Skip hire in Southwark, made simple
Serving Southwark for 30+ years. Slide to find the right size, then get a fast, no-obligation quote.
0207-125 0043Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire within in Southwark and across London.
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
Other Services.
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 Southwark
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Southwark.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Southwark
Southwark is a borough in inner south London, running from the Thames at Bankside and Bermondsey south through Peckham and Camberwell to Dulwich, with a population of around 310,000. It is one of the oldest parts of London outside the City — a Roman settlement grew at the southern end of the first London Bridge, and for centuries Southwark was the only approach to the City from the south, its Borough High Street lined with coaching inns serving travellers from Kent and the coast.
Being outside the City's jurisdiction, Southwark became London's playground. The Bankside district was home to bear-baiting pits, brothels and, from the 1580s, the playhouses — the Rose, the Swan and the Globe, where Shakespeare's company performed many of his greatest plays. Shakespeare's Globe, reconstructed near the original site and opened in 1997, has become one of London's most visited cultural attractions. Chaucer's pilgrims set out from the Tabard Inn in Southwark, and the George Inn nearby is the last surviving galleried coaching inn in London.
Southwark Cathedral, the oldest Gothic church in London, stands beside London Bridge and has served the area for over 800 years. Borough Market, trading on or near its present site for around a thousand years, has become one of the most celebrated food markets in the world. Guy's Hospital, founded in 1721, and King's College London's medical campuses make the borough a major centre of medicine and research, and the Shard, completed in 2012 beside London Bridge station, is the tallest building in Britain.
The borough's riverside was transformed from the 1990s. Tate Modern, opened in 2000 in the former Bankside Power Station, became the most visited modern art gallery in the world, and the Millennium Bridge links it across the river to St Paul's. Further south, Peckham, Camberwell and Dulwich each have distinct characters — Dulwich Picture Gallery, opened in 1817, is the oldest public art gallery in England, and Peckham has a large West African community and a thriving arts scene.
Southwark is exceptionally well connected, with London Bridge one of the busiest stations in Britain, the Jubilee, Northern and Bakerloo lines, and the Overground. Housing ranges from Georgian terraces in Camberwell Grove and Kennington to Victorian terraces across Peckham and Nunhead, large post-war estates including the Heygate's successors at Elephant and Castle and the Aylesbury, and very substantial new development at Elephant and Castle, Canada Water and London Bridge.