames Shed last week - Phil enjoyed showing them around.
We love what you do at 'Thames Shed' and share a passion for increasing the amount of people who repair, make and create as a community.
All members are very welcome to 'pop in' when ever you are in the area.
We love what you do at 'Thames Shed' and share a passion for increasing the amount of people who repair, make and create as a community.
All members are very welcome to 'pop in' when ever you are in the area.
What our customer’s have to say
“It’s very good. 100% behind it and so is the company ”
Eddie
Site Manager at Westgate Shopping Centre
Laing O’Rourke
“So helpful and patient, totally inspiring staff and materials.”
Anne G
“A fantastic Aladdin’s cave of a place. Brilliant, enthusiastic and informative people. Great collection of Hardwoods. I love this place, inspires me to try and learn new skills.
I bought a gorgeous piece of Chestnut and some large pieces of Oak to build a Garden Bench, I will certainly be back for more.”
Paddy C