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

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Harpenden has some beautiful properties, as well as some magnificent gardens. It's incredible just how much waste can be generated with just some simple garden maintenance. A simple hedge trim can land you with more than any wheelie bin can possibly cope with, so you end up getting rid of it in stages. The problem with this approach is that you have to dedicate an area of your garden for waste cuttings. Also, as the cuttings die off, the leaves will fall off, often blowing all over the rest of the garden and making a shocking mess.

If you have a larger than average garden; as many gardens in the Harpenden area are, then you can be in for a pretty large accumulation of hedge trimmings. Skip hire is the best way to deal with huge quantities of garden waste.

Of course, hedge trimmings are just the start! Grass cuttings, pruning's, old decking or even hard landscaping materials will either not fit, or not be permitted in a wheelie bin, leaving skip hire as the only viable option open to you.

Some Harpenden history

There is good evidence of pre-Roman Belgic farmers in the Harpenden area. In 1867, several items were found including a bronze escutcheon, rams-head shaped mounts, and a bronze bowl.

There are Roman remains in land around Harpenden, such as the site of a mausoleum in the park at Rothamsted. A tumulus near the river Lea was opened in the 1820s and it contained a stone sarcophagus of Romano-Celtic origin. Five objects dating from around 150 AD were inside, including a glass jug with a Mediterranean stamp and samian ware dishes used for libations.

Up to the 13th century, the Harpenden area of the parish consisted of woodland with small hamlets and single farmsteads around cleared areas called "End" or "Green"; today, there are nineteen Ends and eighteen Greens in the areas of Harpenden and Wheathampstead parishes.

Harpenden village grew out of Westminster Abbey's gradual clearing of woodland for farming and settlement within its Wheathampstead manor, granted by Edward the Confessor in 1060. The first reference to a parish church was in 1221, when it was referred to as Harpendene so it is inferred that the village grew up around then. The church of St Nicholas is the oldest church in Harpenden, originally built as a Chapel of ease in 1217.

Just beyond the southern edge of Harpenden lies Nomansland Common upon which part of the Second Battle of St Albans was fought during the Wars of the Roses. Nomansland Common also saw the first annually contested steeplechase in England, in 1830, when it was organised by Thomas Coleman, and the last fight of 19th-century bare-knuckle fighter Simon Byrne. It was also the haunt of the infamous highwaywoman Lady Katherine Ferrers, better known as the "Wicked Lady".

Straw weaving puts Harpenden on the map

A widespread but now little-known industry of Harpenden was straw-weaving, a trade mainly carried out by women in the 19th century. A good straw weaver could make as much as a field labourer. The straw plaits were taken to specialist markets in St Albans or Luton and bought by dealers to be converted into straw items such as boaters and other hats or bonnets.

The railway comes to Harpenden

The arrival of the railway system from 1860 and the sale of farms for residential development after 1880 totally changed Harpenden's surroundings. First the Dunstable Branch of the Great Northern Railway passed through the Batford area, with a station later named Harpenden East railway station. The Midland Railway main line was built in 1868 with a station near the main village, which still exists today, and the listed Southdown Road Skew Bridge nearby. The Harpenden and Hemel Hempstead Railway, known locally as the Nicky Line was opened in 1877.

Between 1848 and 1914 the common was a regular venue for horse racing. In his History of Hertfordshire in 1879, John Edwin Cussans commented "Notwithstanding that these meetings are under the most unexceptional patronage as regards the Stewards, yet for two days in the year all the London pickpockets, sharpers and blackguards who happen to be out of gaol are permitted to make Harpenden their own and to make travelling in a first-class carriage on the Midland Railway a danger to men and an impossibility to ladies."

Golf has been played on Harpenden Common since 1894 and it was at that time Harpenden Golf Club was set up by a group of Harpenden people with the help and a financial contribution of five pounds from Sir John Bennet Lawes of Rothamsted Manor. The club moved to a new course at Hammonds End in 1931, at which time Harpenden Common Golf Club was formed by those who wanted to remain at the Common. In 1932 Bamville Cricket club was formed and shares part of the Common with the Golfers.

Agricultural research excellence in Harpenden

Harpenden is the home of Rothamsted Manor and Rothamsted Research Centre, which is a leading centre for agricultural research. In front of its main building, which faces Harpenden common, is a stone, erected in 1893, commemorating fifty years of experiments by Sir John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert.

Lawes inherited the family estate at Rothamsted in 1834. Acknowledged as "the father of agricultural science", his early field experiments on Hertfordshire farms led him to patent a phosphate fertiliser, the sales of which made him a very wealthy individual indeed. With the proceeds, he established the experimental station, building laboratories in the 1850s. The station continued the development of the artificial fertilisers on which most modern farmers now depend. Some of the long-term 'classical field experiments' begun by Lawes and Gilbert remain in place to this day representing a unique resource for agricultural and environmental research.

Early children's home in Harpenden

In 1913 the National Children's Home moved to Harpenden with a large site Highfield Oval which was home to over two hundred children. The site featured a print works, a carpenters' and joiners' shop, a boot makers shop and a farm where boys undertook apprenticeships. Girls were mainly trained in domestic service with some being trained in sewing and office work. The children lived in a "family" of eight to ten children each run by a sister or house mother. The chapel was gift from Joseph Rank and was built in 1928. The home was run on site until 1985. The site is now the head office of Youth with a Mission an international Christian missionary organization. The Harpenden Growth Study, one of the earliest longitudinal tests, was overseen by James Mourilyan Tanner and monitored the development of many of the children over a number of years.

Many children came to Harpenden as evacuees

During the Second World War, Harpenden was used to evacuate children from heavily bombed London. However, Harpenden was not totally confident in its safety, as evidenced by the now decaying Bowers Parade air raid shelters, soon to be secured for the future. It has been suggested both that it be used for educational and emergency training purposes.

If you happen to live in or around the Harpenden area and have a good deal of waste materials to get rid of, skip hire is right for you. Don't wait weeks to slowly get rid of waste bit by bit in your wheelie bin, as you may just encourage rats or mice to set up home in the decaying piles of garden waste matter.

Skip hire in Harpenden has never been easier. Just give us a call, tell us what you need to get rid of, and we will advise you as to what type and size of skip you'll require. The drop off and pick up times are mutually agreed in advance, making for a hassle free method of waste management.

Hiring a skip from Harpenden 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 Harpenden back to our primary recycling plant in Stevenage.

When the time comes to get rid of all the rubbish that you have accumulated over the years, it's really difficult to motivate yourself to get the job done. It's probably because the prospect of loading up your car with all that rubbish and old unwanted items is off putting and the thought of waiting for ages to get into the waste recycling centre is just too depressing for words.

Another genuine concern that some people have is that whenever they go to the tip, they nearly always end up getting a puncture. It's harly surprising is it? When you consider all the rubbish that is disposed of there on a daily basis, people are dropping nails, screws, sharp shards of wood, you name it. There is always something that just seems to find its way into your car tyre. A recent client of ours said that on a recent trip to the recycling centre, some sharp metal dropped by another visitor had damaged the wall of her tyre. This was not something that could even be repaired, so all in all it turned out to be a pretty expensive days work.

The best thing to do to avoid punctures or any other damage to your car is to hire a skip from us here at Harpenden Skip Hire. We have been taking care of peoples waste management requirements since 2005, so we know what we're talking about.

Why should you choose Harpenden Skip Hire for your waste management requirements?

Harpenden Skip Hire operate a same day drop off and collection skip hire service.
Harpenden Skip Hire are licensed waste carriers so you know your rubbish won't end up dumped on the verge of a country lane somewhere.
Harpenden Skip Hire can handle both domestic and commercial rubbish clearance.
Harpenden Skip Hire have always had competitive prices for their skip hire service.
Harpenden Skip Hire really are your one stop waste management service.
Harpenden Skip Hire are an Environment Agency Approved Licensed Recycling Centre.
Harpenden Skip Hire will arrange your permits for you should your skip need to be placed on a public road.
Harpenden Skip Hire welcome trade accounts.

So if you live in or around the Harpenden area of Hertfordshire 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 Harpenden Skip Hire. Don't waste hour after hour waiting in line at the local tip to offload your waste materials. Harpenden 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, Harpenden:

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Waste Disposal
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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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