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We’ve delivered skips across Liverpool for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the L postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Liverpool
Do I need a permit?
A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Liverpool, a permit is required from Liverpool City Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Liverpool
Liverpool household waste recycling centres
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Liverpool:
- Otterspool Recycling Centre — Jericho Lane, Liverpool, L17 5AR. Open daily 8am–5pm (check for seasonal variations).
- Old Swan Recycling Centre — Cheadle Avenue, Old Swan, Liverpool, L13 3AF. Operated by Veolia on behalf of the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority.
Liverpool's household waste recycling centres are run by the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA). They are for householders only — no trade or commercial waste — and proof of Merseyside residency may be requested. Some sites require booking and restrict vans and trailers; check merseysidewda.gov.uk for current hours, booking and site rules before travelling.
Why choose Select A Skip in Liverpool?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most L postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Liverpool 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 Liverpool
Liverpool is a city in the north-west of England, sitting on the eastern side of the Mersey estuary, with a population of around 500,000 and a wider city region of some 1.5 million. It grew from a small fishing settlement into one of the great ports of the world, handling 40 per cent of global trade at its nineteenth-century peak — a wealth built substantially on the transatlantic slave trade, which the city has confronted openly through the International Slavery Museum. Waves of migration, particularly Irish, gave Liverpool a distinctive identity, accent and culture that set it apart from anywhere else in England.
The waterfront is the city's defining image, with the Three Graces — the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building — standing at the Pier Head, alongside the restored Albert Dock, the largest collection of Grade I listed buildings in the country. Liverpool has two cathedrals at either end of Hope Street: Giles Gilbert Scott's vast Anglican cathedral, the largest in Britain, and the modernist Metropolitan Cathedral, known locally as Paddy's Wigwam. The city's musical legacy is inseparable from The Beatles, with the Cavern Club and Mathew Street drawing visitors from around the world, and it is home to two Premier League clubs at Anfield and Goodison.
Liverpool is well connected, with Lime Street offering trains to London Euston in around two hours 15 minutes and services across the north-west, the Merseyrail network reaching the Wirral, Southport and Ormskirk, and the Mersey Tunnels linking the city to Birkenhead. Liverpool John Lennon Airport sits to the south, and the M62, M57 and M58 serve the wider area. Three universities give the city a very large student population. Its neighbourhoods include Aigburth, Allerton, Woolton and Mossley Hill to the south, Anfield, Everton and Walton to the north, and Toxteth, Kensington, Wavertree and Fairfield closer to the centre.
Housing across Liverpool ranges from Georgian terraces in the Canning and Hope Street areas — some of the finest outside Bath and Edinburgh — to substantial Victorian villas in Sefton Park, Aigburth and Woolton, vast tracts of terraced housing in Anfield, Walton, Kensington and Toxteth, interwar semis in Allerton and West Derby, and post-war estates at Norris Green, Croxteth and Speke. The student population supports a very large HMO market around Kensington, Wavertree and Smithdown Road, refurbished constantly, and the city has extensive regeneration underway at Liverpool Waters, the Baltic Triangle and the Ten Streets area.
That volume of terrace renovation, HMO turnover and regeneration work keeps skip hire in Liverpool in constant demand, whether it's a full house refurbishment in Anfield, a Georgian property renovation near Hope Street, an HMO refit off Smithdown Road, a garden clearance in Allerton or a commercial strip-out in the Baltic Triangle. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large building project, and because so many Liverpool streets are terraced with no off-road parking and many operate residents' parking schemes, a permit from Liverpool City Council will very often be needed where the skip has to sit on the highway. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for the permit to be arranged.
Choose your skip size in Liverpool
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Liverpool.