Rubbish clearance & skip hire in Romford
Romford is the largest town in Havering, with a ring-road town centre of shops, offices and newer flats surrounded by inter-war suburbs such as Collier Row, Gidea Park and Rush Green and the post-war Harold Hill estate. Permit parking zones operate on streets near the centre, and any skip on the road needs a Havering Council licence.
Every service in Romford
Choose a service for prices, collection days or a free estimate. We cover RM1, RM2, RM3, RM5, RM7.
Rubbish Clearance in Romford
Rubbish cleared from your home, garden or business. Send us photos for a free estimate. Our crew does the lifting.
Get a free estimateSkip Hire in Romford
2 to 16-yard skips delivered across Essex. Domestic driveways, building sites and commercial yards.
Prices & bookingMan & Van in Romford
Our crew and a caged truck for the items and bags you want gone. Leave it out the front and we load it, with a waste transfer note every time.
Prices & bookingHouse Clearance in Romford
Full or part house clearances handled with care: probate, end of tenancy, downsizing. Priced from your photos.
Get a free estimateWait & Load in Romford
The truck waits while you load, with our driver's help. Book by the load, with no skip left behind or skip permit to arrange.
Prices & bookingGrab Hire in Romford
8-wheel grab lorry for soil, hardcore and mixed loads. About 16 tonnes per full load, lifted straight onto the truck.
Prices & bookingGarden Clearance in Romford
Green waste, soil, turf, branches, sheds and fencing cleared and recycled. Priced from your photos.
Get a free estimateBuilders Waste in Romford
Rubble, plasterboard, timber and strip-out waste collected by the truck load. Your team loads, with our driver's help.
Prices & bookingSite Clearance in Romford
Plots, yards and building sites cleared of vegetation, rubble, rubbish and old structures, ready for the next trade.
Get a free estimateWait & load prices in Romford
The truck by the load: you load, our driver helps, and nothing is left on the road. Want us to do the lifting? Build a collection from the item list instead.
About 25 to 30 bin bags, or the waste from a small bathroom strip-out.
About the same as a 6-yard skip, without a skip sitting on the road.
Builders' waste after a refit, a shop strip-out or a big flat clear-out.
The whole truck: site clear-ups, office strip-outs, large garden and shed jobs.
Local knowledge: Romford
Collections across Romford
- Postcodes
- RM1, RM2, RM3, RM5, RM7
- From our yard
- Romford is 30 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A132 to the A127, west to Gallows Corner, then the A118 Main Road, so same-day wait and load and clearances are realistic when you book before 11am. Skips, skip bags and the grab come from the next working day. Item collections run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, booked by 4pm the working day before.
- We cover
- Romford Market, The Liberty, The Brewery, Gidea Park, Collier Row, Harold Hill, Rush Green and Gallows Corner
- Access
- Inter-war semis and short terraces in Collier Row, Mawneys and Rush Green mostly have driveways, while the flats and older streets in and around the ring road rely on permit-controlled on-street parking.
- Council
- Havering Council · about 94,505 residents
Nearest tip to Romford
- Site
- Gerpins Lane Reuse and Recycling Centre, Gerpins Lane, Upminster, RM14 2XR
- Hours
- Open every day 7.30am to 5.45pm (last entry 5.30pm); closed Christmas Day
- Rules
- Free for residents of Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Redbridge who show a current council tax bill or driving licence. Cars with ordinary household waste need no booking, but vans under 3,500kg, trailers and any DIY or renovation waste must be booked in advance, and Luton vans, tippers, flatbeds and tail-lift vans are refused. Alternative: Frizlands Lane Reuse and Recycling Centre, Rainham Road North, Dagenham RM10 7HX is closer to the west side of Romford and open to Havering residents for household waste.
Skip permits in Romford
Havering Council issues skip licences in Romford. A skip on your drive needs nothing; on the road it needs a licence, and we apply for you. Allow at least a week. Enquire online and we'll confirm the permit price and timing for your street before you book. Skip prices for Romford →
About Romford
Around 94,505 people. Romford comes under Havering Council. House and garage clearances on the inter-war semis of Collier Row and Rush Green; flat and office clearances inside the Romford ring road; garden and landscaping waste from the larger plots in Gidea Park.
Romford at a glance
Homes
Romford's housing changes by district. Victorian streets lie south of the railway and east of the Market Place. Collier Row is a 1930s estate north of the town, Gidea Park includes the Exhibition houses of 1910-11, built as Romford Garden Suburb, and Harold Hill is a London County Council estate of 1948-58, mainly brick terraces with some flats. Inter-war houses often have a drive and a side gate to the back garden. In terraces, and in flats around Waterloo Road, items usually come out through the house or down shared stairs.
House clearance in RomfordBuilding work
Large schemes are concentrated in the town centre. The Waterloo and Queen Street estate is being rebuilt for about 1,380 homes, and Bridge Close, an industrial area inside the ring road between Waterloo Road and Oldchurch Road, is planned for up to 1,070. Elsewhere the work is loft conversions and rear extensions on inter-war houses. Gidea Park Conservation Area has an Article 4 Direction, so external alterations there need checking with planners. A skip on the road requires a Havering licence, permit bays need a dispensation, and the A12 Eastern Avenue is a red route.
Skip hire in RomfordBusinesses
Retail sits inside the ring road formed by St Edwards Way, Mercury Gardens, Thurloe Gardens, Oldchurch Road and Waterloo Road. The Liberty, the Mercury Mall and The Brewery adjoin South Street and the Market Place, where Romford Market trades on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The Market Place and much of South Street and High Street are pedestrianised, so collections from shops, bars and restaurants rely on rear service areas and permitted access times. Typical waste is cardboard, packaging, glass and food, plus shopfitting waste when units change hands. The market and adjoining streets form a conservation area.
Commercial waste in RomfordWhat Havering Council offers
The council's own collections, for comparison. They take items left outside. We collect from the front or somewhere easy to reach on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, and can carry things out from inside for an hourly charge.
- Charge
- For 1 to 3 items the cost is £71.50; for every additional item the cost is £18.50.
- Leave items
- At the front boundary of the property or the communal bin area, at ground floor level, visible and accessible from the road, by 7am.
- Not taken
- Maximum height or length of items is 6 feet; residents only, not commercial waste; only items listed and paid for are taken; no refunds under any circumstances.
As published by the council, October 2026. Council page
- Charge
- £87 per bin, per year (annual contract 1 April to 31 March; collected every other week).
- Takes
- Garden waste that fits the bin or sack. No soil, rubble, sheds or fencing.
As published by the council, October 2026. Council page
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Questions people ask
How quickly can you get to Romford?
Romford is 30 minutes from our yard in Wickford via the A132 to the A127, west to Gallows Corner, then the A118 Main Road. Same-day wait and load and clearances may be available if you contact us before 11am on a weekday. We confirm availability and, for clearances, agree the price before booking. Skips, skip bags and the grab come from the next working day. Item collections run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, booked by 4pm the working day before.
Do I need a skip permit in Romford?
Only on the public road. Havering Council issues skip licences in Romford, and we apply for you. On a driveway, nothing is needed. Enquire online and we'll confirm the permit price and timing for your street before you book.
Where's the nearest tip to Romford?
Gerpins Lane Reuse and Recycling Centre, Gerpins Lane, Upminster, RM14 2XR. Free for residents of Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Redbridge who show a current council tax bill or driving licence. Cars with ordinary household waste need no booking, but vans under 3,500kg, trailers and any DIY or renovation waste must be booked in advance, and Luton vans, tippers, flatbeds and tail-lift vans are refused.
Which Romford postcodes do you cover?
RM1, RM2, RM3, RM5, RM7, and everything around them: Romford Market, The Liberty, The Brewery, Gidea Park, Collier Row, Harold Hill.
Book a collection in Romford
Book items, skips or wait and load online. For a clearance, send the details and photos for a free estimate. You can also call us if you're unsure which service to choose.