Skip hire in Norwich, made simple
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01603-360055Skip hire in Norwich & across Norfolk
We’ve delivered skips across Norwich for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the NR postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Norwich
Do I need a permit?
A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Norwich, a permit is required from Norfolk County Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Norwich
Norwich household waste recycling centres
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Norwich:
- Norwich South Recycling Centre & Reuse Shop — Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6FA. Open daily; April–September 9am–5pm, October–March 9am–4pm.
- Norwich North Recycling Centre & Reuse Shop — Morse Road, Horsham St Faith NR10 3JX. Open daily 9am–4pm except Wednesdays.
You must book a free slot before visiting any Norfolk recycling centre – book online at norfolkrecycles.com up to a week ahead. Sites are for Norfolk residents' household waste only; no trade or commercial waste. The former Mile Cross site is permanently closed. Check norfolk.gov.uk for current hours and van/trailer rules.
Why choose Select A Skip in Norwich?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most NR postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Norwich 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!
What we can provide
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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.
Choose your skip size in Norwich
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Norwich.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Norwich
Norwich is a city in Norfolk, sitting on the River Wensum around 100 miles north-east of London, with a population of around 200,000. For much of the medieval period it was the second city of England after London, grown rich on the wool and worsted trade with the Low Countries — worsted itself takes its name from the Norfolk village of Worstead, and Norwich cloth was exported across Europe. The city had a larger population than York or Bristol, and its wealth is still legible in its fabric.
Norwich is said to have had a church for every week of the year and a pub for every day — the city retains thirty-one medieval churches within its walls, more than any other city in western Europe north of the Alps. Norwich Cathedral, begun in 1096, has the second tallest spire in England and the largest monastic cloister in the country, its vault carrying over a thousand carved bosses telling the Bible story — an unmatched programme of medieval sculpture. Norwich Castle, a Norman keep refaced in the nineteenth century, stands on its mound above the city as the museum and art gallery.
Elm Hill, a cobbled lane of timber-framed houses, is one of the most complete medieval streets in Britain, and the city's market has traded on the same site since the eleventh century — the largest permanent outdoor market in the country, with its rows of coloured stall roofs. The Guildhall, the Halls at St Andrew's and Blackfriars, and the flint-knapped Guildhall frontage are all outstanding survivals.
Norwich became England's first UNESCO City of Literature in 2012. Julian of Norwich wrote Revelations of Divine Love here around 1395 — the first book in English known to have been written by a woman — and her cell is a place of pilgrimage. The University of East Anglia's creative writing programme, founded by Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson in 1970, produced Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro among many others, and the Sainsbury Centre on its campus was Norman Foster's first major building.
Norwich sits at the end of the A11 and A47, with Norwich station giving services to London Liverpool Street in around 100 minutes and to Cambridge and the Norfolk coast. The Broads begin immediately east. Housing ranges from medieval and Georgian property in the historic core to the vast Victorian terraces of the Golden Triangle, interwar and post-war estates, and modern development around the riverside and the city's edges.