Rubbish clearance & skip hire in Tiptree
Tiptree is a large village in the Colchester district, home of the Wilkin & Sons jam factory, made up mostly of post-war estates and bungalows off Church Road, Maldon Road and Kelvedon Road. It has no recycling centre of its own: the nearest are Colchester's at Shrub End and Witham's on Perry Road, each roughly 7 miles away.
Every service in Tiptree
Each one has its own Tiptree page with prices and local detail.
Rubbish Clearance in Tiptree
No skip, no permit. Tell us what's going, add a photo, and we'll price it. Our crew does all the lifting.
Get a free estimateSkip Hire in Tiptree
2 to 16-yard skips delivered across Essex. Domestic driveways, building sites and commercial yards.
Prices & bookingMan & Van in Tiptree
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 Tiptree
Full or part house clearances handled with care: probate, end of tenancy, downsizing. Priced from your photos.
Get a free estimateWait & Load in Tiptree
The truck by the load. It waits while you load, with our driver helping. No skip on the road and no permit.
Prices & bookingGrab Hire in Tiptree
8-wheel grab lorry for soil, hardcore and mixed loads. 16 tonnes a load, lifted over the wall in minutes.
Prices & bookingGarden Clearance in Tiptree
Green waste, soil, turf, branches, sheds and fencing cleared and recycled. Priced from your photos.
Get a free estimateBuilders Waste in Tiptree
Rubble, plasterboard, timber, packaging and strip-out waste taken from site by the truck load, same or next day.
Prices & bookingSite Clearance in Tiptree
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 Tiptree
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: Tiptree
Collections across Tiptree
- Postcodes
- CO5
- From our yard
- Tiptree is about 35 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A130 and A12 to Kelvedon, then B1023. Collections are booked for the next working day. Item collections run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, booked by 4pm the working day before.
- We cover
- Church Road, Maldon Road, Kelvedon Road, Tiptree Heath, Wilkin & Sons jam factory, Factory Hill, Grove Road and Tower Business Park
- Access
- Mainly post-war estates, bungalows and detached houses with driveways, plus smallholdings and farm properties on narrow lanes around the village.
- Council
- Colchester City Council · about 9,625 residents
Nearest tip to Tiptree
- Site
- Colchester Recycling Centre, 221 Shrub End Road, Shrub End, Colchester, CO3 4RN
- Hours
- 9am to 5pm every day from 1 March to 15 October, 9am to 4pm every day from 16 October to the end of February. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- Rules
- Every visit must be booked in advance (Blue Badge holders, pedestrians and cyclists are exempt). Vans, pick-ups and large trailers are accepted with a separate van booking, and limited amounts of DIY waste from your own home are accepted. Alternative: Witham Recycling Centre, Perry Road, CM8 3YZ is about the same distance (roughly 7 miles) but is cars only, takes no DIY waste or rubble and is closed every Thursday.
Skip permits in Tiptree
Essex Highways issues skip licences here, not the district council. A skip on your drive needs nothing; on the road it needs a licence, and we apply for you. Allow 10 working days. Size limit on the road: 6-yard maximum on the highway; anything bigger needs a driveway or private land. Enquire online and we'll confirm the permit price and timing for your street before you book. Skip prices for Tiptree →
About Tiptree
Around 9,625 people. Tiptree comes under Colchester City Council. Bungalow and probate clearances with driveway access; garden, shed and outbuilding clearances on larger rural plots; skips for driveway and extension work on the village estates.
Tiptree at a glance
Homes
Tiptree is a large village where the B1022 Colchester to Maldon road meets the B1023, with Church Road as its centre. It expanded considerably in the 1990s and 2000s, and detached bungalows are common on roads such as Newbridge Road, Oak Road and Anchor Road. The Barbrook Lane development adds houses, bungalows and a small number of apartments on the edge of the village. Bungalows mean few stairs to negotiate, and homes with driveways allow loading close to the door, which keeps most household and garden clearances simple.
House clearance in TiptreeBuilding work
New housing in Tiptree is concentrated on its edges. A 200-home scheme at Barbrook Lane was allowed on appeal, 130 homes were permitted off Kelvedon Road in 2022, and nine homes were later proposed at Highlands on Kelvedon Road. The neighbourhood plan is intended to guide around 400 further homes. Within the village, bungalows and detached houses on roads such as Newbridge Road and Oak Road lend themselves to extensions and loft conversions. Where a driveway is available a skip can stand off the road; parking on Church Road, the village centre, is limited.
Skip hire in TiptreeBusinesses
Tiptree has no traditional high street; Church Road acts as the commercial centre, with further shops at The Centre and short-stay parking at the supermarket. The jam factory is a long-established manufacturer and visitor attraction, and Tower Business Park on Kelvedon Road houses offices, a car dealer and small retailers. Workshop and industrial units also stand on Maldon Road. Typical waste includes retail packaging, food waste from cafés, and trade waste from workshops. Parking in the centre is limited, which affects where a collection vehicle can wait.
Commercial waste in TiptreeWhat Colchester City 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
- Electrical and white goods: £19 per item (£39 for fridges and freezers). Other large household items such as beds, sofas and wardrobes: £77 for up to six items, £100 for six to twelve items.
- Leave items
- Left on the kerbside outside the property by 7am, in clear view, not in communal areas; crews will not enter garages or properties.
- Not taken
- No glass or mirrors (must be removed before collection); no tins of paint; payment is non-refundable.
As published by the council, October 2026. Council page
- Charge
- £65.00 per bin annual service fee for 2026/27 (subscriptions end 31 March 2027); new subscribers also pay a one-off £34.99 joining fee per bin. Half-price service fee (£32.50) for subscriptions paid between 1 September and 30 November 2026.
- 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 Tiptree?
Normally the next working day. Tiptree is a 35-minute run from our yard via the A130 and A12 to Kelvedon, then B1023, so we put Tiptree jobs onto a booked run and text you the arrival window. Item collections run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, booked by 4pm the working day before.
Do I need a skip permit in Tiptree?
Only on the public road. Essex Highways issues skip licences here, not the district council, 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 Tiptree?
Colchester Recycling Centre, 221 Shrub End Road, Shrub End, Colchester, CO3 4RN. Every visit must be booked in advance (Blue Badge holders, pedestrians and cyclists are exempt). Vans, pick-ups and large trailers are accepted with a separate van booking, and limited amounts of DIY waste from your own home are accepted.
Which Tiptree postcodes do you cover?
CO5, and everything around them: Church Road, Maldon Road, Kelvedon Road, Tiptree Heath, Wilkin & Sons jam factory, Factory Hill.
Book a collection in Tiptree
Pick what needs collecting, see the price, choose a day. We confirm by text and take card payment.