24 skip hire firms are based within about 15 miles of Frome. 4 are on the Environment Agency waste carrier register, 3 say they arrange the council permit and 7 offer same- or next-day delivery.
Skip sizes, prices and services are as each firm describes them on its own website. Waste carrier status is matched against the Environment Agency register on the date shown; claims marked "stated" have not yet been checked; how we check. Listings last refreshed 6 Oct 2026.
4.8★★★★★(23 Google reviews)·Based in BA14 (about 13 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Stated on their website: Environmental permit (waste site)
Runs its own lorries
E. J. Shanley & Son (Trowbridge) Ltd is a family-run waste reclamation and skip hire company based in Trowbridge and Warminster, Wiltshire, trading since 1964. It offers skip hire in sizes from 4 to 50 yards, roll-on-roll-off skips, wait-and-load services, muck away, and scrap metal buying and recycling.
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Wait & load
Roll-on roll-off
Aggregates & muck-away
Commercial waste
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses, Farms
5.0★★★★★(114 Google reviews)·Based in BA5 (about 23 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Next-day delivery · Arranges the council permit · Runs its own lorries
Cheddar & Wells Skips Ltd is a family-run skip hire business based near Wells, Somerset, trading for over 30 years. It operates its own waste transfer station and offers a range of skip sizes from mini to 40 yard, serving home owners, builders, farmers and factories across Wells and surrounding villages.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Wait & load
Roll-on roll-off
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Farms, Businesses
4.9★★★★★(42 Google reviews)·Based in BA15 (about 14 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Runs its own lorries
Country Mini Skips Ltd is a family-run skip hire and waste management company based in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, with over 20 years of experience. It serves homeowners, builders, and businesses across West Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset, and surrounding areas, and also supplies reclaimed crushed hardcore.
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BS31 (about 23 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Abbott Skip Hire Ltd is a skip hire and waste removal company based in Keynsham, Bristol, offering a range of skip sizes from 2-yard mini skips to 40-yard roll-on-roll-off skips for domestic and commercial customers across Bristol and the surrounding area.
3.8★★★★☆(16 Google reviews)·Based in BA12 (about 11 km away)
Stated on their website: Environmental permit (waste site)
Runs its own lorries
E. J. Shanley & Son (Trowbridge) Ltd is a family-run waste reclamation and skip hire company operating from two sites in Trowbridge and Warminster, Wiltshire, trading since 1964. It offers skip hire in sizes from 4 to 50 yards, muck away, compactor skips, wait and load services, and scrap metal buying and recycling.
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Wait & load
Roll-on roll-off
Aggregates & muck-away
Commercial waste
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses, Farms
4.4★★★★☆(27 Google reviews)·Based in BA11 (under 2 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
Just Grab Ltd is a family-run grab hire and muck away specialist based in Frome, Somerset, providing grab lorry hire, site clearance, aggregate delivery and mini digger hire across Somerset, Wiltshire, Bath and Bristol.
Grab hire
Aggregates & muck-away
Rubbish removal
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
5.0★★★★★(8 Google reviews)·Based in BA5 (about 23 km away)
Stated on their website: Constructionline · CHAS / SafeContractor
Runs its own lorries
Pennys Group is a contractor based near Bath offering plant hire, demolition, earthworks, waste management and skip hire across the South West and South Wales. The business operates its own recycling centre, fleet of lorries and tippers, and also provides muck away, aggregates, topsoil and asbestos removal services.
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BA13 (about 10 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £100 (3 yard) · Next-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Pennys Group (trading via this site as Western Skip Hire Ltd) provides skip hire ranging from 3 to 40 yards, along with aggregate delivery, serving Bath, Somerset and Wiltshire. The company caters to both domestic and commercial customers including homeowners, builders and industrial sites.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Roll-on roll-off
Aggregates & muck-away
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
4.3★★★★☆(26 Google reviews)·Based in BA2 (about 15 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Bath Recycling Skips is a skip hire and waste recycling company based in Odd Down, Bath, offering a range of skip sizes from 2 to 40 cubic yards. It operates its own recycling facilities and waste transfer site, serving customers across Bath and North East Somerset.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Roll-on roll-off
Aggregates & muck-away
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
4.4★★★★☆(45 Google reviews)·Based in BA3 (about 12 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
J Witt Waste Recycling Ltd is a waste management and recycling company based in Coleford, Radstock, serving commercial and domestic customers across Bath, Somerset, the Mendips and the South West. The company operates its own recycling facility and offers integrated recycling, waste management and recycled aggregate services.
3.7★★★★☆(27 Google reviews)·Based in BA13 (about 10 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £100 (3 yard) · Next-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Pennys Group Ltd (trading as 1st Call Skips) provides skip hire and aggregate delivery across Bath, Somerset and Wiltshire. Skip sizes range from 3 to 40 yards, catering for domestic and commercial customers.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Roll-on roll-off
Aggregates & muck-away
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in SN12 (about 20 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £150 (2 ton) · Next-day delivery · Arranges the council permit · Runs its own lorries
1st Choice Skips Ltd provides skip hire services in Melksham, Calne, Trowbridge, Devizes, Chippenham, Marlborough and the wider Wiltshire area. The company offers a range of skip sizes from 2 yard mini skips up to 20 yard skips, available for next-day delivery with online booking.
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BS31 (about 23 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Booking agent (uses local suppliers)
BT Skip Hire Keynsham offers skip hire and rubbish removal services in the Keynsham and Bristol area, with skips ranging from 4 to 16 yards in size. The company operates via a network of depots and partners across the UK and accepts bookings 24/7.
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Rubbish removal
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in SN12 (about 20 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
Skip Hire Davies Melksham is a family-run business based in Melksham, SN12 6LP, operating a skip hire service and a waste transfer station in Wales, with coverage across the UK via a network of depots and partners. The company offers a range of skip sizes for domestic and commercial customers and is committed to recycling materials including wood, plastic, metal, cardboard, paper, garden waste, and hardcore.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Commercial waste
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in BA5 (about 23 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
The Scrapman Baker Breaker Ltd is a Somerset-based scrap metal and rubbish removal business offering house, garden, garage, shop and restaurant clearance, as well as small demolition work. The company states it can provide skips from Edinburgh to Cornwall and covers commercial premises including warehouses, pubs, schools and hotels.
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Of the 24 skip and grab hire firms listed for Frome and the surrounding area, 7 offer mini-skips, 8 midi-skips, 10 builders' skips, 11 maxi-skips, 1 grab-hire and 5 wait-and-load, as the firms state on their own sites. 3 publish a starting price, with the figures given ranging from £100 to £150. 7 say they can deliver same or next day, and 3 say they arrange the council permit for you. 15 say they run their own lorries, and 1 is a booking agent rather than an operator.
Somerset Council charges £109 for a skip permit covering 28 days, non-refundable, with a further £109 to extend; licences are only issued to accredited contractors, so your skip firm applies on your behalf. The council asks for at least 10 working days' notice, though emergency applications can be processed with less. 4 of the listed firms are on the Environment Agency's waste carrier register as of 6 October 2026, and it's worth checking this before paying anyone to take your waste, since councils can issue a fixed penalty of £150 to £600 (default £200) otherwise.
Common questions
Do I need a permit for a skip in Frome?
Yes, if it's going on the public highway. Section 139 of the Highways Act 1980 requires the highway authority's permission before a builder's skip is placed on a road. In Frome, Somerset Council charges £109 for a 28-day permit, non-refundable, with a further £109 to extend. Licences are only issued to accredited contractors, so your skip firm applies on your behalf. The council asks for at least 10 working days' notice, though emergency applications can be processed with less notice.
How do I check a skip hire firm in Frome is a registered waste carrier?
Search the Environment Agency's public register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers; a skip company, which carries other people's waste, needs upper-tier registration. 4 of the firms listed for Frome are confirmed on the register as of 6 October 2026. This matters because if you pay someone who isn't entitled to take your waste, your council can issue a fixed penalty of £150 to £600, with a default of £200, so check before you book.
Hazardous waste such as asbestos needs special disposal, and equipment containing ozone-depleting substances, like old fridges, also counts as hazardous. Plasterboard and other gypsum waste must not go to landfill mixed with biodegradable waste, and tyres, whole or shredded, are banned from landfill entirely. Because of these rules, skip firms usually want such materials kept separate or left out of the skip, so check with your chosen firm what they will and won't accept before loading it.
Of the 24 firms listed for Frome, 3 publish a starting price on their own website, and these published figures range from £100 to £150, though the final cost depends on skip size and hire length. 3 of the firms say they arrange the Somerset Council permit for you, which costs £109 for 28 days, as a cost on top of the skip hire itself.