Skip hire in Swindon, made simple
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We’ve delivered skips across Swindon for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the SN postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Swindon
Do I need a permit?
A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Swindon, a permit is required from Swindon Borough Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Swindon
Swindon household waste recycling centres
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Swindon:
- Swindon Household Waste Recycling Centre (Waterside Park) — Darby Close, Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, Swindon, SN2 2PN. Closed all day Wednesday throughout the year (check swindon.gov.uk for current hours). Advance online booking is required – entry is refused without a booking.
The site is strictly for Swindon Borough residents only and you will be asked for proof of residency (driving licence, Council Tax bill or similar). You must book a slot online at swindon.gov.uk before visiting. Check swindon.gov.uk for current opening hours (seasonal summer/winter times apply) and van/trailer permit rules. No commercial or trade waste is accepted.
Why choose Select A Skip in Swindon?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most SN postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Swindon 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 Swindon
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, sitting between Bristol and Reading around 80 miles west of London, with a population of around 185,000. It was a small hilltop market town until the Great Western Railway chose it as the site of its locomotive works in 1841, and the works transformed Swindon into one of the great railway towns of Britain, employing over 14,000 people at its peak. The GWR built an entire Railway Village of workers' cottages, a hospital and social institutions alongside the works — a model settlement that still stands today as a conservation area.
The former railway works site now houses STEAM, the Museum of the Great Western Railway, alongside the Swindon Designer Outlet, one of the largest covered outlet centres in Europe. Other landmarks include the Grade II listed Railway Village, the Wyvern Theatre, and the Magic Roundabout — a famous junction of five mini-roundabouts arranged around a central island that regularly appears on lists of the country's most confusing road layouts. Coate Water Country Park on the southern edge of town was the childhood home of the nature writer Richard Jefferies, and Lydiard Park provides a Palladian house and 260 acres of parkland to the west.
Swindon is exceptionally well connected, with Swindon station on the Great Western Main Line offering trains to London Paddington in around an hour and to Bristol in 40 minutes, and the M4 running along the southern edge with junctions 15 and 16 serving the town. That location has made Swindon a major centre for distribution, financial services and technology, with Nationwide Building Society, Zurich and the Honda plant all having had a significant presence. The town's neighbourhoods include Old Town, Wroughton, Highworth and Wanborough, along with Stratton St Margaret, Park North and South, Walcot, Freshbrook, Toothill, Haydon Wend and the newer developments at Wichelstowe and Tadpole Garden Village.
Housing in Swindon is unusually varied, with Georgian and Victorian property in Old Town, the distinctive stone cottages of the Railway Village, extensive interwar and post-war estates at Rodbourne, Walcot and Park, large 1970s and 1980s expansion at West Swindon and Freshbrook, and continued modern development at Wichelstowe, Tadpole Garden Village and Redhouse. Much of the 1970s and 1980s housing is now at an age where kitchens, bathrooms, windows and full refurbishments are due, while the older stock supports a steady flow of extensions and renovation.
That mix of ageing estate housing, period property renovation and continued expansion keeps skip hire in Swindon in steady demand, whether it's a house refurbishment in Old Town, a kitchen and bathroom refit in Park North, a garden clearance in Freshbrook, an extension in Wroughton or a unit strip-out on one of the industrial estates at Cheney Manor or Groundwell. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large building project, and because most of Swindon's estate housing was built with driveways and off-road parking, skips can often be placed on private land without a permit — though one will be needed from Swindon Borough Council if the skip has to sit on the highway, which is more common in Old Town and the Railway Village. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for any permit to be arranged.
Choose your skip size in Swindon
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Swindon.