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Leave a reviewVan and Driver does tip runs in Wareham from £70 for a single item, £99 for a Mini load and up to £519 for a full load, and house clearances from £599. Disposal at a licensed recycling centre is included and there's no charge for the distance. The price is fixed and shown before you book, and you can book online in 30 seconds.
Tip run prices.
Tip runs in Wareham from £70, all in, with no charge for the distance.
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What's included
Loading from your home or garden
Disposal at a licensed recycling centre
A waste transfer note
A fixed price
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We cover all of these, and the rest of Wareham.
Do it yourself?
Our drivers' top tips for Wareham.
Swanage Recycling Centre. Check the council page for van rules before you go.
Further afield.
Set prices for the runs people make most.
Tip runs in Wareham: what we take
How it works round here.
Wareham, Dorset • Tip Runs
Wareham's tight streets around the BH20 centre, with permit parking starting just 0.7 miles out, make loading a van from home or garden trickier than it looks, especially if you're clearing a house near the station or out towards Wool.
Van & Driver's Tip Run service is built for exactly this kind of job: old furniture, garden waste, DIY rubble, or a stack of boxes and bags, collected from your property and taken straight to a licensed disposal site, with a waste transfer note provided as proof it's been handled properly. The price is fixed before you book, so a single item from within Wareham is £55, a half van load is £139, and a full van is £249, with slightly higher fixed prices if the run needs to go out towards Upton, Wool, or Corfe Mullen. There's no need to work out distances or haggle over what counts as extra, since the quote covers loading, transport, and disposal in one. Wareham sits close enough to Poole and Swanage that a tip run rarely means a short hop, so having the destination and paperwork sorted as part of the price is useful whether you're clearing a garden shed or finishing a renovation. Drivers covering this part of Dorset can take on the job once it's booked, making a Tip Run one less thing to plan around when you're clearing space at home.
Transparent rates
What it costs
Tip runs in Wareham are a fixed price, with the charge at the recycling centre included and no charge for the distance.
Van and Driver’s own vans cover Wareham while local partners join, so you can book any day and a van comes to you.
One item or a bin from £70, a load from £99 and a whole house clearance from £599. Several items cost the cheaper of item by item and the load they fill.
| Load | Similar to | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mini load | 1 wheelie bin or 8 bin bags | £99 |
| Small load | 2 wheelie bins or 16 bin bags | £149 |
| Medium load | 4 wheelie bins, 32 bin bags, or a 3-seater sofa and an armchair | £209 |
| Large load | 7 wheelie bins, 56 bin bags, or a corner sofa and 2 armchairs | £289 |
| X-Large load | 10 wheelie bins or 80 bin bags | £389 |
| XX-Large load | 14 wheelie bins or a 1-bed flat | £479 |
| Full load | 18 wheelie bins or a 2-bed flat | £519 |
The same anywhere in Wareham and any day, with no charge for the distance.
What we move
The price is matched to how much you book, from a single item to a full load.
Tip runs
Recycling centres near Wareham
The council’s nearest recycling centres are Swanage Recycling Centre (8 miles from the centre of Wareham) and Millams Road Household Waste and Recycling Centre (10.6 miles from the centre of Wareham).
A registered partner takes your rubbish to a licensed recycling centre, so you don’t need to load your own car or hire a van.
Opening hours, van rules and charges come from each council’s own page, with the date we last checked it. Type your postcode below to see how far each site is from you.
Swanage Recycling Centre: Van rules: see the council page
From the council’s page, not yet checked against the council page
Millams Road Household Waste and Recycling Centre: Van rules: see the council page
From the council’s page, not yet checked against the council page
Local knowledge
Local knowledge: Wareham
Self-storage sites nearby include Shurgard Self-Storage and Big Yellow Self Storage: a driver can take things straight to your unit.
Some streets in Wareham are permit parking only: tell us about parking when you book so the driver can plan where to stop.
Wareham covers the postcode district BH20 and had 5,876 people at the 2021 Census.
Why Van and Driver
Driver included vs self-drive van hire in Wareham
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Questions people ask in Wareham
Where is the nearest tip to Wareham?+
Swanage Recycling Centre, 8 miles from the town centre. Check the council’s page for opening hours and van rules before you go.
How much does a tip run cost in Wareham?+
You get a fixed price before you book. It's worked out from the van size your items need, the space they take and the miles from pick-up to drop-off. The prices on this page are real examples for trips from Wareham, with today's rates.
Who carries the waste?+
Only registered partners carry rubbish. You get a waste transfer note.
Is there anything you can’t take?+
Hazardous waste such as asbestos, gas bottles and chemicals can’t go. The booking flow tells you as you add items.
How much does a van and driver cost in Wareham?+
A single item is £55 to £85 by size, a move £69 to £349 by load, a tip run from £70 and a house clearance from £599. The first 10 miles of a move are included, then £1.80 a mile. Every price is fixed and shown before you book.
Can I get a van and driver today in Wareham?+
Yes, if you book by 3pm and a driver is free: the earliest arrival is the hour after next. After 3pm, the earliest is 1pm tomorrow. The price is the same any day.
Will two people come?+
When the job needs them (a sofa, a wardrobe, a fridge, or a medium load and up) two people come, and that's already in the price. We decide it from what you're moving; there's nothing to choose or pay extra for.
How far will you go from Wareham?+
Anywhere in England. A move includes the first 10 miles, then £1.80 a mile, shown in the price before you pay; over 150 miles we give you a quote instead. Tip runs have no distance charge.
Is the price fixed?+
Yes. You see the whole price before you book and that's what you pay: no hourly rate, and nothing added on the day for stairs, waiting or a heavy sofa, unless what you're moving changes.
People ask
What people in Wareham type into Google, answered.
Can you take a mattress to the tip in Wareham?+
Yes, mattresses are fine. A tip run in Wareham starts at £70, and getting rid of it is included in the price.
What can't go in a tip run?+
Asbestos, gas bottles, chemicals and solvents, clinical waste, engine oil and petrol, and fireworks. The booking flags anything like that as you add it.
Do I get a waste transfer note?+
Yes. Every load of rubbish has one, and only partners with a checked, in-date waste carrier registration do tip runs.
Do you take garden waste in Wareham?+
Yes. Garden waste, house clearances and old furniture all work the same way: a fixed price with the disposal included.
Where does my rubbish go?+
To a licensed recycling centre, never a lay-by, with a waste transfer note for your records.
Do I need a permit to take a van to the tip in Wareham?+
If you're going yourself, the council's rule is: Van rules: see the council page. With a tip run, that's our job, not yours.
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Prices checked October 2026 · Page updated 14 October 2026
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