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

A quick trip to the tip! Get a skip in Radlett, as there's no such thing

How many times have you said "I need to make a quick trip to the tip"? Well, we all know that speed is a concept that goes out of the window when you go to the tip.

First of all you need to take all your waste materials and get them into your car, then there's the journey, the queue to get in and the unloading procedure that can become stressful when the operators want to inspect every item you're disposing of. Assuming you get through the former unscathed, there is always the risk of the dreaded puncture where a previous visitor has left nail or other sharp objects when they emptied their car before you. When you do eventually get home, you will need to clean out the car as you've probably made a mess inside, particularly if you were disposing of garden waste.

It would be so much easier to hire a skip to be delivered to your Radlett property. That way you can take your time loading it up, you are more likely to get rid of far more than a single trip to the tip and we will pick it up at a pre arranged time and date that suits you too. Now, doesn't that sound far less stressful than the 'quick trip to the tip'?

Where is Radlett?

Radlett is quite a large village that sits between Elstree and St Albans on Watling Street.

Radlett lies in the valley of Tykes Water, a stream that runs north from Aldenham Reservoir to the River Colne. Radlett is now entirely surrounded by the Metropolitan Green Belt, and is subject to significant 'infill' development and there is pressure to relax the Green Belt restrictions.

Radlett is located 14 miles north west of the centre of London. It is one of the wealthiest places in Britain and the second most expensive town to buy a house outside London. Radlett contains many substantial detached houses with large gardens. In the older centre there are also a few streets with Victorian semi detached and terraced houses.

Watling Street, which is the main road through Radlett, has a wide variety of local shops and restaurants, as well as some national chain stores, a Post Office inside the local Budgens supermarket, and the Radlett Centre with a three hundred seat auditorium for various performances. Attached to the Radlett Centre is the local Public Library.

Radlett boasts two popular public houses, 'The Red Lion' and 'No.58'. Both these pubs receive a good deal of custom form villagers and visitors to Radlett.

The pre-Roman period in Radlett

Radlett is situated on the ancient Watling Street, one of the oldest track ways in Britain. Various archaeological finds of Mesolithic and Neolithic flints provide evidence that the Radlett area was inhabited in the Stone Age; the land was very densely wooded and remained this way until the Middle Ages. The Catuvellauni tribe settled in parts of Hertfordshire, near St Albans and Wheathamstead in about 80BC, although no trace of settlement has been found in or near Radlett itself. The name Radlett appears to come from the Old-English rad-gelaete meaning a junction of the roads and it is likely that the settlement grew at the point where the ancient route from Aldenham to Shenley crosses Watling Street.

The Roman period in Radlett

During the Roman occupation of Verulamium, now St Albans, the area from Radlett to Brockley Hill was home to a number of major potteries, which supplied not only the Roman capital but other parts of the province. One of these potteries is known to have existed on Loom Lane. Roman-era clay pits are still in evidence at the southern end of Radlett, in the area around Cobden hill and Tabard RFC. In addition, there is evidence of a Roman villa with a bath building, barn and tile kiln dating from 2nd to 4th century AD, in the area of Netherwylde Farm.

Following the Roman period in Radlett

The Radlett area was settled by the Saxons by the sixth century, with suggestions that a Saxon church was established on the site of Aldenham Church in King Offa's time. For most of recorded history, the land to the East of Watling Street was administered separately to that on the West.

The Domesday survey of 1086 confirms that most of the land in Radlett was in the possession of the Abbey of Westminster, though parts of Titeberst were claimed by St Albans. The two major tenants were listed as Geoffrey de Mandeville and Geoffrey de Bec and they leased part of their holdings to tenant farmers. The land around Radlett was densely forested but was gradually cleared throughout the medieval period for agricultural use and the population lived in dispersed farm settlements adjacent to field strips or scattered around the periphery of common land which made up a substantial part of the southern and western area of Radlett.

A grisly past in Radlett

It is now known that in the thirteenth century, a set of gallows were erected jointly by the Abbots of Westminster and St Albans 'in a certain spot called Keneprowe', which is now Kemp Row, for the execution of prisoners who were tried in the assize courts at Aldenham.

Radlett itself appears to have been centred on two farms: Darnells and Gills Hill on the west side of Watling Street; and the estates of Aldenham Lodge, Newberries and Organ Hall on the east, plus Newlands and a few cottages. There are records of at least two other medieval moated homesteads within Radlett, but very little physical evidence remains.

The first recorded reference of Radlett comes from 1453 and it was usually spelt with one T until the mid-nineteenth century. With the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536 under the rule of Henry VIII, the disputes over land ownership in Radlett between St Albans Abbey and Westminster Abbey ceased to be viable and the land was sold to create revenue for the Crown.

More recent times in Radlett

In 1823 Radlett was the site of the now infamous Radlett murder, a notorious crime which became the subject of numerous books and stage plays. The victim, William Weare, was killed on Gills Hill Lane, which locals generally call Murder Lane, with the site gaining such notoriety that it became a tourist attraction for some time.

In 1860 the Midland Railway was extended from Bedford into London and a station was built at Radlett connecting it with London. On 8 December 1865 the Ecclesiastical Parish of Radlett was created out of the eastern part of Aldenham and this marks the start of the modern history of Radlett. Development could only start when the landowners sold off their land for this purpose and this started in the final decade of the 19th century when land to the west of Watling Street was sold off. In 1910 the estate of Aldenham Lodge to the north of Shenley Hill was released for development and in 1935 the Newberries estate. Newberries mansion was demolished in the 1950s and Aldenham Lodge in 1964.

A failed attempt to save Radlett fire station

In 2005, and 2006, there was a large campaign in Radlett, and surrounding areas to save the Fire Station, which was opened a century before. The campaign failed, and the station closed in October 2006. The campaign continued for a while after the closure; however the fire station has now sadly been demolished.

Save time with a skip in Radlett

Save all that travelling, waiting and the potential for a puncture and filthy car by hiring a skip for your Radlett property. We are on hand to advise you what the best size skip would be suitable for your requirements. We are a local company who specialise in waste removal and recycle ninety five percent of the waste we remove from your property.

So, if you live in or around the Radlett area, give us a call today and claim back some of your valuable time.

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

• 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

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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