Asbestos Removal & Surveys in Berkshire
South East · 13 towns & cities covered
A survey before you buy, a test on something you've found, or removal and disposal: we cover all of Berkshire. HSE-licensed contractors handle licensable work, as the law requires, and quotes are free.
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Asbestos Specialists Across Berkshire
Berkshire's engineering and defence works used asbestos insulation for much of the twentieth century. That runs from the Royal Ordnance sites around Burghfield to the light industry along the Thames valley.
Reading, Slough and Bracknell all grew fast after 1945, and Bracknell was made a new town outright. So a large share of the county's buildings date from years when asbestos was still a normal building material.
Slough Trading Estate is the biggest cluster of industrial property in the county. It has been rebuilt in layers since the 1920s, which is just the pattern that leaves asbestos behind in roofs, partitions and service ducts. Windsor, Newbury and the older Thames-side towns are the opposite. There, asbestos more often came in with later extensions and new roofs than with the original building.
Berkshire has around 407,050 properties, and about 77% of them were built before the 1999 asbestos ban, the biggest share of those in the 1965 to 1982 period. What decides the risk is whether anything is disturbed, so intact material left alone is usually the lower-risk option.
The most common property type in Berkshire is flats and maisonettes, at about 26.2% of the stock, followed by terraced houses at 24.3%. In flats and maisonettes the material is as likely to be in the communal parts, in service risers, ducts and the panels around them, as it is inside any one home.
Where We Cover in Berkshire
We arrange asbestos work in all 13 towns and cities across Berkshire, and in the villages around them. HSE-licensed contractors always do the licensable work, as the law requires.
That includes Reading, Slough, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Wokingham, Newbury, Lower Earley, Windsor, Crowthorne, Thatcham, Sandhurst, Ascot and Sunninghill, and the villages and hamlets around them.
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How it works in Berkshire
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Managing & Disposing of Asbestos in Berkshire
It applies to business premises, public buildings and the shared parts of blocks of flats right across Berkshire. What the duty to manage requires is set out in full in our guide for landlords and businesses.
Disposing of asbestos in Berkshire
Berkshire is covered by six councils and the rules vary. Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell Forest share the re3 sites (Smallmead and Longshot Lane), open only to people paying council tax to those three councils, with proof of address. Make a separate asbestos booking between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday or 8am and 12 noon Saturday, then call re3 on 0800 988 3023 with the time. Up to 60kg is free, then £8.40 per 20kg, and Bracknell Forest says payment on site is by pre-paid, debit or credit card only; double wrap it in thick plastic and seal. Reading's own page instead lists asbestos within a free 100 litres of DIY waste per visit, so confirm the allowance with re3. West Berkshire accepts up to 15 cement-bonded sheets (no bigger than 1.2m by 0.6m) in 12 months free at Newtown Road, Newbury, by appointment on 01635 519080; households must also register for a recycling centre permit; bring proof of address and photo ID, double bag or double wrap and tape it, and asbestos removed by a builder is refused. Newtown Road refuses visits on foot and vehicles over 8.2m in combined length. Slough (Chalvey) is for Slough residents with proof of address and photo ID, takes no more than 5 small sheets, dampened and double bagged or tightly wrapped, with the first two 1m by 1m sheets free then £4.80 per piece, card only. Chalvey has a 1.7m height barrier, bars vans and pickups, limits trailers to 1.5m by 0.91m and does not let you carry waste in on foot. Windsor and Maidenhead takes up to three sheets or sacks at Stafferton Way, Maidenhead, double wrapped and labelled, for borough residents only with an Advantage Card or photo ID and proof of residency; access is by vehicle only, there is a 2.1m height barrier and vans need a van permit. Check your council's current rules. (council source, verified 2026-10-10)
Check the site's own page before you travel. Recycling centres are often closed on set weekdays, and often set extra rules for vans, pick-ups, trailers and visitors on foot, such as permits, size limits or no access on foot.
Asbestos waste is classed as hazardous (special) waste.So there are rules on how it's wrapped, labelled, carried and recorded. We set them out in full in our disposal guide.
Councils across Berkshire set their own rules for households. When we arrange the work, disposal is handled for you. For the rules where you live, see our asbestos disposal by council lookup, or check typical prices in the UK asbestos removal cost report.
Asbestos Guides for Berkshire
The largest group of homes in Berkshire is flats and maisonettes, and of the homes built before 2000 the largest group went up between 1965 and 1982. In flats the material is as often in the parts nobody owns individually as it is inside any one home, which changes who is responsible for it.
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