Garden Clearance in Oxford
Green-waste, hard-landscape and general garden clearance. Vetted, insured crews across OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £95.
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- £1m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
Garden Clearance · Oxford
from £95
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Oxford
Oxford access and housing notes
OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44 housing stock and loading reality, written for Oxford rather than the county.
Garden Clearance in Oxford: what actually matters here
A university city with two universities, one of the largest shared-housing sectors outside London, and a medieval core that most vehicles cannot reach at all.
The housing stock is Victorian and Edwardian terraces through Jericho, East Oxford, Cowley Road and Iffley Fields, a very large share of them in shared occupation; substantial Victorian villas in North Oxford and Summertown; interwar and post-war semis at Headington, Marston, Botley and Cowley; post-war council-built estates at Blackbird Leys, Barton and Rose Hill; and college and university accommodation across the centre and the science areas, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a garden clearance job.
Oxford is the hardest access city in the county and the restriction, not the load, sets the plan. The Zero Emission Zone is a pilot covering a named group of city-centre streets only — it is not city-wide, and most jobs never enter it. Around it, almost all of OX1, OX2 and OX4 inside the ring road is controlled parking, with resident bays and short visitor windows; the terraced streets off Cowley Road, Divinity Road and in Jericho are narrow enough that a Luton blocks the carriageway while it loads, and several have bollards or one-way working. College and university addresses need a porters' lodge booking and a named contact. Oxford City Council sets the parking and bulky-waste rules; Oxfordshire County Council runs the tips and their van and trailer permit scheme.
Jericho, Summertown and North Oxford all sit inside the Oxford round. Whichever of OX1, OX2 and OX3 your address falls in, the garden clearance quote is built the same way.
As one of the larger settlements in the county built around The Radcliffe Camera and the High Street colleges, with the ring road looping the city outside them, Oxford has a mix of approach roads and loading points, so we confirm parking and carry distance when you book rather than assuming.
What a garden clearance job includes
Garden clearance is the removal of green waste and everything else a garden accumulates: prunings, hedge cuttings, turf, soil, old decking and fence panels, broken furniture, pots, a collapsed shed. Green waste from £95 covers cutting, bagging and removal, and where the load is mixed it is priced by the volume of the van you actually fill, from £110 for a quarter load to £310 for a full load of roughly 12 cubic yards. Everything leaves with a waste transfer note under Environment Agency registration CBDU300454.
Cutting back
- Overgrowth, brambles and shrubs cut back to the line you agree before we start
- Hedges reduced and the arisings removed rather than left in a pile
- Weeds and self-seeded growth cleared from beds, paths and paving joints
- Turf and topsoil lifted where a bed or a path is being taken out
Hard items
- Old fence panels, posts, trellis and rotten decking removed
- Sheds and greenhouses dismantled and taken away where they are safe to break down
- Broken garden furniture, pots, planters, play equipment and trampolines
- Rubble, hardcore and spoil segregated as its own waste stream
Loading and disposal
- Full crew carry — nothing left for you to drag to the front
- Access route protected and the path or drive swept afterwards
- Green waste taken to a composting route and hard waste segregated at a licensed transfer station
- Waste transfer note issued in your name, usually the same day
What changes the price on a garden clearance job
- Asbestos — common in old shed and garage roofing — fuel, gas bottles and chemicals are outside our licence. If we suspect it, we stop, tell you and point you to a licensed contractor rather than loading it.
- Green waste is bulky and light, so a garden that looks like a small job can fill a van quickly. Photos of the whole garden — not just the worst corner — get you a firm price instead of a range.
- Access decides the labour. A garden reached only through the house, or up a shared alley, is a longer carry than one with side or rear vehicle access, and we ask which yours is at quote stage.
- Soil, rubble and hardcore are heavy waste charged as their own stream, because the transfer station charges by weight rather than volume. Mixing them into a green-waste price would be a price that changed on the day.
- Nesting birds are protected by law between March and August, and we will not cut a hedge that is in active use. If we find a nest we stop that section and tell you.
Garden Clearance prices for Oxford properties
| Job | From | What it covers | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden & green waste | £95 | Cut, bagged and removed | 1–3 hours |
| Full house clearance | £450 | Fixed price after photos or survey | 1–3 hours |
Clearance and waste removal reviews across the UK
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsWe hired this company to clean our 6 bedroom house in Oxford, they sent a team of six clean whom were professional, friendly and very polite. I’ve to say my partner and I were very pleased with the clean and the house looks brand new
I used Hello Cleaning for my recent end-of-tenancy clean in Oxford. I found the quoting and booking process to be straightforward with good customer service and quick response time. The cleaning itself went well, was no fuss and done to a high standard. The check out with the real estate agent had no issued with… Read in full →
This was my second job for Hello services and I was delighted to have Adam and Sultan back again. I had furniture assembly and clearance work to be done, and again it was done very professionally to a very high standard, and with absolute politeness at all times. They did an excellent job yet again… Read in full →
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Where we cover around Oxford
- JerichoOX2
- SummertownOX2
- North OxfordOX2
- BotleyOX2
- HeadingtonOX3
- MarstonOX3
- BartonOX3
- CowleyOX4
- Iffley FieldsOX4
- Blackbird LeysOX4
- Rose HillOX4
- GrandpontOX1
- OsneyOX1
- KenningtonOX1
- WolvercoteOX2
- LittlemoreOX4
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Oxford questions, answered.
How quickly can you book garden clearance in Oxford?
Same-week slots are standard in Oxford, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Oxfordshire, so book those a week or two ahead.
How is a garden clearance priced?
Green waste starts from £95 for cut, bagged and removed. Mixed loads are priced by the volume of the van you fill — £110 a quarter, £180 a half, £310 full — with all labour, sweeping and tip fees included, so you are never charged for space you do not use.
Do you do the cutting as well as the taking away?
Yes. Cutting back, dismantling and lifting is part of the job — you do not need to have piled it up first. If it is already bagged, say so and the price reflects the shorter labour.
Where does the green waste go?
Green waste goes to a composting route and hard waste is segregated at a licensed transfer station, with over 90% of what we collect kept out of landfill. You get the waste transfer note either way, which is your legal record of where it went.