Arlesey Skip Hire | Arlesey Waste Recycling | Arlesey Licensed Waste Carriers

Stevenage Skip Hire have been taking good care of our customers for many years now. Whatever your waste requirements may be, Stevenage Skip Hire have the perfect size skip to match the job in hand. Don't forget, we supply skips for commercial or domestic clients, recycle waste, sort out the skip permits and are Environment Agency approved. Stevenage Skip Hire operate a same day skip drop off and collection service throughout Arlesey. Our skip hire prices are very competitive, so call us today!

Hiring a skip from Arlesey Skip Hire makes your life easier

Stevenage Skip Hire sends all waste from Arlesey back to our primary recycling plant in Stevenage.

There comes a time when the amount of rubbish you need to get rid of becomes far too much for the boot of the average family car. Even a decent sized estate car can quickly become overwhelmed. Besides, even if you do have the space in your car, some waste materials can be very messy or even damage your car interior, and that is something you will want to avoid at all costs.

Using the local tip has changed

Simply dumping whatever you like at the local tip has become a thing of the past. We all used to load up bin liners full of household waste and expect this go into the same bulk skip as our green garden waste, old television, and broken wardrobe, but not anymore!

If you tried this on at your local dump these days, you would be told in no uncertain terms to stop and segregate all the waste before disposing of it. In fact, a lot of Household Waste Recycling Centres will not even allow waste to be put into their bulk skips, if it is contained in a plastic bin liner. This does tend to put a lot of people off and rubbish often builds up in their back gardens. This looks unsightly and can encourage rats to set up home amongst the rubbish.

Avoid the fly tipping trap with a hired skip in Arlesey

In extreme cases, when rubbish levels have become unmanageable, they may end up being fly tipped somewhere. This criminal and environmentally damaging practice are unfortunately perpetrated by some unscrupulous people who charge money to remove your waste for you. They often do not have a waste carriers' licence and will dump it in a country lane. However, if the waste can be identified and traced back to you, you will be liable, even though you paid for its removal in good faith. Hiring a skip avoids any such worry!

Having a hired skip at your Arlesey property allows you to take your time and get rid of a multitude of waste items in one fell swoop. No more queueing for lengthy periods of time at your local recycling centre, no more being berated by a sullen recycling centre worker and no more punctured tyres from the old waste screws or nails that were left by the car in front of you.

Some Arlesey history

The name Arlesey derives from the Old English Aelfricseg meaning 'Aelfric's island'.

The area has an extremely long history of habitation, with evidence of an Iron Age settlement having been found to the east of Arlesey around Chase Farm and Etonbury School.

To the north of Arlesey, north of the modern railway station was a medieval manorial complex known as Etonbury. The site's origins and history are unclear and continue to be debated by archaeologists; interpretation is made particularly difficult due to the earthworks having been damaged during the construction of the railway.

It is believed by some that it possibly originated as an inland harbour on the River Hiz, which is pronounced 'Hitch' near its confluence with the River Ivel, and seems to have been fortified with various ditches and possibly moats. It appears to have been used as a Danish camp from the time of the Viking invasions from the ninth century onwards, but they may have re-fortified a pre-existing site. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Etonbury had become a manor. The manor house there was subsequently abandoned, sadly being described as "utterly decayed" in 1566.

Arlesey gets a much-needed rail link

The Great Northern Railway built its main line from London to York through Arlesey. The line opened in 1850 with a station at the northern end of the village called "Arlesey and Shefford Road", renamed "Arlesey and Henlow" in 1933. It closed in 1959. A new Arlesey railway station was later built on the site, opening in 1988, and now sits at the start of a road that leads to various factories and vehicle repair shops on a small industrial estate.

The Three Counties Asylum opened immediately east of Arlesey in 1860. It was just over the boundary into the neighbouring parish of Stotfold, but was often described as being at Arlesey; the gates to its main West Drive entrance were in Arlesey, and from 1866 it was served by Three Counties railway station which was at the southern end of Arlesey. A tramway linked the station to the asylum. The asylum was later renamed Fairfield Hospital. It closed in 1999, and the buildings have been converted to housing and a new community called Fairfield built in the former grounds.

Asylums were not strictly for the mentally ill. Some people who had experienced heavy blood loss due to traumatic childbirth and suffered a nervous breakdown as a result were often committed to them, as the understanding of mental illness was still quite primitive at the time.

Industry in Arlesey

Arlesey had a thriving brick-making industry through to the mid twentieth century. As of 1900 there were five brickworks around Arlesey. They were known for the "Arlesey White" bricks produced from Gault clay. Bricks have not been produced there since 1992. Some clay pits have been used for landfill and others are now lakes that have been repurposed for leisure activities such as boating and fishing. On the south-east side of Arlesey there were two chalk pits operated by the Portland Cement Company, now filled with water, and known respectively as the Blue Lagoon, used for sailing, and the Green Lagoon, used for fishing.

The Second World War in Arlesey

During the Second World War there were two plane crashes at Arlesey. On 19 December 1943, a Handley Page Halifax belonging to 138 Squadron was in a collision with a chimney at Arlesey Brickworks. The aircraft had left its base at RAF Tempsford on a training mission. The crew of nine sadly perished in the crash.

On 28 March 1944, a Lockheed Hudson belonging to 161 Squadron RAF crashed on the Arlesey to Stotfold road killing the entire crew. The aircraft had left its base at RAF Tempsford on a training flight.

Richard Walker and Arlesey

The Arlesey Bomb, which is an elongated fishing weight with a built-in brass swivel at the thinnest end was developed by the celebrated angler and author Dick Walker to catch specimen perch from the local chalk pits. The weight is marketed as the Arlesey Bomb all over the world, putting the Arlesey area firmly on the fishing map of fame.

Why delay? Hire a skip in Arlesey today

So, if you live in or around the Arlesey area of Bedfordshire and want to avoid visiting the dump this weekend, why not give us a call at Arlesey Skip Hire. We can take care of all your household waste. Just ask us if you are unsure of anything and we will give you all the information you need.

Some of the services Stevenage Skip Hire provide in, and around, Arlesey:

• Skip Hire
• Waste Recycling
• Waste Management
• Envirowaste Recycling Centre
• Waste Disposal
• Domestic and Commercial Skip Hire
• Licensed Waste Carriers
• Environment Agency Approved
• Skip Permits Arranged
• Same Day Drop Off and Collection
• Aggregates For Sale

• We offer a fully secure online ordering service for our skip hiring.
• Please select the required skip size below and the type of waste being placed into the skip.
• We will contact you within 24 Hrs to confirm delivery dates.
• Domestic skip hire is for 7 days. Additional periods of hire can be arranged prior to booking.

Highway permit service for Hertfordshire

If your skip is to be placed on a Hertfordshire highway or a verge then a permit is required, We can arrange this for you, with the permit costing from £57.00 including VAT. A permit can take up to a week to be approved by the local council, Please bear this in mind when ordering.

Payment methods

We accept Mastercard, Visa or Maestro.

Please read our Terms and conditions of skip hire before ordering.

All prices given are plus VAT which is added at the payment stage

Further Information

If you would like to know more or are interested in a quote we would be happy to help. Phone us on 0203 780 2277, email us at info@stevenageskiphire.co.uk or fill in our contact form and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

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