Over 60 years’ experience delivering commercial and domestic skips within a 25-mile radius of Preston.

Supplying skips across the North West of the UK

We can supply skips across the North West.

Fox Group Skip Hire is part of J A Jackson Contractors, a trusted local business that has served Preston and the surrounding areas since 1967. Now operating under the Fox Group name, we continue to build on over 60 years of experience, supported by investment in its fleet, skip stock and customer service. You can still rely on the same knowledgeable team and established Fulwood depot, backed by the wider resources and expertise of Fox Group.

We provides reliable domestic and commercial skip hire within a 25-mile radius of Preston, alongside waste recycling, tipping and haulage services through J A Jackson. Our fully licensed waste transfer station offers inert tipping, weighbridge facilities and aggregate supplies for businesses, contractors and members of the public.

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1What are you doing?

2What’s in it?

Light

Furniture, boxes, green waste

Mixed

Timber, tiles, renovation waste

Heavy

Soil, rubble, concrete

3How much waste?

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Building a sustainable future

Commitment to Sustainability

Fox Group is a leading provider of sustainable construction materials and environmental services, specialising in remediation, recycling, and high-quality aggregate supply. With a strong commitment to innovation, safety, and environmental stewardship, we deliver tailored solutions that meet the highest regulatory and industry standards.

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General FAQs

We hire 2, 4, 6, 8 and 16 yard skips.

As a rough guide, a 2 yard skip suits a small clear-out or a bathroom strip-out, a 4 or 6 yard skip suits most home renovations and garden clearances, and 8 or 16 yard skips are for builders and larger projects. Heavy waste like soil, rubble and hardcore is best in a smaller skip, because a large one filled with it is too heavy to lift safely.

If you are not sure, head to Book a Skip. Tell it what your project is and roughly how much waste you have and it will recommend a size.

General household and building waste is fine. That covers things like:

Bricks, rubble, hardcore and uncontaminated soil
Timber, wood and old furniture
Metal and plastic
Packaging and general household waste
Garden and green waste

Mixing heavy waste like soil and rubble with lighter waste is fine, but keep an eye on the weight. If you are unsure about a particular item, call us on 01772 456 456 before it goes in.

For safety and environmental reasons these must not go in a skip:

Asbestos
Gas bottles or cylinders
Paint, oils or liquid waste
Chemicals or hazardous waste
Batteries
Fire extinguishers
Clinical or medical waste
Plasterboard mixed with general waste

Some other items can be taken but have to be declared and charged separately. See Can I get rid of a mattress, fridge, tyres or TV? below.

If you are not sure about something, please call us on 01772 456 456 before putting it in the skip rather than after.

No higher than the top edge. It has to be a level load, because a skip filled above its sides cannot be sheeted and is not legal to carry on the road. Building the sides up with boards or timber is not allowed either.

It also helps to spread the weight evenly rather than piling everything at one end, and not to fill a large skip entirely with heavy materials like soil or rubble.

We cannot collect an overloaded skip, so this one is worth getting right.

Yes, but they cannot simply go in with the general waste. Each of these has to be handled and disposed of separately by law, so they carry their own charge.

You can add mattresses, tyres, fridges and freezers, and TVs or computer monitors to your booking on Book a Skip, choosing the quantity you need. The price for each is shown as you add it.

Declaring them when you book is much easier than us finding them in the skip on collection.

Your skip goes to a licensed waste transfer station, where the load is sorted so that as much as possible is recycled or recovered rather than sent to landfill.

Fox Group has invested heavily in recycling and reprocessing, and a good deal of what comes back in our skips is turned into recycled aggregates and construction materials. If you need waste transfer documentation for a commercial job, just ask.

Delivery FAQs

If you book before midday you can usually choose the same day. After midday the earliest available date is the next working day.

We deliver Monday to Friday. The booking calendar does not offer weekends or bank holidays, so those dates cannot be selected.

If your skip is going on a public road you will need a council permit, and that adds notice time. See How far in advance should I book if I need a permit? below.

On your driveway or anywhere else on private land, no permit is needed. On a public road, a pavement or a grass verge, the council will almost always require one.

Wherever it goes, we need suitable access for the lorry, including enough room for it to manoeuvre safely. Our drivers will always try to put the skip exactly where you want it, but the final decision rests with the driver if they think a spot is unsafe or could cause damage.

Our drivers take every care, but a loaded skip is heavy and the lorry is heavier still.

We cannot accept responsibility for damage to surfaces such as paving, block paving, tarmac, manhole covers or underground services when a skip is placed on a driveway or private land. If you are worried about your surface, putting boards down under the skip helps spread the load, and it is worth telling the driver about anything below ground before they position it.

We arrange road permits with Lancashire County Council, Blackpool Council, Sefton Council and Wigan Council.

Book a Skip works out which council covers your postcode and shows you the right permit and its cost before you book. Permit charges and notice periods are set by each council, not by us, so they vary.

If your address falls outside those four, call us on 01772 456 456 and we will sort it out with you.

Call the office on 01772 456 456 when you are ready and we will book a collection date that suits you.

If we do not hear from you, a collection is arranged automatically 14 days after delivery, so you do not need to do anything if the standard hire period works for you.

Before your collection date, please check the skip is level, still in its original position and clear to reach. If access is blocked or the skip is overloaded we cannot collect it, and a wasted journey charge may apply.