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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea 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 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a coastal town in Northumberland, sitting on a wide sandy bay around 15 miles north-east of Newcastle, with a population of around 6,000. It is an ancient settlement — the name means simply the new building — and by the thirteenth century Newbiggin was one of the most important grain-exporting ports in northern England, shipping corn from the Northumberland coastal plain. That trade declined, and the town turned to fishing and, from the nineteenth century, to coal.
The town's most distinctive landmark is St Bartholomew's Church, standing alone on the headland at Newbiggin Point, its thirteenth-century spire rising directly above the sea. It has served as a navigation mark for centuries, and its exposed position — with the churchyard slowly eroding into the water — makes it one of the most striking coastal churches in England.
Newbiggin has the oldest lifeboat station in continuous use in Britain, established in 1851, and a long record of service on a dangerous coast. The town's fishing community launched cobles directly from the beach, and a handful still work from the shore. The Maritime Centre on the promenade records that history alongside the town's mining past, with Woodhorn Colliery and the Ashington pits a short distance inland.
By the 1990s Newbiggin faced a serious problem: its beach had almost entirely washed away, leaving the promenade exposed and the town's seaside identity gone. A major scheme completed in 2007 imported 500,000 tonnes of sand from Skegness and built an offshore breakwater to hold it in place — and on that breakwater stands Couple, Sean Henry's sculpture of a man and woman looking out to sea, five metres tall and standing 300 metres offshore. It was Britain's first permanent offshore sculpture and has become the town's emblem, with a smaller version on the promenade.
Newbiggin sits on the A197 and A189 with the A1 a short drive west, Newcastle around 40 minutes south and Morpeth fifteen minutes away. The reopened Northumberland Line has restored rail services at nearby Ashington. Druridge Bay, Woodhorn Museum and the Northumberland coast run north.
Housing is largely modest and traditional, with Victorian terraces and fishermen's cottages around the old town and the seafront, colliery-era housing, interwar and post-war council estates, and modern development on the edges. Property is among the most affordable in England, and the beach restoration and coastal regeneration have been central to the town's recent revival.