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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Choppington 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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Skip hire in Choppington
Choppington is a village in Northumberland, sitting between Bedlington and Ashington around 15 miles north of Newcastle, with a population of around 6,000 across the wider parish. It is one of the string of settlements in the former Northumberland coalfield that grew almost entirely around collieries, and it takes in the neighbouring communities of Guide Post, Stakeford, Scotland Gate and West Sleekburn, which together form a continuous built-up area along the River Wansbeck.
Coal defined the place completely. Choppington's pits — the A Pit and B Pit, along with Bedlington and Barrington collieries nearby — were sunk in the nineteenth century and worked into the twentieth, and the rows of colliery housing built to serve them still form the backbone of the village. Choppington station on the Blyth and Tyne line served the pits and the community until passenger services ended in 1964. The last of the local collieries closed in the 1960s and 70s, and the area went through the long adjustment common across the coalfield.
The village has produced a striking political and sporting record for its size. Jackie Milburn, the Newcastle United and England centre forward, was born in Ashington but the wider Wansbeck coalfield around Choppington produced a remarkable concentration of footballers. The area also has deep roots in the miners' union and Labour movement, and the Northumberland Miners' Picnic tradition remains part of local life. Sleekburn and the Wansbeck riverside now provide walking and wildlife interest on reclaimed ground.
Choppington sits on the A1068 and B1337 with the A1 a short distance west, giving links to Newcastle in around 35 minutes. The reopened Northumberland Line, which restored passenger services along the Blyth and Tyne route in 2024, has stations at Bedlington and Ashington within a couple of miles. Neighbouring communities include Bedlington, Ashington, Stakeford, Guide Post, Pegswood and Morpeth, with the Northumberland coast at Newbiggin and Cambois a few miles east.
Housing in Choppington is dominated by its colliery origins, with terraced rows built for pit families across the village and at Guide Post and Scotland Gate, alongside extensive interwar and post-war council-built estates and a growing amount of modern private development on the edges. Property is among the most affordable in the north-east, which has supported an active buy-to-let and renovation market, and the return of the railway has begun to draw more interest from Newcastle commuters into the Wansbeck villages.