Biggleswade Skip Hire | Biggleswade Waste Recycling | Biggleswade 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 Biggleswade. Our skip hire prices are very competitive, so call us today!

Skip hire in Biggleswade

Hiring a skip from Biggleswade Skip Hire is far less work and stress than the weekend visit to your local household waste recycling centre.

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

So, you have a load of rubbish to get rid of! The loft is so full of old and unwanted rubbish that you fear the ceilings are ready to cave in. Not only is this a mess, but council tenants are under an obligation to keep their loft space free from any storage as part of their tenancy agreement, how many actually adhere to this is debateable, and private tenants may invalidate their home insurance if damage is caused by excess materials stored in a loft space. The best solution is to hire a skip from Biggleswade Skip Hire.

Great reasons to hire a skip from Biggleswade Skip Hire

• You can load the skip yourself, no strangers poking around youre house or disposing of stuff you still want.
• Loading a skip can be as easy as 1-2-3! It is just worth taking a little time to consider what items should go in first to maximise the skips use.
• You can have the skip delivered when you want and we will remove the skip with your rubbish when you are ready.
• You hire a skip to suit your needs, our skips come in a wide range of sizes.
• Biggleswade Skip Hire ensure your waste is recycled where possible.
• Biggleswade Skip Hire have no unquoted extra charges.
• Biggleswade Skip Hire deliver your skip directly to your driveway and are always careful not to cause any damage.
• If a skip needs to go on a road, it will require a skip permit, just let us know and we will take care of it for you.
• No more waiting for ages to get into the local household waste recycling centre.

As you can see from above, there really are some great reasons to hire a skip from Biggleswade Skip Hire. We have been in the waste management business for many years and know what we are talking about. We do our level best to ensure that the vast majority of your rubbish and waste household materials do not end up in landfill. We recycle as much as we possibly can, usually around 95%. We are an Environment Agency approved licensed recycling centre too.

So, to benefit from a hired skip and to avoid all the hassle of going to the local waste recycling centre, it is well worth contacting us at Biggleswade Skip Hire for some advice and a quote.

Some Biggleswade history

The area around Biggleswade is thought to have been inhabited from about 10,000 BC. Arrowheads believed to be from this time have been found in archaeological digs. Shards of late Neolithic pottery from a single Peterborough ware Mortlake bowl were found in a pit excavated south of Biggleswade Hospital. A Neolithic cursus and five associated ring ditches south of Furzenhall Farm show as crop markings on aerial images. Cursi are monumental Neolithic structures characterised by parallel banks and ditches, primarily found in Great Britain and Ireland, dating back to around 3400-3000 BC.

Archaeological excavations in 2001 discovered a late Bronze Age pit to the north of the water tower on Topler's Hill. Iron Age pottery and a bead together with charred cereal grains of wheat and barley have been found in pits to the north of Biggleswade.

Roman times in Biggleswade

In Roman times, a loop road known as the White Way passed through Biggleswade, most probably along the course of the present-day Drove Road, linking with Ermine Way at Godmanchester. There is unmistakable evidence for a Romano-Celtic temple and aligned enclosures straddling a tributary of the River Ivel at the north-east corner of Biggleswade Common.

The Anglo-Saxons in Biggleswade

In the fifth century AD, Saxon invaders settled in the area. The name Biggleswade may derive from Biceil, an Anglo-Saxon personal name, and Waed, the Saxon word for ford. Variant spellings include Bykeleswad in 1396, Bykleswade in 15th-century law records, and Bickleswade on a 17th-century ivory seal now in the British Museum.

Wells and pits dating from the early seventh century and a quantity of later Maxey ware have been excavated at nearby Stratton.

Evidence of an Anglo-Saxon ringwork and bailey castle was discovered by aerial photography in 1954 between the A1 road and the River Ivel. Often, these long-vanished castles are only visible from the earth formations when viewed from the air.

Rare coins discovered in Biggleswade

In 2001 a gold coin bearing the name Coenwulf was found at Biggleswade on a footpath beside the River Ivel. The 0.15 oz mancus, worth about thirty silver pennies, is only the eighth known gold coin dating to the mid to late Anglo-Saxon period. Its inscription, "DE VICO LVNDONIAE", shows it was minted in London. Initially sold to American collector Allan Davisson for £230,000 at auction; the British Government subsequently put in place a temporary export ban in the hope of saving it for the nation. The British Museum bought the coin in February 2006 for £357,832, with the help of funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the British Museum Friends. At the time, it was the most expensive British coin to ever have been purchased.

Coenwulf was the king of Mercia from December 796 until his death in 821. He was a descendant of King Pybba, who ruled Mercia in the early seventh century. He succeeded Ecgfrith, the son of Offa; Ecgfrith only reigned for five months, and Coenwulf ascended the throne in the same year that Offa died.

Medieval times in Biggleswade

Biggleswade consisted of three settlements: Biggleswade, Holme and Stratton.

Biggleswade is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Bichelesuuade Pichelsuuade: Ralph de l'Isle. Two mills. Domesday records twenty-seven heads of household in Stratton vill, but only twenty in Biggleswade. However, Biggleswade had overtaken Stratton by 1309.

In 1132, King Henry I granted the manor of Biggleswade to Bishop Alexander the Magnificent of Lincoln, to help endow Lincoln Cathedral. A prebendal stall of Biggleswade is in the cathedral. King John granted a royal charter to hold a market, which was confirmed by Henry III. The medieval parish Church of St Andrew contains a monumental brass of John Rudying featuring a figure of Death.

Stratton Park Moated Enclosure lies to the south of Biggleswade off Dunton Lane.

The Great Fire of Biggleswade

On 16 June 1785, a fire started at the Crown Inn and spread rapidly through neighbouring streets, destroying nearly one-third of the town of Biggleswade. A national appeal raised funds for over three hundred people who lost their homes and others who lost their livelihoods. Fires would often spread rapidly as the building were often close together, jettied and made from flammable materials.

The Great Fire is among the historical scenes shown in a Millennium stained-glass window in St Andrew's Church.

Transport in the Biggleswade area

A medieval bridge carrying the Great North Road over the River Ivel at Biggleswade is first documented in the early 13th century. In 1302 Bishop Dalderby of Lincoln gave indulgences to all those contributing to the repair of the bridge, and from 1372 tolls were authorised under the pontage system. Pontage was a toll levied for the building or repair of bridges dating to the medieval era in England, Wales, and Ireland.

The Great North Road became a turnpike road in 1725 from Biggleswade to Alconbury Hill and in 1730 from Stevenage to Biggleswade. In 1796 the medieval bridge in Shortmead Street was rebuilt with sandstone from Sandy. It had three rounded arches. A metal "Meccano" type bridge was erected alongside in 1939. In 1948 the stone bridge was demolished and replaced with a second "Meccano" or Callender-Hamilton bridge as it was formally known. Biggleswade was bypassed by the A1 trunk road in 1961.

Workhouses in Biggleswade

From about 1780, Brigham House, 93 High Street, housed the parish workhouse. The premises were closed following the completion of The Union Workhouse at London Road in 1836. The Biggleswade Poor Law Union was officially formed on 14 April 1835 and covered twenty-five parishes. The Union workhouse ceased operation in 1930. The London Road building was renamed The Limes and provided accommodation for the aged, infirm and vagrants. It was used as an old people's home until its closure in 1969 and demolished in 1972.

Hire a skip in Biggleswade today

So if you live in or around the Biggleswade area of Bedfordshire and want to take the worry and hassle out of disposing of your domestic or commercial waste and don't want to be hassled about when the local dump is open, why not give us a call at Biggleswade Skip Hire. Do not waste hour after hour waiting in line at the local tip to offload your waste materials. Biggleswade Skip Hire deal with all manner of domestic and commercial waste and dispose of it in an environmentally responsible way. Simply phone us and we can advise you as to the best size of skip for your needs.

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

• 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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