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

Skip hire in Waltham Cross

Like so many people around the country, the warmer summer months see us venturing out into the garden to conduct new landscaping projects or cutting back years' worth of tree and shrub growth. Whatever it is that draws you out there, one thing is for certain; you will be generating a huge amount of waste material that will need disposing of.

Excavated earth can be a nightmare to deal with. If you are lucky, you will have other areas that require building up, if not, you will have to transport a huge amount of earth to a municipal tip, assuming they accept earth, as some do not.

A relatively small area can generate a massive pile of earth. If you have ever dug out a small hole for a garden fence post, you will appreciate just how much earth can be generated from such a small area.

A skip is the perfect solution for unwanted earth, as this can be delivered directly to your Waltham Cross property at a time that is convenient to you. After all, nobody wants to break their back heaving heavy sacks of soil on multiple trips to a landfill centre that does accept it, not to mention the strain such a load can do to your car interior or even the suspension of the vehicle.

Where is Waltham Cross?

Waltham Cross is a historic town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, located twelve miles north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, Waltham Cross borders Cheshunt to the north, Waltham Abbey to the east, and Enfield to the south.

Historically part of the ancient parish of Cheshunt in the Hertford hundred of Hertfordshire, Waltham Cross once formed its southern part. Waltham Cross formed a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1855, whilst remaining part of the Cheshunt civil parish. The parish of Cheshunt was granted urban district status in 1894 and merged with that of Hoddesdon to form the Borough of Broxbourne in 1974.

Some Waltham Cross history

From as far back as Roman times, the village of Walthame has been situated next to the River Lea, a tributary of the river Thames, in the ancient parish of Cheshunt in the Hertford hundred of Hertfordshire, and since the building of the Eleanor Cross in the 1290s, known as the Walthame Cross.

The southern part of Cheshunt was increasingly considered to be part of Waltham Cross, which was formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1855, with its church of the Holy Trinity, which has since been renamed Christ Church, built in 1832, designed by the architect Edward Blore. The road, which was long called the High Street, had Spital Houses, also known as Hospitalry Houses near the county boundary, originally built in 1625 but rebuilt in 1908. In the early 20th century, all along the road which Cheshunt and Waltham Cross covered, there were numerous inns and taverns, one or two of which, such as the Four Swans Inn, plied for trade until at least that date from the 17th century, but most of them dated from the 18th century and later.

Waltham Cross itself takes its name from the Eleanor Cross which stands in its centre.

Waltham Cross formed part of Cheshunt Urban District from 1894 to 1974. A suburb of London, the Cheshunt Urban District formed part of the review area for the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, which proposed that it form part of a Greater London borough with Enfield. This proposed borough, however, was abandoned, and the area did not become part of the final Greater London area in 1965. In April 1974, the Cheshunt and Hoddesdon urban district councils merged to form the Borough of Broxbourne.

Landmarks in Waltham Cross

At the centre of Waltham Cross is one of the three surviving medieval Eleanor crosses, memorials completed before the end of 1294 commemorating the over-night resting places of the coffin of Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I, on its processional journey from Lincoln to Westminster Abbey in 1290. It was the only one designed by a foreigner, in name at least, Nicholas Dymenge de Reyns or de Legeri. Records, some put together and non-contemporary, state her body, deceased on 28 November rested at St Albans on the night of 12 December and was carried to what was then Waltham on the following day, where it rested for the night at Waltham Abbey and arrived in London on 14 December. A recreation of a fourth such cross, the most southerly, destroyed in the English Civil War is at Charing Cross station less than one mile from the abbey in London.

In the early 18th century, the monument was surveyed by the Society of Antiquaries of London who, advocating its conservation, printed and illustrated the results in the pages of Vetusta Monumenta in 1721. However, restoration did not take place until 1832, when extensive rebuilding was conducted under William Barnard Clarke. A further major restoration was conducted in 1885-92, and yet another in 1950-53.

The cross is hexagonal in plan, in three stages. The main stage has three statues of the Queen, each standing in a niche under a canopy, while the other three faces have a niche bisected by a buttress. The original sculptures were by Alexander of Abingdon. These have been replaced during restoration, but one of the originals can be seen on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Four Swannes sign in Waltham Cross

The High Street is spanned by a gantry sign supporting four sculpted swans. It was originally the sign of the now-demolished Four Swans, or Swannes as it was then spelt, public house. The present sign is a replica erected in 2007. The original signs are now kept at Lowewood Museum in nearby Hoddesdon.

Deal with all your waste in Waltham Cross with our skip hire service.

So, if you live in or around Waltham Cross and have garden waste, unwanted earth or anything else to dispose of, do not waste your time, effort, and money-making repeated trips back and forth to the tip, simply hire a skip from us. Also, the man with a van can land you in serious trouble too, as not all of them carry the required waste carrier authority. The very last thing you want is for your waste to end up dumped illegally in a country lane somewhere. The truth is, if the waste is traced back to you, you will be liable for the fly tipping of waste materials, even though you have paid your hard earnt money in good faith to have it disposed of legally.

We are a family run business who specialise in waste management. We also recycle the vast majority of all the waste we collect in our skips, so you will be helping the environment too. Very little waste from our skips will ever see a landfill site, which has got to be a good thing. Call us today for any advice as to what skip would be best for you to hire for your given project.

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

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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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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