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

It's almost time for an Ickleford spring clean

Every year, we seem to be eager to have a good clean up around the house and garden. It's quite incredible how much rubbish has accumulated in cupboards, spare rooms, sheds and garages. The garden itself can create a good deal of rubbish too. Branches and weeds, hedge clippings and pruning's can very quickly overwhelm the standard recycling bins that many people pay for. Sometimes, a skip is the easiest option to clear all the waste away in one fell swoop.

A recent client in the Ickleford area was clearing out their parent's house as the father had passed several years before and the mother now had limited mobility and was struggling to keep on top of the property.

An old workshop that had seen better days really needed to be demolished, but since the passing of her husband, it had been used as a dumping ground for all the rubbish she had produced. So not only was a skip required for the actual workshop demolition, a skip was first needed to empty it out before work could begin.

Ickleford has some rather old properties and these properties were built to last, the workshop was no exception.

Get into a cleaning roll in Ickleford

Once the workshop full of rubbish had gone, it had made room for a new patio area. This also created a large amount of soil waste to be removed. Also, old fencing that had been rotting away behind the workshop had to be disposed off, creating yet more waste.

Once all the garden work was completed, the tenant decided it would be a good idea to have the shed, garage and loft cleared too. As it happened, this particular Ickleford client ended up hiring three large and one medium skip to get the job done. It's quite incredible just how much rubbish can accumulate in a property over several years without you even noticing.

Where is Ickleford?

Ickleford is quite a large village that is situated on the northern outskirts of Hitchin in North Hertfordshire. It lies on the west bank of the River Hiz and to the east of the main A600 road. The river name is actually pronounced Hitch, which is where the nearby town of Hitchin gets its name from.

The origin of the name of Ickleford

The Ickleford name is derived from it being a ford that is a way to cross a river, along the Icknield Way. Another village, Ickford, shares the same etymology.

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There are two public houses in Ickleford to keep the local population entertained and hydrated: The Old George and The Plume of Feathers.

The large Sports and Recreation ground also contains a playground and a licensed bar. The Sports and Recreation Ground caters for several sports, including cricket, football, squash and petanque, and is home to the Ickleford Cricket Club, whose symbol represents two crossed farmers' pitchforks. The club was founded in 1947 and in 2006 won promotion to Division three of the Saracens Herts League, and was promoted to Division 2 in 2010. Since 2006, the cricket club's first team has used the nickname "The Tigers". Outside the Recreation Ground towards the school there is a newly built cemetery.

Should you be wondering why an English village such as Ickleford be involved in a sport with a French sounding name, here is some information on the curious sport of Petanque.

Petanque is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports, along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling. In these sports, players or teams play their balls towards a target ball.

In petanque the objective is to score points by having boules closer to the target than the opponent after all boules have been thrown. This is achieved by throwing or rolling boules closer to the small target ball, officially called a jack or by hitting the opponents' boules away from the target, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground. The game is normally and best played on hard dirt or gravel. It can be played in public areas in parks or in dedicated facilities called boulodromes. Essentially, it is just another version of the very British pastime of bowls.

A good decluttering is good for your Ickleford property

Getting rid of all that unwanted clutter is a great feeling. It almost seems to lift the mood, as the chaos that clutter brings can be very real. You will feel better, and your Ickleford address will look better for it too.

We are often contacted by clients who are drowning in a sea of rubbish because their council bins just can't keep on top of the problem as they are only emptied once a fortnight. As soon as one bin is emptied, hedge clippings alone can fill that same bin several times over.

Hiring a skip for your Ickleford property is a great and cost effective way of decluttering your property, both inside and out.

So, if you live in or around the Ickleford area and require a skip, give us a call today and we can advise as to what size skip you will need to clear out your property effectively. You'll be glad you did!

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

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