Skip hire in Bournemouth, made simple
Serving Bournemouth for 30+ years. Slide to find the right size, then get a fast, no-obligation quote.
01202-233170Skip hire FAQs.
If your skip is placed on a public road in Bournemouth, you’ll need a permit from BCP Council — currently £78. We arrange the permit for you and add it to your price. If the skip sits on your own driveway or private land, no permit is needed.
The nearest household waste recycling centre to Bournemouth is Millhams Community Recycling Centre. It’s handy for small loads you’d rather take yourself — but for anything more than a car-boot’s worth, a skip saves you the trips and the sorting.
Skip hire in Bournemouth starts from £228 for a 2 yard skip, ex VAT. Your exact price depends on the size you need, what you’re clearing and where the skip goes — see our prices or get a fast, no-obligation quote. Any council permit fee (see above) is added separately.
See our full skip hire FAQs for skip sizes, filling limits, hire periods, lorry access and what you can and can’t put in a skip.
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With more than 25years of trading history we have continuously developed the services we are now able to provide on a nationwide basis.
Skip hire in Bournemouth & across Dorset
We’ve delivered skips across Bournemouth for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the BH1 postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Bournemouth
Do I need a permit?
If the skip goes on a public road, pavement or verge in Bournemouth you’ll need a permit from BCP Council. On your own driveway or land, no permit is needed. We arrange council permits for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Bournemouth
Bournemouth household waste recycling centre
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? Your nearest tip is:
- Millhams Community Recycling Centre — on Millhams Road, Kinson · BH10 7LQ
Proof of BCP residency is required; for a refit or clearance in Bournemouth a delivered skip saves the trips.
Why choose Select A Skip in Bournemouth?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most BH1 postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Choose your skip size in Bournemouth
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Bournemouth.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a coastal town in Dorset, sitting on Poole Bay on the south coast, with a population of around 200,000 and a conurbation with Poole and Christchurch of around 400,000. It is unusually young for an English town of its size: in 1810 the site was empty heathland, when Lewis Tregonwell built a house here as a seaside retreat. The planting of pines, the belief in sea air as a treatment for consumption, and the arrival of the railway in 1870 turned it into one of the fastest-growing resorts in Victorian England, and by 1900 it was a substantial town.
The town's setting is distinctive, with seven miles of sandy beach backed by sandstone cliffs cut by wooded valleys called chines — Alum Chine, Durley Chine and Boscombe Chine among them — which run inland as public gardens. The Lower, Central and Upper Gardens form a continuous green spine through the town centre down to the pier, and Bournemouth's Victorian planting of pines gave it a Mediterranean character deliberately cultivated from the start. The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, a flamboyant clifftop villa, and the Bournemouth International Centre and Pavilion are among the town's landmarks.
Bournemouth has a strong cultural and educational profile, home to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, two universities with a combined student population of well over 20,000, and a large financial services sector — JP Morgan, Vitality and LV= all have major operations here. St Peter's Church in the town centre holds the grave of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, along with the heart of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Tolkien spent his later years at Bournemouth and died here in 1973.
The town is well connected, with Bournemouth station offering services to London Waterloo in under two hours and along the coast to Southampton and Weymouth, and the A31, A338 and M27 giving road links. Bournemouth Airport lies to the north-east. The town sits alongside Poole and Christchurch in the BCP unitary area, with the Purbeck Hills, the Jurassic Coast and the New Forest all within easy reach. Neighbouring areas include Boscombe, Southbourne, Westbourne, Winton, Charminster, Kinson and Talbot Woods.
Housing in Bournemouth is exceptionally varied, from grand Victorian villas in Talbot Woods, Branksome Park and Westbourne — some of the most expensive property outside London — to Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Boscombe and Springbourne, many long converted into flats, HMOs and bedsits, alongside interwar suburbs at Winton and Ensbury Park and post-war estates at Kinson and Townsend. The student population and a historically large private rented sector give Bournemouth one of the highest concentrations of converted flats and HMOs on the south coast, and Boscombe in particular has been the focus of sustained regeneration effort.