Skip hire in Torquay, made simple
Serving Torquay for 30+ years. Slide to find the right size, then get a fast, no-obligation quote.
01803-370055Skip hire FAQs.
If your skip is placed on a public road in Torquay, you’ll need a permit from Torbay Council — currently £64.45. 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 Torquay is Torbay Household Waste 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.
Skip hire in Torquay starts from £254 for a 2 yard skip, ex VAT. Your exact price depends on the size you need, what you’re clearing and where the skip goes — see our prices or get a fast, no-obligation quote. Any council permit fee (see above) is added separately.
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 Torquay & across Torbay
We’ve delivered skips across Torquay for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the TQ1 postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Torquay
Do I need a permit?
If the skip goes on a public road, pavement or verge in Torquay you’ll need a permit from Torbay 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 Torquay
Torquay household waste recycling centre
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? Your nearest tip is:
- Torbay Household Waste Recycling Centre — on Trident Way · TQ2 7QS
A slot needs booking; for a refit or clearance in Torquay a skip on the drive saves the trips.
Why choose Select A Skip in Torquay?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most TQ1 postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Choose your skip size in Torquay
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Torquay.
Local area guide
Skip hire in Torquay
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, sitting on the north side of Tor Bay around 20 miles south of Exeter, with a population of around 65,000. It was a small fishing village beside Torre Abbey until the Napoleonic Wars, when the Royal Navy used Tor Bay as an anchorage for the Channel Fleet and officers' families began to settle in the sheltered, mild climate. The town grew rapidly through the nineteenth century as a fashionable resort, built on a series of hills around the harbour with grand villas terraced into the slopes.
The town's mild climate and its palm trees — actually cabbage palms, which flourish here — gave rise to the name the English Riviera, which the area has promoted since the Victorian period. Torquay, Paignton and Brixham together make up the English Riviera, and the combination of sheltered bays, beaches and the harbour drew wealthy visitors and invalids seeking a healthier winter climate. Napoleon, held aboard HMS Bellerophon in Tor Bay in 1815 before his exile to St Helena, is said to have admired the view.
Torquay's most famous daughter is Agatha Christie, born in the town in 1890 at a villa called Ashfield. She drew on the town and its surroundings throughout her work, and the Agatha Christie Mile trail links sites associated with her; Greenway, her holiday home on the River Dart nearby, is now owned by the National Trust. Torquay also produced Oliver Heaviside, the self-taught physicist and mathematician whose work on electromagnetic theory underpins modern telecommunications.
The town's geology is internationally significant. Kents Cavern, a cave system on the edge of Torquay, has yielded the oldest modern human fossil yet found in north-west Europe — a jawbone around 41,000 years old — along with evidence of occupation stretching back hundreds of thousands of years. The English Riviera is a UNESCO Global Geopark in recognition of its rock formations, and the Devonian period of geological time takes its name from Devon. Torre Abbey, a twelfth-century monastic house, is the town's oldest building, and Fawlty Towers was inspired by a Torquay hotel.
Torquay sits at the end of the A380, with Torquay station giving services to Exeter and London Paddington. Housing ranges from grand Victorian villas and terraces on the hills around Wellswood and Lincombe — many converted into flats and hotels — to post-war estates and modern development, with an older population profile and significant holiday-let and second-home presence.