Skip hire in Chippenham, made simple
Serving Chippenham for 30+ years. Slide to find the right size, then get a fast, no-obligation quote.
01249-880052Skip hire FAQs.
If your skip is placed on a public road in Chippenham, you’ll need a permit from Wiltshire Council — currently £143.80. 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 Chippenham is Stanton St Quintin 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 Chippenham starts from £174 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 Chippenham & across Wiltshire
We’ve delivered skips across Chippenham for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the SN15 postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Chippenham
Do I need a permit?
If the skip goes on a public road, pavement or verge in Chippenham you’ll need a permit from Wiltshire 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 Chippenham
Chippenham household waste recycling centre
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? Your nearest tip is:
- Stanton St Quintin Recycling Centre — off the B4122, north of Chippenham · SN14 6BD
A short drive out of town, so for a clearance or building job in Chippenham a skip on site is simpler.
Why choose Select A Skip in Chippenham?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most SN15 postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Choose your skip size in Chippenham
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Chippenham.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town in Wiltshire, sitting on the River Avon around 13 miles east of Bath, with a population of around 37,000. It was a Saxon royal vill and hunting centre, and it holds a decisive place in English history: it was at Chippenham in January 878 that the Danish army under Guthrum launched a surprise midwinter attack on Alfred the Great, driving him into hiding in the Somerset marshes at Athelney. Alfred's recovery, his victory at Edington later that year, and the subsequent Treaty of Wedmore — negotiated after Guthrum's surrender at Chippenham — secured the survival of Wessex and, with it, of England.
The town grew as a market and wool centre, with the medieval Yelde Hall on the Market Place — a fifteenth-century timber-framed building that served as the town hall for centuries and now houses the museum — as its finest survival. Chippenham's later prosperity came from the railway: Brunel's Great Western Main Line arrived in 1841, and the town developed substantial engineering works, most notably Westinghouse Brake and Signal, which made railway signalling equipment here for over a century and employed thousands.
Chippenham sits in a notably rich stretch of Wiltshire. Lacock, three miles south, is a National Trust village of almost entirely pre-eighteenth-century buildings and the home of William Henry Fox Talbot, whose 1835 image of an oriel window at Lacock Abbey is the oldest surviving photographic negative. Corsham Court, Bowood House, Castle Combe — often called the prettiest village in England — and Avebury's stone circles are all close by, and Bath lies just to the west.
The town is very well connected, sitting at junction 17 of the M4 with the A350 running north-south, and Chippenham station on the Great Western Main Line offers services to London Paddington in around an hour and to Bristol in half an hour. The Cotswolds National Landscape begins immediately north. Neighbouring communities include Calne, Corsham, Melksham, Malmesbury, Box and Lacock.
Housing in Chippenham ranges from Georgian and older stone property around the Market Place and St Mary Street to Victorian terraces built for the railway and factory workforce, interwar and post-war estates at Monkton Park and Redland, and very substantial modern development at Pewsham, Cepen Park and the large Rawlings Green and Hunters Moon expansions. Chippenham has been designated for significant growth for decades, and its motorway and main-line position has made it a major commuter base for Bath, Bristol, Swindon and London.