Skip hire in Berkshire
Coverage across 119 towns in Berkshire, South East, spanning the GU, RG and SL postcode areas. Pick your town from the list below to call the local depot, or use the search to jump somewhere else.
- Skips from
- £60
- Road permit
- £62 · 5 working days’ notice
- Postcode areas
- GU, RG, SL
- Coverage
- 119 towns · 869,056 people
Berkshire is a compact, densely built county strung along the M4, with Reading and Slough at either end, Bracknell, Maidenhead and Wokingham in between and Newbury out west. Three postcode areas cover it: RG across Reading, Wokingham and Newbury, SL through Slough and Maidenhead, and GU on the Surrey border. Around 869,000 people live in the 119 towns and villages the county covers. Skip hire is arranged through vetted local operators, with a call going straight to the depot covering that address. Because Berkshire has no county council, the permit rules change from one borough to the next.
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Indicative 2026 ranges across Berkshire’s RG, SL and GU postcodes, covering delivery, the standard hire period and collection. A 4-yard skip spans £180 to £288 with a median near £224, and an 8-yard £285 to £408. The exact figure depends on the size, the waste type and whether a permit is needed.
| Skip size | From | Typical | Up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Yard Mini Skip | £60 | £154 | £198 |
| 4-Yard Midi Skip | £180 | £224 | £288 |
| 6-Yard Builders Skip | £235 | £252 | £372 |
| 8-Yard Builders Skip | £285 | £320 | £408 |
| 10-Yard Maxi Skip | £180 | £403 | £475 |
| 12-Yard Maxi Skip | £350 | £427 | £498 |
| 14-Yard Maxi Skip | £230 | £427 | £516 |
Indicative 2026 ranges covering delivery, hire and collection; a council permit is extra where the skip sits on a public road. Prices last reviewed June 2026.
Skip permits by council in Berkshire
Berkshire is made up entirely of unitary authorities, so each one sets its own skip permit fee and the table below runs from £25 at Bracknell Forest Council to £100 at Wokingham Borough Council. Notice periods differ too, from three working days in Bracknell Forest to ten at Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council. A skip kept on a private driveway needs no permit in any of them.
| Council | Permit fee | Duration | Notice | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Berkshire Council | £62 | 7 days | 5 working days | Fee source |
| Wokingham Borough Council | £100 | 14 days | 5 working days | Fee source |
| Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council | £90 | 7 days | 10 working days | Fee source |
| Bracknell Forest Council | £25 | 7 days | 3 working days | Fee source |
| Reading Borough Council | £99.50 | 14 days | - | Fee source |
Skip hire across Berkshire
Coverage runs the length of the M4 corridor, from Slough and Maidenhead in the east through Bracknell, Wokingham and Reading to Newbury and the villages of rural West Berkshire. Reading (174,226 people) and Slough (164,793) are close in size but sit under different authorities and different depot routes, so a call from one is rarely answered by the operator serving the other. The dense Victorian terraces in central Reading and Slough leave little off-street space, which pushes more jobs onto the road and into a permit, while Wokingham, Bracknell and the western villages more often have driveway room and skip the council step entirely.
Call for skip hire in Berkshire:0330 128 91070330 128 9107
One call arranges skip hire anywhere in Berkshire, from Slough to Newbury. The depot covering your postcode confirms the size, the delivery slot, which borough permit applies and the total price on the spot, with no online forms and no upfront payment.
Where Berkshire's skip waste goes
Skip waste collected in Berkshire is taken to a licensed transfer station, tipped and separated by material, with timber, metal, hardcore and clean plastics routed to specialist recyclers and only genuine residue reaching landfill. Waste carriers operating in England are registered with the Environment Agency, and a waste transfer note is issued for every load as part of the duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
The largest towns in Berkshire
Ordered by population, largest first, with each town linking to its own prices, permit detail and local number.
Skip hire in Berkshire: your questions answered
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