Rubbish clearance & skip hire in Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey is a market town beside the River Lea and M25 junction 26, with a compact centre around Sun Street and the abbey church, post-war estates such as Ninefields and Roundhills, and industrial units on Brooker Road. The town's own tip on Brooker Road takes cars only, closes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and does not accept DIY waste or rubble.
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Rubbish Clearance in Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey
2 to 16-yard skips delivered across Essex. Domestic driveways, building sites and commercial yards.
Prices & bookingMan & Van in Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey
Full or part house clearances handled with care: probate, end of tenancy, downsizing. Priced from your photos.
Get a free estimateWait & Load in Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey
Green waste, soil, turf, branches, sheds and fencing cleared and recycled. Priced from your photos.
Get a free estimateBuilders Waste in Waltham Abbey
Rubble, plasterboard, timber and strip-out waste collected by the truck load. Your team loads, with our driver's help.
Prices & bookingSite Clearance in Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey
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: Waltham Abbey
Collections across Waltham Abbey
- Postcodes
- EN9
- From our yard
- Waltham Abbey is about 40 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A127 and M25 to junction 26, then A121. 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
- Sun Street, Waltham Abbey Church, Highbridge Street, Ninefields, Roundhills, Honey Lane, Brooker Road and Sewardstone Road
- Access
- A compact old centre around Sun Street, post-war estates of terraces, flats and maisonettes at Ninefields and Roundhills with shared parking areas, and scattered green-belt properties towards Upshire and Sewardstone.
- Council
- Epping Forest District Council · about 22,859 residents
Nearest tip to Waltham Abbey
- Site
- Waltham Abbey Recycling Centre, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JU
- Hours
- 9am to 5pm from 1 March to 15 October, 9am to 4pm from 16 October to the end of February. Closed every Tuesday and Wednesday, and on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- Rules
- Every car visit must be booked in advance (Blue Badge holders, pedestrians and cyclists are exempt). Cars only: vans, pick-ups and large trailers are not accepted, and the site does not take DIY waste or rubble. Alternative: The nearest Essex site for booked vans and household DIY waste is Harlow Recycling Centre, Temple Bank, CM20 2DY, about 12 miles away and open every day.
Skip permits in Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey →
About Waltham Abbey
Around 22,859 people. Waltham Abbey comes under Epping Forest District Council. Flat and maisonette clearances on the Ninefields and Roundhills estates; DIY and renovation waste that the Brooker Road tip will not take; trade waste collections from Brooker Road industrial units.
Waltham Abbey at a glance
Homes
Waltham Abbey's old centre around Sun Street, Market Square and Highbridge Street lies within a conservation area of about 36 hectares containing 49 listed buildings, where plots are tight and Sun Street is closed to traffic. Residential estates such as Ninefields and Roundhills lie beyond the centre; at Roundhills, 28 terraced houses for affordable rent have been built on a former swimming pool site. Hamlets including Upshire, Sewardstone and High Beach are spread through the surrounding forest and valley. Loading is simpler on the estates than in the centre, where vehicles cannot always reach the door.
House clearance in Waltham AbbeyBuilding work
The main growth area is Waltham Abbey North, where a strategic masterplan endorsed in November 2025 provides for at least 740 homes and a local centre near Crooked Mile and Galley Hill Road, with an outline application for up to 400 dwellings submitted for the eastern part. Within the town, council-led infill has taken place at Roundhills. The conservation area around Sun Street, Market Square and Highbridge Street constrains alterations to older buildings, and because Sun Street is pedestrianised and the square hosts a market on Tuesdays and Saturdays, skips and deliveries need alternative access.
Skip hire in Waltham AbbeyBusinesses
Sun Street, a pedestrianised shopping street, and Market Square, with its Tuesday and Saturday market, form the centre of Waltham Abbey, close to the Abbey Church. Highbridge Retail Park, at the junction of Highbridge Street and Meridian Way, holds larger stores. Industrial and distribution premises are concentrated on the Brooker Road estate off Cartersfield Road, at Meridian Business Park on Fleming Road and at the Waltham Point distribution depot. Businesses here produce packaging, pallets and trade waste, while town-centre premises have to be serviced without driving along Sun Street.
Commercial waste in Waltham AbbeyWhat Epping Forest District 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
- 1 to 3 items £34.80; 4 to 7 items £52.80; 8 to 10 items £69.60 (totals including VAT).
- Leave items
- At the front of the property on the boundary, in the open and clearly visible, by 6.30am; no collection from garages or covered storage; flats: outside the communal entrance, in the communal bin area or in the resident's own parking space.
- Not taken
- No garden waste, soil, building waste, carpet or underlay, worktops, fixtures or fittings, hazardous waste or paint, pianos, glass or items containing glass, fence panels, sheds or greenhouses, or large American-style fridge….
As published by the council, October 2026. Council page
- Charge
- £60 for garden waste collections from 1 April to 31 March (fixed period, no pro-rata charge); each additional bin needs its own £30 subscription, and additional bins cost £35 each.
- 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 Waltham Abbey?
Not usually the same day. Waltham Abbey is about 40 minutes from our yard in Wickford via the A127 and M25 to junction 26, then A121, so we book Waltham Abbey jobs for the next working day and give you a two-hour arrival window by text. Item collections run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, booked by 4pm the working day before.
Do I need a skip permit in Waltham Abbey?
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 Waltham Abbey?
Waltham Abbey Recycling Centre, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JU. Every car visit must be booked in advance (Blue Badge holders, pedestrians and cyclists are exempt). Cars only: vans, pick-ups and large trailers are not accepted, and the site does not take DIY waste or rubble.
Which Waltham Abbey postcodes do you cover?
EN9, and everything around them: Sun Street, Waltham Abbey Church, Highbridge Street, Ninefields, Roundhills, Honey Lane.
Book a collection in Waltham Abbey
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.