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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 Ashwell. Our skip hire prices are very competitive, so call us today!

To skip or not to skip in Ashwell

The days are starting to draw out, meaning many people's minds start turning to home improvement projects or a thoroughly good spring clean. If there is one thing that a spring clean generates more than a sense of well being, it's a ridiculous amount of unwanted waste materials.

All too often, the loft is overloaded with an accumulation of old wallpaper rolls that we kept, intending to use, but is unlikely to ever see the business end of a pasting brush. This along with a host of other junk needs to go into the waste, and a skip is by far the best way to get rid of a large amount of waste materials.

Unfortunately, the cost of living has been steadily increasing over recent years, meaning that many are not keen to part with serviceable goods. We often have a vast array of stuff that we can't stand the thought of throwing away, as there is nothing actually wrong with it. The trick is to recognise when something is likely to be used at some point, or whether it will simply sit around gathering dust for the foreseeable future.

Although many people advocate the five year rule, it doesn't always work out. The five year rule is that if we haven't used something in five years, we are unlikely to ever use it. The truth is that as soon as we dispose of something, only then are we more likely to feel the need to use it. The more valuable the item is, the more likely we are to use it at some point in the future.

Give it away, don't skip it!

If we really don't like the idea of throwing our unwanted goods into a skip, we can always see if a local charity shop could make use of it, or even put it on a social media marketing page. One persons waste is another person's gold, so maybe investigate these alternative options first, as you may be doing someone out there a really good turn.

History of Ashwell

To the southwest of Ashwell is Arbury Banks, which are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort which have been largely removed by agricultural activity.

In 2002 local metal detector enthusiasts found a silver Roman figurine of a goddess, Dea Senuna. A subsequent archaeological dig over four summers revealed many more gold and silver objects situated in a major open-air ritual site.

The Buckinghamshire family of Nernewt held land in Ashwell in the 14th century, which was originally part of the Abbot of Westminster's manor. This land became the manor of Westbury Nernewtes.

Ashwell has a wealth of architecture spanning several centuries. There was also a great fire of Ashwell on Saturday 2 February 1850, fortunately without any loss of life.

Ashwell itself is mostly in a fine state of preservation, from the medieval cottage to the fine town house, plastered or timbered, thatched or tiled, in Tudor, Carolean or Georgian brick. Scheduled listed buildings include the St. John's Guildhall of 1681, the carefully restored Foresters Cottages, the Chantry House with its 15th century window, the 16th century town house, which is now a local museum, the Maltings, which has since been converted into flats, and a small brick house which was first built in 1681 as a school by the Merchant Taylors.

Ashwell Bury, a large Victorian house, was remodelled by Edwin Lutyens in the 1920s. Lutyens also designed the Grade 2 listed Ashwell War Memorial, unveiled in 1922. Ashwell also has a village lock-up that was used to detain drunks and suspected criminals. Ashwell used to be home to a number of local breweries and, accordingly, a variety of public houses in its past, but currently has just three pubs: The Rose and Crown, the Three Tuns and the Bushel and Strike.

Since 1850 the village has been served by Ashwell and Morden railway station which is about a mile and half from the centre of the village in the hamlet of Odsey in Cambridgeshire.

Ashwell springs offer diversity to wildlife

Ashwell Springs, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, is a perennial source of the River Cam. The cool water of the chalk springs contain a rare species of stenothermic flatworm associated with cold surface waters or subterranean groundwater that is only known from this location within East Anglia. The springs now depend upon artificial flow augmentation during drier periods, due to the impact of local groundwater abstraction from the chalk aquifer for public water supply.

Ashwell has been called a green oasis with many trees and this does contrast with the surrounding landscape dominated by intense agricultural production, principally of wheat, with rather limited aesthetic or biodiversity interest.

So, if you are ready for a good spring clean at your Ashwell property, give us a call. Our skip hire company recycle up to ninety five percent of the waste materials we receive, so you can rest easy that you are not placing an extra burden on the environment when you through your waste into one of our skips.

You will also be happy to know that we are fully licensed waste carriers, so your waste will never end up fly tipped in a leafy country lane, which has been a growing problem with the proliferation of the 'man with a van' who offer to take your waste away for a few pounds.

We know you'll feel much better after you've made more room at your Ashwell property, so give us a call and we can advise you as to what size skip will suit your requirements the best.

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

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
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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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Stevenage Skip Hire Ltd
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Graveley
Herts SG4 7EQ

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