Skip hire in Stow on the Wold, made simple
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If your skip is placed on a public road in Stow, you’ll need a permit from Scottish Borders Council — currently £36. We arrange the permit for you and add it to your price. If the skip sits on your own driveway or private land, no permit is needed.
The nearest household waste recycling centre to Stow is Galashiels Community Recycling Centre. It’s handy for small loads you’d rather take yourself — but for anything more than a car-boot’s worth, a skip saves you the trips and the sorting.
See our full skip hire FAQs for skip sizes, filling limits, hire periods, lorry access and what you can and can’t put in a skip.
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Skip hire in Stow-on-the-Wold & across the Cotswolds
We’ve delivered skips across Stow-on-the-Wold for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the GL54 postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Stow-on-the-Wold
Do I need a permit?
If the skip goes on a public road, pavement or verge in Stow-on-the-Wold you’ll need a permit from Gloucestershire County Council. On your own driveway or land, no permit is needed. We arrange council permits for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold household waste recycling centre
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? Your nearest tip is:
- Fosse Cross Household Recycling Centre — on the A429 Fosse Way near Cirencester · GL54 4NW
Stow-on-the-Wold has no tip of its own and Fosse Cross is a fair drive down the Fosse Way, so for a bigger clear-out a skip on site is simpler.
Why choose Select A Skip in Stow-on-the-Wold?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most GL54 postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Choose your skip size in Stow
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Stow.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold is a market town in Gloucestershire, sitting on a hilltop at around 800 feet in the heart of the Cotswolds, with a population of around 2,000. It is one of the highest towns in the Cotswolds, and its exposed position gave rise to the old saying "Stow-on-the-Wold, where the wind blows cold". The town stands at the meeting of several ancient routes, including the Roman Fosse Way, and that crossroads position made it a natural market centre from the medieval period.
Stow's prosperity came from wool. Its market charter was granted in 1107, and it became one of the great sheep fairs of England — Daniel Defoe recorded some 20,000 sheep being sold at a single Stow fair in the early eighteenth century. The town's Market Square, one of the largest in the Cotswolds, is enclosed by honey-coloured stone buildings, and the narrow alleyways leading off it, known as tures, were built to funnel sheep into the square for counting and sale. The medieval Market Cross and the town stocks still stand on the square.
The town's last great moment of national history came in March 1646, when the Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold — the last battle of the First English Civil War — was fought just north of the town. The Royalist army under Lord Astley was defeated, and prisoners were held in St Edward's Church. After his surrender, Astley is said to have told his captors: "You have done your work, boys, and may go play, unless you will fall out amongst yourselves."
St Edward's Church has an extraordinary and much-photographed north door, flanked by two ancient yew trees that have grown into the stonework of the porch — a scene widely compared to something from Tolkien, and often said to have inspired the Doors of Durin in The Lord of the Rings, though the connection is unproven. Stow's twice-yearly horse fair, a gathering of the travelling community held each May and October, continues a centuries-old tradition.
Stow sits at the junction of the A429 Fosse Way and the A424 and A436, with Moreton-in-Marsh and Kingham stations nearby giving services to London Paddington in around 90 minutes. Bourton-on-the-Water, the Slaughters, Chipping Norton and Broadway are all close by. Housing is almost entirely Cotswold stone, with Georgian and earlier property around the Market Square — the whole centre a conservation area with a very high concentration of listed buildings — and values among the highest of any small town in England, driven by tourism, second homes and the Cotswolds' appeal.