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We’ve delivered skips across Southampton for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the SO postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Southampton
Do I need a permit?
A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Southampton, a permit is required from Southampton City Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Southampton
Southampton household waste recycling centres
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Southampton:
- Southampton (Millbrook) Household Waste Recycling Centre — City Depot & Recycling Park, First Avenue, Millbrook, Southampton, SO15 0LJ. Booking required – same-day online slots available.
- Netley Household Waste Recycling Centre — Grange Road, Netley, Southampton, SO31 5FF. Appointment required. Around 5 miles from the city centre.
Both centres require you to book a slot online in advance via southampton.gov.uk. Sites are generally open seven days a week (closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day) and close daily from around 12.30pm–1pm – check southampton.gov.uk for current opening hours before travelling.
Why choose Select A Skip in Southampton?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most SO postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Southampton 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 Southampton
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Southampton.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Southampton
Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, sitting at the head of Southampton Water where the Test and Itchen rivers meet, with a population of around 250,000. Its great natural advantage is the double high tide — the combination of the Solent's shape and the Isle of Wight produces a prolonged period of high water four times a day, allowing the largest ships to berth for longer than at almost any other port in Britain. That quirk of geography has made Southampton one of the most important ports in the country for two thousand years.
The Romans established Clausentum here, and the Saxon town of Hamwic was one of the largest trading ports in north-west Europe. The medieval town was enclosed by walls, and around half of them survive — among the most complete medieval town walls in England, including the Bargate, a grand gatehouse of the twelfth century. Henry V's army embarked here for Agincourt in 1415, and the Mayflower set sail from Southampton in August 1620 before calling at Plymouth; the Mayflower Memorial stands on the Western Esplanade.
Southampton's most famous departure is the Titanic, which sailed from Ocean Dock on 10 April 1912. The city lost more people in the disaster than anywhere else — around 550 of the crew came from Southampton, and some streets lost a member from nearly every household. SeaCity Museum tells that story, and memorials to the engineers and musicians stand in the city. The port remains the cruise capital of northern Europe, handling more cruise passengers than any other British port, as well as one of the largest container terminals in the country.
The city has a significant aviation heritage. The Supermarine works at Woolston built the S.6B seaplanes that won the Schneider Trophy outright for Britain in 1931, and R.J. Mitchell designed the Spitfire there, first flown from Eastleigh in 1936. The Solent Sky museum holds a substantial collection. That factory made Southampton a major target, and the Blitz of 1940 destroyed much of the city centre, which was extensively rebuilt.
Southampton sits on the M27 and M3, with Southampton Central station giving services to London Waterloo in around 80 minutes, and Southampton Airport a short distance north. Housing ranges from Georgian and Victorian property around the Polygon and Bevois Valley to terraces in Shirley and Portswood — the latter dominated by student HMOs given the University of Southampton — interwar and post-war estates at Thornhill and Weston, and substantial waterside regeneration at Ocean Village and Centenary Quay.