Rubbish clearance & skip hire in Halstead
Halstead is a former weaving town on the River Colne with a steep High Street, Victorian terraces near the centre and newer estates on the edges; Bluebridge Industrial Estate sits on the Colchester Road side. The town has no recycling centre of its own, and the nearest tip is in Braintree, roughly 10 miles away by road.
Every service in Halstead
Each one has its own Halstead page with prices and local detail.
Rubbish Clearance in Halstead
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 Halstead
2 to 16-yard skips delivered across Essex. Domestic driveways, building sites and commercial yards.
Prices & bookingMan & Van in Halstead
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 Halstead
Full or part house clearances handled with care: probate, end of tenancy, downsizing. Priced from your photos.
Get a free estimateWait & Load in Halstead
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 Halstead
8-wheel grab lorry for soil, hardcore and mixed loads. 16 tonnes a load, lifted over the wall in minutes.
Prices & bookingGarden Clearance in Halstead
Green waste, soil, turf, branches, sheds and fencing cleared and recycled. Priced from your photos.
Get a free estimateBuilders Waste in Halstead
Rubble, plasterboard, timber, packaging and strip-out waste taken from site by the truck load, same or next day.
Prices & bookingSite Clearance in Halstead
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 Halstead
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: Halstead
Collections across Halstead
- Postcodes
- CO9
- From our yard
- Halstead is about 45 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A130, A12, then A131 via Braintree. 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
- High Street, Townsford Mill, Bluebridge Industrial Estate, Broton Drive, Colchester Road, Mount Hill, Kings Road and Head Street
- Access
- Victorian terraces and mill-era cottages with on-street parking around the steep High Street, post-war and newer estates on the edges of town, and farms and villages reached by rural lanes.
- Council
- Braintree District Council · about 13,562 residents
Nearest tip to Halstead
- Site
- Braintree Recycling Centre, Springwood Drive, Braintree, CM7 2YN
- 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: Colchester Recycling Centre, 221 Shrub End Road, CO3 4RN (about 14 miles) is also open daily and takes booked vans.
Skip permits in Halstead
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 Halstead →
About Halstead
Around 13,562 people. Halstead comes under Braintree District Council. House clearances from Victorian terraces with on-street parking; garden and shed clearances on the newer estates; trade waste collections from units on Bluebridge Industrial Estate.
Halstead at a glance
Homes
Halstead's centre runs from Townsford Mill by the river up the High Street, inside a conservation area with more than 100 listed buildings. The Courtauld family's textile business shaped the housing: The Causeway has mill workers' houses of 1883, Factory Terrace was built for managers, and 1920s Arts and Crafts style homes stand along Hedingham Road, Colchester Road and Mallows Field. Newer estates off Oak Road have driveways, but many older terraces and cottages open close to the pavement, so furniture and garden waste usually leave through the front door.
House clearance in HalsteadBuilding work
Recent house building in Halstead has clustered off Oak Road, where estates of 183 and 100 homes were approved side by side, and at Bournewood Park. Land east of the High Street, between The Centre and Factory Terrace, is allocated for comprehensive redevelopment. Within the Town Centre conservation area, designated in 1969, work on listed properties in Head Street and the High Street needs consent, and an appeal for 73 dwellings off St Andrews Road was dismissed with heritage among the main issues. Older terraces are commonly extended at the rear or converted in the loft.
Skip hire in HalsteadBusinesses
Independent shops, cafés and everyday services line Halstead High Street, with further units in Weavers Court and an antiques centre in the former silk mill at Townsford Mill. Industrial and trade premises are concentrated on the Bluebridge Industrial Estate and on the Broton Industrial Estate near Rosemary Lane, the kind of sites that produce pallets, packaging and general trade waste. The High Street is a through road on a hill with many listed frontages, so shop refits and stock clear-outs generally depend on short kerbside stops rather than a vehicle left standing outside.
Commercial waste in HalsteadWhat Braintree 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 item £20.00; 2-3 items £30.00; 4-6 items £55.00; 7-9 items £80.00 (including VAT, from 1 April 2026).
- Leave items
- At the boundary of the property by 7:00am, where household waste is normally presented, easy to access and visible from the road.
- Not taken
- No asbestos, concrete, bricks or rubble, plasterboard, boilers, sheds, greenhouses, pianos, hot tubs, range cookers, garden waste, bagged general refuse or house clearances; some large items count as two.
As published by the council, October 2026. Council page
- Charge
- £55 for the first bin for 2026/27 (1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027); £30 for each additional bin; new or replacement bins £37.25.
- 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 Halstead?
We cover Halstead from Wickford, about 45 minutes away via the A130, A12, then A131 via Braintree, so it's booked rather than same-day: usually the next working day, with a two-hour arrival window sent 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 Halstead?
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 Halstead?
Braintree Recycling Centre, Springwood Drive, Braintree, CM7 2YN. 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 Halstead postcodes do you cover?
CO9, and everything around them: High Street, Townsford Mill, Bluebridge Industrial Estate, Broton Drive, Colchester Road, Mount Hill.
Book a collection in Halstead
Pick what needs collecting, see the price, choose a day. We confirm by text and take card payment.