Camden · NW5 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Gospel Oak fitters · Fixed written pricesGreen waste removal for Gospel Oak (NW5) households — 3,330 of them, 78% in flats. From £55 fixed, two crew and a Luton on most garden clearances; three crew and a tipper where the load is mainly soil, turf or rubble and weight rather than volume decides the run Insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
This page prices green waste removal for Gospel Oak NW5 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 30% privately rented and 3,330 households in total. Work starts at £55, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Camden permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
Step 1
Roughly how many cubic yards, whether it is soft green waste or heavy soil and turf, and whether there is rear access or everything has to go through the house.
Step 2
Green waste is priced by volume and soil or rubble by weight, so the quote separates the two rather than guessing at one blended rate.
Step 3
Branches and hedge cuttings cut down to fit the van; loose material bagged so nothing spills through a hallway or side return on the way out.
Step 4
Green waste, soil and any rubble kept apart in the van, because the green waste site and the inert tip are two different gate fees.
Step 5
Weighed in at a licensed green waste or inert site and the transfer note emailed the same day.
Why choose us
Two crew and a Luton on most garden clearances; three crew and a tipper where the load is mainly soil, turf or rubble and weight rather than volume decides the run. Tower blocks with one working lift, steep approach roads and permit bays.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Gospel Oak (Overground) is the nearest station, so a NW5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Gospel Oak, with metal stud partitions between rooms — where 43% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in NW5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in NW5, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — with 27% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling, and any invasive plant material identified on site is routed to a licensed consignment facility rather than mixed with standard garden waste.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard | £55 | By volume | Light and bulky rather than heavy, so it is priced on the space it takes in the van, not its weight. |
| Hedge cuttings and branches, per cubic yard | £65 | By volume | Woody material needs to be cut down to fit before loading, which adds labour over a straight bag-and-carry. |
| Quarter-load mixed garden waste | £120 | 45–60 min | A typical small London garden clearance, priced on volume plus the green waste site's gate fee. |
| Half-load garden waste | £210 | 1–2 hrs | Covers a full rear garden clear where there is no side access and everything has to come out through the house. |
| Full Luton load of garden waste | £360 | 2–3 hrs | Full van, two crew and the site fee, typical after years of growth are tackled in one visit rather than several bin cycles. |
| Soil, turf and rubble, per cubic yard | £85 | By volume | These are weighed rather than measured by volume — a yard of wet turf or soil can weigh several times the same yard of hedge cuttings. |
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard
£55 · By volume
Light and bulky rather than heavy, so it is priced on the space it takes in the van, not its weight.
Hedge cuttings and branches, per cubic yard
£65 · By volume
Woody material needs to be cut down to fit before loading, which adds labour over a straight bag-and-carry.
Quarter-load mixed garden waste
£120 · 45–60 min
A typical small London garden clearance, priced on volume plus the green waste site's gate fee.
Half-load garden waste
£210 · 1–2 hrs
Covers a full rear garden clear where there is no side access and everything has to come out through the house.
Full Luton load of garden waste
£360 · 2–3 hrs
Full van, two crew and the site fee, typical after years of growth are tackled in one visit rather than several bin cycles.
Soil, turf and rubble, per cubic yard
£85 · By volume
These are weighed rather than measured by volume — a yard of wet turf or soil can weigh several times the same yard of hedge cuttings.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; landlord, agent and landscaper invoices are plus VAT at 20%. Cutting material down to load size, carrying through the house where there is no rear access and the green waste site fee are included. Where a bay suspension, permit, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised in the written quote.
Scope
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Coverage
Also in this area
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load with a transfer note the same day.
Sofas, wardrobes, tables and old white goods collected per item, dismantling included.
Overgrown beds, hedges and years of accumulated green waste cleared and taken away.
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Sheds, bases and outdoor storage built square, levelled and weather-fixed.
Working in Gospel Oak
The NW5 stock around Parliament Hill Lido is mainly Victorian. ONS records 78% flats, 22% houses and 3,330 households in Gospel Oak.
Private renting sits at 30% and owner-occupation at 43%; the first group books green waste removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Gospel Oak, with metal stud partitions between rooms — where 43% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in NW5. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in NW5, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — with 27% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Gospel Oak knows the pattern near Parliament Hill Lido: heath-edge streets, the lido and a mix of estate towers and Victorian terraces. We plan the NW5 visit around it. Gospel Oak sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: tower blocks with one working lift, steep approach roads and permit bays. Gospel Oak (Overground) is the nearest station, and two crew and a Luton on most garden clearances; three crew and a tipper where the load is mainly soil, turf or rubble and weight rather than volume decides the run.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Gospel Oak and what they live in decides how green waste removal is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Mansfield Road & Park Hill Road neighbourhood itself — not Camden-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,391
Residents
Mansfield Road & Park Hill Road neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,330
Households
Median age 37.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
36.3%
Privately rented
30.2%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Mansfield Road & Park Hill Road (E02000171) — the published geography that covers Gospel Oak, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the NW5 district: 51.5517, -0.1451 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Gospel Oak, with Camden parking rules in play — and 36% one-person households here, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume for soft green waste, weight for soil and rubble, and access on Camden bookings. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house in this 78% flats neighbourhood, with 3,330 households on this patch — and Camden parking rules in play, which is the single biggest driver of price in inner London terraces.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in this 78% flats neighbourhood, with Parliament Hill Lido a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Gospel Oak most weeks around Gospel Oak (Overground), with 30% of NW5 homes being privately rented.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on NW5 jobs, with 22% of Gospel Oak homes being houses.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near Parliament Hill Lido. With 78% of Gospel Oak homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across NW5, with this being a short walk from Gospel Oak (Overground) — and 43% owner-occupation locally, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste on the Gospel Oak rounds. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling on Camden bookings — and 78% of homes here being flats, with Camden parking rules in play, and any invasive plant material identified on site is routed to a licensed consignment facility rather than mixed with standard garden waste. That paperwork is what most Camden letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in this 78% flats neighbourhood, with 36% one-person households here.
Japanese knotweed and other invasive plant material, which needs a licensed consignment route rather than standard green waste disposal; Tree felling and stump grinding above hedge height around Gospel Oak (Overground), which needs a qualified arborist rather than a clearance crew; Chemical-treated timber, decking oil tins and weedkiller containers, which are hazardous waste and need a specialist carrier; Pond water, fish and livestock waste — and Camden parking rules in play, with 27% social-rented stock nearby, which fall outside standard green waste licensing. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Gospel Oak NW5 price you agree is the price you pay across NW5, with 22% of Gospel Oak homes being houses.
All three. With 30% of Gospel Oak privately rented and 43% owner-occupied, roughly half the NW5 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on NW5 jobs — and 22% of Gospel Oak homes being houses, with Parliament Hill Lido a few streets away.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Gospel Oak NW5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of camden.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
