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Asbestos Removal in Stockport

Greater Manchester, North West

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Asbestos disposal in Stockport: what the council says

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Only a little, already taken down? What Greater Manchester says

Greater Manchester

In Greater Manchester, Recycle for Greater Manchester takes cement-bonded asbestos only, and only at four waste transfer facilities: Arkwright Street (Oldham), Bredbury Parkway (Bredbury), Cobden Street (Salford) and Longley Lane (Sharston).

The full rule
  • Use the entrance for council and high-sided vehicles.
  • You must wear a hard hat, safety glasses, a high visibility jacket or vest, safety gloves and steel-capped safety boots or shoes, or you will not be able to dispose of your waste, and you must bring proof of address for the property the waste is from.
  • The asbestos must be double wrapped in heavy duty plastic or sealed in household rubble sacks.
  • Wigan runs its own service: Kirkless recycling centre, Saturday mornings only between 9am and 12 noon, by appointment on 01942 825755.
  • Wigan centres are for Wigan Borough residents only and staff will ask for your photo driving licence as proof of address; pedestrians cannot carry waste in, and vehicles over 3.5 tonnes and trailers over 4 metres are not allowed.
  • In Wigan, a van, campervan, minibus or pickup needs a free waste permit (valid for one visit within seven days, 12 permits per household in 12 months), the asbestos must be double wrapped in thick plastic and sealed with no holes or rips, and packages must fit the 1m x 1m container opening; more than 15 packages means a home visit from Wigan Council first.
  • Asbestos removed by someone you hired is business waste and is not accepted.
  • No charge is published.

Stockport's own pages add: Stockport Council will not collect asbestos or cement roofing sheets. If you pay someone to take asbestos away, the council says they must have an Upper Tier waste carriers licence and you should keep the receipt. Bredbury Parkway is one of the four transfer facilities.

Cost: no charge published Council's own pageChecked Oct 2026

Council schemes are for small amounts that have already been taken down and wrapped. For anything more, or anything still in place, we arrange the whole job in Stockport: removal, collection and disposal. Get a free quote

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Stockport's buildings and asbestos

91.2% of properties in the Stockport council area were built before 2000

That's 122,490 of 134,360. Asbestos wasn't fully banned until 1999. Only a survey or a test can tell you about one property: do you need an asbestos survey on a house?

More about the buildings around Stockport

Around 91.2% of the housing in the Stockport council area predates the 1999 asbestos ban, which is high, so age alone puts most local property in the bracket worth checking. The largest group was built between 1900 and 1939. Property from this period was built before asbestos use peaked, so where asbestos is present it usually arrived with later work: post-war repairs, added textured coatings, new outbuilding roofs and heating upgrades. That later work is common enough in housing of this age that it still needs checking before anything is disturbed. The largest group by type is semi-detached houses, 35.8% of 134,360 properties. In semi-detached housing the most common finds are asbestos cement garage and shed roofs, textured coatings on ceilings, insulating board in airing cupboards and around boilers, and cement soffits and rainwater goods. The next largest group is terraced houses at 22.8%, where party walls and shared roof spaces mean neighbouring work can disturb material next door. By period, 13.8% were built before 1900, 22.5% between 1919 and 1939 and 8.4% since 2000. None of that tells you whether a particular property contains asbestos; only a survey or a laboratory test can.

Stockport is spread across 8 postcode districts, M19, SK1, SK2, SK3, SK4, SK5, SK7 and SK8, so "local" covers a fair area here: Cheadle Hulme, Hazel Grove, Reddish, Bramhall, Cheadle, Wythenshawe and Gatley are all part of the same run. We arrange work anywhere in it.

Asbestos Specialists Covering Stockport

Stockport is one of the bigger Greater Manchester boroughs, and its housing is old enough for that to matter. About 91% of its 134,360 properties are older than the 1999 asbestos ban. The largest group was built between 1900 and 1939.

The borough spreads across SK1 to SK8 and part of M19. It takes in Cheadle Hulme, Bramhall, Hazel Grove, Reddish, Cheadle and Gatley. In Greater Manchester, disposal goes through Recycle for Greater Manchester rather than a simple trip to the tip. So householders often find getting rid of asbestos harder than removing it. We arrange both, through suitably licensed contractors.

We also cover the surrounding area, including Bredbury, Burnage, Hazel Grove, Cheadle Hulme, Didsbury and Fallowfield.

Map of Stockport and the surrounding area© OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby areas we cover: Manchester, Bolton, Warrington, Wigan, Huddersfield, Stoke-on-Trent.

Is Your Asbestos Work Licensed?

It depends on the material, not on where you are. HSE puts the decision on the firm doing the work.

We set out the three kinds of work, material by material, in do you need a licensed asbestos contractor?.

Asbestos Removal Costs in Stockport

What a job costs depends on the material, how much there is and how easy it is to reach. Where you are matters far less.

See prices by job and region in our UK asbestos removal cost report.

Which asbestos service do you need in Stockport?

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How it works in Stockport

Tell us what you've got and your postcode, and we'll send a free quote with no obligation. If you go ahead, we book a specialist suited to the job, licensed where the work needs it. Get my free quote

We Also Cover, Near Stockport

Asbestos Guides for Stockport

The largest group of homes in the Stockport council area is semi-detached housing, and the largest group by age was built between 1900 and 1939. Semi-detached houses built before the ban very often came with a garage or an outbuilding, and that is usually where the cement sheeting is.

Asbestos in Stockport: Common Questions

Which parts of Stockport do you cover?
Yes. We arrange asbestos surveys, testing, removal, disposal and management across Stockport, covering the M19, SK1, SK2, SK3, SK4, SK5, SK7 and SK8 postcode districts and the wider Greater Manchester area. We also cover Manchester, Bolton and Warrington nearby. Licensable work is done by HSE-licensed contractors. Every enquiry starts with a free quote, with no obligation.
Is asbestos likely in a Stockport property?
Around 91.2% of properties in the Stockport council area (122,490 of 134,360) were built before 2000. Asbestos wasn't fully banned in the UK until 1999. So most local buildings date from a time when it was still in use. The largest group of local homes was built between 1900 and 1939. That doesn't mean any one property contains asbestos. Only a survey or a lab test can tell you that. Figures: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties 2026, table CTSOP4.0 (31 March 2026).
Does my property contain asbestos?
If your property was built or refurbished before 2000, it may well contain asbestos. It wasn't fully banned in the UK until 1999. It often turns up in roof sheets, textured coatings like Artex, floor tiles, pipe lagging and insulation board. The only reliable way to know for sure is a professional survey.

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