Skip hire in Falmouth, made simple
Serving Falmouth for 30+ years. Slide to find the right size, then get a fast, no-obligation quote.
01326-500055Skip hire FAQs.
If your skip is placed on a public road in Falmouth, you’ll need a permit from Cornwall Council — currently £115. 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 Falmouth is Falmouth & Penryn 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 Falmouth starts from £202 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 Falmouth & across Cornwall
We’ve delivered skips across Falmouth for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the TR11 postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Falmouth
Do I need a permit?
If the skip goes on a public road, pavement or verge in Falmouth you’ll need a permit from Cornwall 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 Falmouth
Falmouth household waste recycling centre
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? Your nearest tip is:
- Falmouth & Penryn Recycling Centre — at Carveth, near Penryn · TR10 9DH
Handy for smaller amounts, but for a clearance or building job in Falmouth a skip on site is simpler.
Why choose Select A Skip in Falmouth?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most TR11 postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Choose your skip size in Falmouth
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Falmouth.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Falmouth
Falmouth is a coastal town in Cornwall, sitting on the Carrick Roads at the mouth of the Fal, with a population of around 23,000. It is built around the third deepest natural harbour in the world, a vast sheltered ria formed when a drowned river valley flooded at the end of the last ice age, and that harbour is the reason Falmouth exists. Until the seventeenth century the site was almost empty; the town was founded by the Killigrew family from the 1610s to exploit the anchorage, against considerable opposition from the established ports of Truro and Penryn.
Falmouth's fortune was made by the Post Office Packet Service. From 1688 to 1850 the town was the base for the Packet ships, fast armed sailing vessels carrying mail, bullion and despatches to the Americas, the West Indies, the Mediterranean and beyond. Falmouth became Britain's communication hub with the wider world and one of the busiest ports in the country, and it was here in 1805 that news of the victory at Trafalgar and Nelson's death first reached British soil, carried ashore from the schooner Pickle.
The harbour is guarded by Pendennis Castle, one of Henry VIII's chain of artillery forts built in the 1540s, facing St Mawes Castle across the estuary — together among the finest surviving Tudor coastal defences in England. Pendennis held out for five months in the Civil War, the second-to-last Royalist stronghold to fall. The National Maritime Museum Cornwall, opened on the waterfront in 2003, holds the National Small Boat Collection, and Falmouth remains a major ship repair centre with its dry docks and a significant marine engineering sector.
Falmouth has become a substantial university town, with Falmouth University and the University of Exeter's Penryn campus nearby bringing several thousand students and giving the town a young population and a strong arts and creative sector. Falmouth Week each August is one of the largest sailing regattas in the south-west. The town sits at the end of the A39, with Falmouth's three stations on the branch line from Truro giving connections to the main line and London Paddington. Neighbouring communities include Penryn, Mylor, Flushing, Constantine, Mawnan Smith and Truro.
Housing in Falmouth ranges from Georgian and Victorian property along Arwenack Street, High Street and the terraces climbing above the harbour — much of the centre a conservation area with a high concentration of listed buildings — to Victorian and Edwardian villas with water views, interwar and post-war housing, and modern development on the outskirts. The student population has driven a very large HMO and purpose-built accommodation sector, and combined with second homes and holiday lets this has made housing pressure and affordability a persistent local issue.