Skip hire in Blackpool, made simple
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We’ve delivered skips across Blackpool for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the FY postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Blackpool
Do I need a permit?
A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Blackpool, a permit is required from Blackpool Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Blackpool
Blackpool household waste recycling centres
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Blackpool:
- Blackpool Household Waste Recycling Centre — Bristol Avenue, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0JG. No car booking required. Vans and trailers require a permit and are not permitted at weekends.
Proof of address required on entry. Open to Blackpool council tax residents only. No sign-written vehicles permitted. No commercial or trade waste accepted.
Why choose Select A Skip in Blackpool?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most FY postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Blackpool and within a 30 mile radius.
It’s not just a case of how much waste you have! You also need to consider how much room you have on your site and will then need to think about the type of waste you will be disposing of. For example if the waste is heavy (e.g. soil/brick/rubble) then you will be restricted as to how large a skip you can have.
When only a single skip is expected, we strongly believe that it’s better to hire a skip that you may not quite fill, as opposed to ordering a skip which ends up being too small meaning a second skip is then required as a result. In other words it’s better to overestimate than underestimate!
When filling a skip it can only be loaded up to the level of the actual skip itself.
It is important that your site foreman and operatives are aware of this as it is actually against the law for drivers to carry over loaded skips on the highways. Likewise, using boards around the skip in an attempt to increase it’s capacity (known in the trade as ‘greedy boards’) is illegal.
If a driver arrives on site to find an overloaded skip they are likely to turn away and leave without the skip, thus potentially incurring additional transport charges.
Though we try to be as flexible with hire periods as possible, as a general rule the maximum hire period is 7 days.
Of course should your site be an ongoing one where numerous skips are required and exchanged on a regular basis then there is nothing to worry about. If however, you require a skip that is likely to be needed for more than 7 days without exchanges, we request you inform us at the time of ordering as a rental charge may be applicable.
Yes. Though any skip that needs to be sited on a public highway, pavement or council owned verge, first requires permission from the local authority responsible.
Though the charges involved and the length of time it takes an application to be processed varies from council to council, in the vast majority of cases we can arrange the required permit on your behalf. Depending on the local authority in question, application periods can be anything from ‘same day’ to 4 weeks, so when you know that a permit is likely to be required on an upcoming site it is vital that you give us as much notice as possible to avoid any unnecessary delays.
Please also note that as the hirer, the lighting and coning of the skip whilst it is placed on public land is your responsibility, though we are usually able to arrange for the hire of these items on your behalf too.
A standard skip or roll-on-off vehicle usually requires a minimum of 10ft (3.3m) width and approximately 13ft (4m) headroom to safely gain access to a site. If your site access falls a little below these requirements we are able to (in most areas) arrange for smaller skips (depending on waste type) to be delivered on smaller lorries.
If you are in any doubt about the access to your sites, we are here to help, so just ask!
There are certain types of waste that cannot be placed in general waste skips under any circumstances.
Examples of such waste types include (but are not limited to): asbestos, fridges, freezers, batteries, tyres, gas cannisters, paint tins, food waste, fluorescent tubes, liquids, TV sets, computer monitors, plasterboard, electrical items (WEEE), mattresses, tree stumps, tree roots, carpet, vinyl, astroturf, rubber matting & roof felt.
It is vital that you always inform us of exactly what your are intending to dispose of at the time of ordering!
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Local area guide
Skip hire in Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside town on the Lancashire coast, sitting on the Irish Sea around 15 miles west of Preston, with a population of around 140,000. It grew from a handful of cottages into Britain's first working-class seaside resort, driven by the railway and the Lancashire mill towns' wakes weeks, when entire communities took their annual holiday together. By the early twentieth century Blackpool was drawing millions of visitors a year, and it remains the most visited seaside resort in the UK, with a tourism economy that still defines the town.
Blackpool Tower, opened in 1894 and inspired by the Eiffel Tower, is the town's defining landmark, with the Grade I listed Tower Ballroom inside — one of the most spectacular interiors in the country. The seven-mile Promenade runs the length of the town past three piers, the Pleasure Beach with its wooden rollercoasters including the Big One, and the Winter Gardens complex. The Blackpool Illuminations, running each autumn since 1879, stretch six miles along the front and extend the season well beyond summer. The town also has Britain's only surviving first-generation tramway, running along the coast from Starr Gate to Fleetwood.
Blackpool is well connected, with Blackpool North offering direct trains to Manchester, Preston and London Euston, and the M55 linking the town directly to the M6. Its neighbourhoods include Bispham, Layton, Marton, Stanley Park and Squires Gate within the town, with Cleveleys, Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lytham St Annes and Fleetwood forming the wider Fylde coast. Stanley Park, a Grade II* listed municipal park from the 1920s, is one of the finest of its kind in the north.
Housing in Blackpool is shaped entirely by its resort history, with an enormous stock of Victorian and Edwardian boarding houses and guest houses across the central and North Shore areas — many since converted into flats, HMOs and bedsits — alongside interwar semis in Bispham, Marton and Layton and post-war estates at Grange Park and Mereside. That converted stock is among the most intensively refurbished in the country, with frequent changes of use, conversions and full internal strip-outs, while the holiday-let and guest house sector generates regular refits between seasons.
That volume of conversion and refurbishment work keeps skip hire in Blackpool in constant demand, whether it's a guest house strip-out on the North Shore, a flat conversion off the Promenade, a rental refit in Layton, a garden clearance in Bispham or a unit clear-out on one of the industrial estates at Squires Gate or Blackpool Business Park. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large conversion project, and because the terraced and guest house streets close to the front have virtually no off-road parking, a permit from Blackpool Council will very often be needed where the skip has to sit on the road — worth arranging early during the summer and Illuminations season when the town is at its busiest. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for the permit.
Choose your skip size in Blackpool
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Blackpool.