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Skip Hire in Sheffield

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Serving Sheffield for 30+ years. Slide to find the right size, then get a fast, no-obligation quote.

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6YD
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Renovations, soil & rubble — approx. 60 bin bags

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Local guide · Sheffield

Skip hire in Sheffield & across South Yorkshire

We’ve delivered skips across Sheffield for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the S postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.

30+years’ experience
1,100+UK suppliers
Spostcodes covered
Next daydelivery available

Skip sizes available in Sheffield

Mini · 2–3 ydSmall garden clearances & bathroom strip-outs
Midi · 4–5 ydKitchen refits & home renovation projects
Builders · 6–8 ydMost popular size for renovations & trade jobs
Large · 10–14 ydMajor building & commercial clearances
RoRo · 20–40 ydLarge-scale industrial waste

Do I need a permit?

A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Sheffield, a permit is required from Sheffield City Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.

Areas we cover near Sheffield

RotherhamChesterfieldDronfieldStocksbridge

Sheffield household waste recycling centres

Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Sheffield:

  • Blackstock Road Household Waste Recycling Centre — Blackstock Road, Gleadless, Sheffield, S14 1FY. Closed Wednesdays. No booking needed for cars.
  • Beighton Road Household Waste Recycling Centre — Beighton Road, Woodhouse, Sheffield, S13 7PS. Closed Tuesdays.

Sheffield’s recycling centres (run in partnership with Veolia) are for Sheffield residents only, and proof of residency such as a driving licence is checked at the entrance. Household waste only — no commercial or trade waste. No booking is required for standard cars, but individual sites have set closed days, and summer and winter hours differ. Check sheffield.gov.uk for current opening hours.

Check opening hours & book on the Sheffield City Council website →

Why choose Select A Skip in Sheffield?

  • 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
  • 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
  • Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
  • Next-day delivery in most S postcodes
  • Council permits handled for you
  • Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Ready for a skip in Sheffield?Fast, no-obligation quote — usually the same working day.

Skip hire FAQs.

We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Sheffield 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 Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, built across seven hills where five rivers meet — the Don, Sheaf, Porter, Rivelin and Loxley — with a population of around 560,000, making it one of the largest cities in England. The fast-flowing rivers powered hundreds of water-driven grinding wheels and forges from the medieval period, and Sheffield was already famous for cutlery by the fourteenth century — Chaucer's Miller in The Canterbury Tales carries a Sheffield thwitel, or knife.

The city's name became synonymous with steel. Benjamin Huntsman perfected crucible steel here in the 1740s, producing metal of unprecedented quality; Thomas Boulsover invented Sheffield Plate, fusing silver onto copper, around 1743; Henry Bessemer's converter made mass steel production possible from his Sheffield works in the 1850s; and in 1913 Harry Brearley discovered stainless steel at the Brown Firth laboratories, transforming everything from cutlery to surgery. Made in Sheffield became a global mark of quality, and the city's steel went into ships, railways and armaments worldwide. Specialist steel and advanced manufacturing continue today, particularly through the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre on the former Orgreave site.

Sheffield holds a unique place in the history of football. Sheffield FC, founded in 1857, is recognised by FIFA as the oldest football club in the world, and Hallam FC's Sandygate is the oldest ground still in use. The city's clubs developed many features of the modern game — the crossbar, the corner kick and the free kick were all part of the Sheffield Rules — and the first-ever inter-club fixture was played here in 1860. Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday carry the city's fierce footballing rivalry, and the Crucible Theatre has hosted the World Snooker Championship since 1977.

The city has a strong musical identity — the Human League, Def Leppard, ABC, Pulp, Richard Hawley and Arctic Monkeys all came out of Sheffield — and a remarkable amount of green space: a third of the city lies within the Peak District National Park, and Sheffield has more trees per person than almost any city in Europe. The Winter Garden, one of the largest temperate glasshouses built in Britain in the past century, and the Botanical Gardens are among its landmarks.

Sheffield sits close to the M1 with Sheffield station giving services to London St Pancras in around two hours, and the Supertram network running across the city. Housing ranges from Victorian villas in Broomhill, Ranmoor and Nether Edge to vast terraces across Crookes, Walkley and Heeley, post-war estates including the listed brutalist Park Hill, and extensive city centre regeneration.

Skip hire in Sheffield from £195 2 yard, ex VAT · see all sizes