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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Newcastleton 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 Newcastleton
Newcastleton is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting in Liddesdale close to the English border around 20 miles north of Carlisle, with a population of around 700. Known locally as Copshaw Holm, it is one of the most striking planned villages in Scotland — laid out in 1793 by the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch on a strict grid, with a long main street opening into three squares, built to house handloom weavers and to bring order to a valley with a notably lawless past.
That past is what Liddesdale is known for. The valley was the heartland of the Border reivers, the raiding families who dominated this country for three centuries — the Armstrongs, Elliots, Nixons and Crosers — and it was regarded as the most dangerous place in Britain. Hermitage Castle, five miles north, is the grimmest and most powerful of the Border fortresses, a vast brooding block of masonry once described as guarding the bloodiest valley in Britain. Mary Queen of Scots made her celebrated ride here in 1566 to visit the wounded Earl of Bothwell, nearly dying of the fever that followed.
Newcastleton's weaving industry declined, and the village's fortunes were later tied to the Waverley Route, the railway between Carlisle and Edinburgh. Its closure in January 1969 produced one of the most famous acts of resistance in British railway history: villagers blockaded the level crossing to stop the last train, and the local minister was arrested before Lord Steel, then the local MP and travelling on the train, negotiated his release. The line's loss left Liddesdale severely isolated, and campaigns to extend the reopened Borders Railway south through Newcastleton to Carlisle continue.
The village sits beside Newcastleton Forest, part of the extensive forestry of the Border hills, with mountain biking trails and walking routes, and it holds a long-established traditional music festival each summer. Liddesdale's remoteness has also brought recognition as a dark sky area.
Newcastleton sits on the B6357, with Carlisle around 40 minutes south and Hawick a similar distance north. Housing is almost entirely traditional, with stone terraces and cottages on the planned grid around Douglas Square — a high proportion listed, with the whole village a conservation area — alongside farmhouses and steadings across Liddesdale, and limited modern development. Property is among the most affordable in the Borders, with remoteness and access the defining practical factors.