Scrap My Caravan Kent — Collection Across the Coast, Weald and Medway

How scrapping a caravan works in Kent

Scrapping a caravan in Kent is simpler than it looks. A specialist team collects it wherever it's sitting — a coastal park pitch, a Medway driveway, a Romney Marsh farm plot — and handles everything from the quote to disposal. Touring caravans cost £500–£850 to scrap; static caravans cost £1,800–£3,980. You get one clear bill, agreed before we arrive.

Caravan Scrap Prices in Kent — What Touring and Static Removal Costs

Pricing depends on what you're scrapping.

Touring caravans that still tow cost £500–£600, collected whole. A tourer that won't tow costs £500–£850, because it is broken up where it stands or lifted onto a tow bed — you hire your own 6–8 yard skip.

Static caravans cost £1,800–£3,980, priced mainly by size, because the job is substantially bigger. If the timber can be burned on site, it comes down by a few hundred pounds.

These figures reflect on-site dismantling, specialist vehicles, and responsible disposal through a licensed facility. You'll have a confirmed price before any work starts — no surprises on collection day.

What moves the quote: site access, ground conditions (a factor across much of rural Kent), whether on-site dismantling is needed, and the caravan's condition. Damp and damage are factored in — not used as a reason to refuse.

Kent's Holiday Parks and Coastal Pitches — Where End-of-Life Statics Usually Come From

Kent's North Kent coast is some of the most caravan-dense shoreline in England. Holiday parks at Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Whitstable, Herne Bay, Sheerness, and Leysdown-on-Sea see regular turnover of ageing statics.

Most parks have a maximum caravan age policy — typically 15–25 years. Once a unit hits that threshold, the park and the private owner both need it gone.

The inland picture is different. The Romney Marsh area — flat, agricultural, and relatively remote — has a high concentration of privately sited static caravans used as farm accommodation, storage, or seasonal retreats. These often haven't moved in years and present practical challenges: ground that turns soft in winter, long tracks without hard surfacing, and limited vehicle access.

For park operators in the Thanet area, the Swale district, or around the Shepway coast managing multiple end-of-life units, a programmed clearance can be arranged — one team, one schedule, rather than individual bookings.

The Weald, Romney Marsh and Rural Kent — Access and Agricultural Ground Challenges

Inland Kent presents some of the UK's more demanding caravan collection conditions. The Weald of Kent has dense hedgerows, narrow lanes, and farm tracks that don't always accommodate a full-size low-loader. Romney Marsh is flat but frequently waterlogged from autumn through spring — what looks like a straightforward field approach can turn into a ground condition problem once a heavy vehicle starts moving across it.

None of this prevents collection — it means being specific about access when requesting a quote. Teams with Kent experience know when to bring a 4x4 recovery vehicle or a smaller flatbed rather than the standard transporter — and that call gets made before collection day, not as a surprise when the vehicle arrives.

Statics on agricultural land — used as farm worker accommodation for a decade and now sitting on skids embedded in the ground — typically need partial on-site dismantling before anything moves. The pricing accounts for this.

Why Kent Scrap Yards Say No to Caravans (And What the Law Actually Requires)

The Medway towns have a cluster of general scrap yards and metal recyclers, particularly around Rochester, Chatham, and Gillingham. But most won't touch a caravan.

It comes down to materials. A car is overwhelmingly steel — put it in a shredder and you get recyclable metal. A caravan is a composite: GRP shell, aluminium cladding, timber frame, polystyrene insulation, fibreglass panels, copper pipework, and a steel chassis. Standard car shredders can't handle that combination economically, and the hazardous elements — gas components, certain adhesives, asbestos in pre-1985 units — require separate licensed processing.

Any company transporting waste in Kent must hold a waste carrier licence issued by the Environment Agency. It's a legal requirement under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Ask to see it before you book — it takes five seconds and protects you. An unlicensed carrier is far more likely to dump the caravan in a lay-by on the way out of Kent, and that leaves you liable as the person who arranged the disposal.

Dismantling a Caravan in Kent — When Is That the Better Option?

If a caravan cannot be towed safely, we can dismantle it on site and take the remains away for recycling, so you do not have to move it yourself.

On-site dismantling suits static caravans and tourers that are too damaged, damp or awkward to move whole.

Damp, Abandoned or Post-Flood — Do Damaged Kent Caravans Still Get Collected?

Kent caravans come to the end of their lives in all kinds of states. Coastal units get hammered by salt air and north-easterly winds. Marsh-sited statics get damp from below as well as above.

Post-flood damage from the Stour valley or Medway flooding affects the price. But it doesn't prevent collection.

However rough the interior, the job still happens. Damage changes the method and the price, not whether we collect.

If a caravan belonged to someone who has passed away — a coastal park pitch that's sat unused since a parent's death, or a static on an inherited farm — an executor letter is sufficient for the handover. Nothing else required.

What Happens to a Caravan After It Leaves Your Kent Address

The caravan goes to a licensed dismantling facility. Interior fittings are stripped first — everything goes to the correct recycling stream. Hazardous items (gas bottles, batteries, fluorescent tubes, asbestos in older units) are separated and processed under licensed hazardous waste regulations.

Then the structure comes apart: aluminium cladding and trim to metal recycling, timber and ply to waste processing, plastics sorted by type, the steel chassis to scrap metal smelting. The aim is to recover as much material as possible and send as little as possible to landfill.

How the Collection Process Works — From Quote to Gone

1. Request a quote. Tell us the caravan type, approximate size, condition, and your location in Kent. A confirmed price comes back quickly.
2. Book a slot. Most Kent collections are scheduled within 2–5 working days. Rural and access-dependent jobs may take slightly longer to plan.
3. Collection day. The team arrives, assesses access, and loads or dismantles as required. A waste transfer note is provided as your legal record of disposal.
4. Payment. You pay the agreed price once the caravan is loaded and confirmed, and the job is done — paperwork in your hand.

Before any work starts, ask to see the waste carrier licence. Any legitimate operator produces it without hesitation.

Book Your Kent Collection Quote

From a tourer on a Folkestone driveway to an ageing static on a Margate holiday park — it all starts with one no-obligation quote.

Get your quote now and let us take care of the rest.

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