Upnor, Medway
Wait & load in Upnor (ME2)
Booked-in wait & load for Upnor (ME2) — Cobbled conservation lanes at Upnor cannot take skips or large vehicles, so items are barrowed out to a van parked at the top of the hill. Prices from £400, fixed before we load and documented within 24 hours.
- Covering ME2
- £400, confirmed before we load
- Same-day slots before 11am
- Environment Agency registered
- £5m insured
- 92% diverted from landfill
- 4.9★ from 1,483 reviews
Quick answer
Is wait & load in Upnor available same day, and what does it cost?
Wait & load service in Upnor starts at £400, with the final fixed price set by volume and access. Upnor sits in Medway, so household waste goes via Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres. We cover ME2 with same-day slots booked before 11am.
- Price from
- £400
- Postcodes
- ME2
- 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
How wait & load works in Upnor (ME2)
A conservation-area riverside village of cobbled lanes below Upnor Castle, opposite Chatham Historic Dockyard.
Listed cottages on a cobbled high street with larger period houses at Upper Upnor. That housing mix shapes how we run wait & load here: Cobbled conservation lanes at Upnor cannot take skips or large vehicles, so items are barrowed out to a van parked at the top of the hill.
Our crews reach Upnor via Upnor Road, A289, A228 and work regularly across Lower Upnor, Upper Upnor. 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.
Upnor is one of our home-patch ME2 rounds — the vans run from Unit 4, Medway City Estate, Rochester ME2 4DP, so Upnor 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.
ME2 areas included
- Lower Upnor
- Upper Upnor
How we load in Upnor (ME2)
- Loading and permit-bay experience around Upnor High Street pubs and shops
- Restricted-access streets near Strood
- Landmark reference points: Upnor Castle, Arethusa Venture Centre, Upnor foreshore
Upnor waste facts
- Population around roughly 1,000, in Medway
- Postcodes covered: ME2
- 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
Upnor wait & load prices (ME2)
Same fixed prices across every ME2 street — no travel charge for Upnor, no weight surprises and no gate fees added afterwards.
| Load / item | What it covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Half van, wait & load | Up to 6 cubic yards, 30 minutes on site | from £160 |
| Full van, wait & load | 12 cubic yards, up to 60 minutes on site | £400 |
| Additional waiting time | Charged per 15 minutes after the first hour | £25 |
| Repeat visits on the same day | Second and third loads discounted | from £220 |
What we take in Upnor
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
FAQs: wait & load in Upnor (ME2)
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