Man and Van Rubbish Removal in Southend-on-Sea
Man and van rubbish removal in Southend-on-Sea: our crew and a caged truck for the items and bags you want gone. Priced per item from £65, with loading and disposal included for items out the front or somewhere easy to reach.
Man & Van prices in Southend-on-Sea
Prices are for items left out the front or somewhere easy to reach, one item on its own; each costs less alongside others.
Full man & van prices →Man and van rubbish removal in Southend-on-Sea: what to know
Southend's a mix: Edwardian semis in Westcliff, seafront flats, and the older terraces near the high street. We work all of it.
Southend's housing changes between neighbourhoods. Westcliff and central Southchurch are tightly built Victorian and Edwardian terraces, many converted to flats, with little off-street parking. The centre mixes Victorian terraces with tower blocks and modern flats around Queensway. Prittlewell is mainly inter-war housing at lower density, including the Earls Hall and Manners Way estates of the 1930s. The city's conservation areas include Clifftown, Milton and Warrior Square. In the terraced streets a clearance generally means loading from the kerb, and converted flats add stairs.
Terraced streets with resident parking are routine: the truck stops in the road for a few minutes while it's loaded. The crew handles stairs, long carries and rear gardens; tell us about them when you book.
If waste from Southend-on-Sea is found fly-tipped, Southend-on-Sea City Council traces it to the household, and the fine lands on you rather than the person you paid. Our carrier licence is CB/DU308513, and every job gets a transfer note with your address on it.
We're on the seafront most weeks. We know which Southend streets the council are fussy about for skip permits, and which jobs are better as a wait-and-load.
- Charge
- 1 individual bulky item £15; up to 3 bulky items £40; up to 5 bulky items £60; combined items (3 piece suite/corner sofa, or dining table and 6 chairs) £35. Each household can also book one free collection per service year (up to 5 individual items or 1 combination item), subject to availability.
- Leave items
- Accessible and placed on the inside edge of the property by 7am on collection day.
- Not taken
- Bookings for fridges and freezers are temporarily suspended (national shortage of treatment facilities); maximum of 5 individual items or 1 combined item per booking; American-style fridge-freezers not accepted.
As published by the council, October 2026. Council page
Local knowledge: Southend-on-Sea
Man & Van across Southend-on-Sea
- Postcodes
- SS0, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS9
- From our yard
- Southend-on-Sea is 30 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A127. Item collections here run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, booked by 4pm the working day before.
- We cover
- Southend Pier, Adventure Island, The Royals Shopping Centre, Victoria Shopping Centre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness
- Access
- Dense Victorian and Edwardian terraces and converted flats in the town centre, Westcliff and Southchurch with on-street parking and narrow one-way streets (skip permits and parking bay suspensions often needed), giving way to 1930s semis and bungalows in Leigh, Eastwood and Thorpe Bay, and seafront apartment blocks.
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea City Council · about 182,287 residents
Nearest tip to Southend-on-Sea
- Site
- Stock Road Household Waste Recycling Centre, Stock Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 5QF
- Hours
- 1 Feb-31 Oct: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm (closed Thu), Sat-Sun 8am-5pm; 1 Nov-31 Jan: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm (closed Thu), Sat-Sun 8am-4pm
- Rules
- Vans, pick-ups and trailers are accepted there with a booking. Alternative: Leigh Marshes HWRC, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 2ET (closed Wednesdays).
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Man and van rubbish removal in Southend-on-Sea: your questions
How much is a man and van for rubbish in Southend-on-Sea?
Per item, with loading included: one £60 base fee per visit, then each item at its rate, so a sofa on its own is £125 and five bin bags are £85. Got your own help? Wait and load is £180 to £540 by the truck load.
Is a man and van cheaper than a skip in Southend-on-Sea?
Usually, when the waste is ready to go. You pay only for what's collected, there's no road permit to arrange with Southend-on-Sea City Council, and our crew does the lifting.
Which days do you collect in Southend-on-Sea?
Tuesdays and Thursdays, on our collection rounds across Southend-on-Sea, from Southend Pier to Adventure Island. Book by 4pm the working day before for the next round and we text you the arrival window.
Which areas near Southend-on-Sea do you cover?
All of Southend-on-Sea (SS0, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS9) plus Rochford, Benfleet, Rayleigh and Hockley. See every area we cover.
Man & Van in Southend-on-Sea, booked in 60 seconds
Southend-on-Sea (SS0, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS9), collected on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds.