Rochester, Medway

Wait & load service in Rochester

Booked-in wait & load for Rochester (ME1, ME2, ME3) — Conservation area restrictions on Rochester High Street make skip placement difficult and slow to permit, so attended loading is usually the only workable route. Prices from £400, fixed before we load and documented within 24 hours.

  • Covering ME1, ME2, ME3
  • £400, confirmed before we load
  • Same-day slots before 11am

Quick answer

How much does wait & load service cost in Rochester?

Wait & load service in Rochester starts at £400, with the final fixed price set by volume and access. Rochester sits in Medway, so household waste goes via Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres. We cover ME1, ME2, ME3 with same-day slots booked before 11am.

Price from
£400
Postcodes
ME1, ME2, ME3
Council
Medway Council (unitary authority)
Nearest HWRC
Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres

Reviewed by Daniel Hartley, Operations Director & licensed waste carrier · Last updated 2 August 2026

Wait & load for Rochester households and landlords

A cathedral city on the Medway with a heavily conservation-controlled High Street, Georgian townhouses and the sprawling Medway City Estate across the river.

Listed Georgian and Victorian properties in the historic core with steep, narrow access, plus 20th-century housing at Borstal and Horsted. That housing mix shapes how we run wait & load here: Conservation area restrictions on Rochester High Street make skip placement difficult and slow to permit, so attended loading is usually the only workable route.

Our crews reach Rochester via A2 High Street, M2 junction 2, A228, A289 Medway Tunnel and work regularly across Borstal, Wouldham Road, Delce, Horsted, Frindsbury. Wait and load is a service where a licensed waste vehicle and crew arrive at an agreed time and remain on site while waste is loaded, then leave immediately. Because the vehicle is attended it does not require the highway permit a skip needs.

Rochester is one of our home-patch ME1, ME2, ME3 rounds — the vans run from Unit 4, Medway City Estate, Rochester ME2 4DP, so Rochester bookings taken before 11am are usually collected the same day. Household waste in this area is handled by Medway Council (unitary authority), with tip runs going to Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres and council bulky collections offered as Medway Council operates a chargeable bulky waste service with banded pricing by item count.

ME1, ME2, ME3 areas included

  • Borstal
  • Wouldham Road
  • Delce
  • Horsted
  • Frindsbury

Access and parking notes for Rochester

  • Loading and permit-bay experience around Rochester High Street independents
  • Loading and permit-bay experience around Corn Exchange area
  • Restricted-access streets near Rochester
  • Restricted-access streets near Strood
  • Landmark reference points: Rochester Cathedral, Rochester Castle, Restoration House

Rochester at a glance

  • Population around roughly 63,000, in Medway
  • Postcodes covered: ME1, ME2, ME3
  • Council collections run by Medway Council (unitary authority)
  • Council bulky waste option: Medway Council operates a chargeable bulky waste service with banded pricing by item count.
  • Nearest recycling centre: Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres

Rochester wait & load prices (ME1, ME2, ME3)

Same fixed prices across every ME1, ME2, ME3 street — no travel charge for Rochester, no weight surprises and no gate fees added afterwards.

Wait & load service prices in Rochester, Kent, 2026
Load / itemWhat it coversPrice
Half van, wait & loadUp to 6 cubic yards, 30 minutes on sitefrom £160
Full van, wait & load12 cubic yards, up to 60 minutes on site£400
Additional waiting timeCharged per 15 minutes after the first hour£25
Repeat visits on the same daySecond and third loads discountedfrom £220

Rochester wait & load: accepted and excluded items

What we take

  • Renovation and strip-out waste
  • House and garage clear-out contents
  • Garden waste, soil and hardcore
  • Shop and office refit waste
  • Mixed loads across all of the above

What we cannot take

  • Asbestos-containing materials
  • Hazardous liquids, fuels and gas bottles
  • Loads exceeding the vehicle's 3.5t plated weight — heavy inert waste is quoted separately

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