CR0 9AA to CR3 in Surrey
Twenty minutes south down the A22 into Tandridge, with M25 junction 6 just beyond the town.
Caterham is about 6.5 miles from our Croydon depot at Pear Tree Farm, Featherbed Lane, CR0 9AA, roughly 20 minutes by car down the A22 Godstone Road, with M25 junction 6 a short run further south. We serve CR3 with grab lorries carrying up to 16 tonnes.
Send the site postcode, what is on the ground and when you need it moved. We will come back with a written quotation. There is no charge for a quote and no obligation to book.
Lines are answered by the people who run the lorries, not a call centre. Same-day collection is often possible but always subject to availability.
Croydon to Caterham is 6.5 miles and about 20 minutes by car, a longer run than most of the towns we serve, and one of the few that leaves Greater London. A loaded eight-wheeler adds roughly 15 to 20 per cent to that, so budget nearer 24 minutes, and take it as a typical figure rather than a guaranteed one. The climb up out of the Bourne valley is what costs the extra minutes, not the mileage.
Caterham sits in Tandridge, in Surrey, and the change of authority changes the rules. The TfL Ultra Low Emission Zone and Low Emission Zone do not apply in CR3 itself, but any load we run north from Caterham back into London does have to meet the LEZ standard for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, so the vehicle specification is set by the London leg rather than the Surrey one. Beyond the town, M25 junction 6 puts CR3 within reach of the wider network, which is useful when material has to come from further afield.
The Bourne. Caterham lies in a dry valley cut through the chalk of the North Downs escarpment, and when the water table rises the valley floods properly rather than puddles. Croydon Council’s Section 19 investigation records the A22 being closed during the 2013 to 2014 event because of the number of pumping hoses laid across it, and closed for around a month in 2000 to 2001 through bourne flooding and foul sewer surcharging. If you are working in the valley in a wet winter, check the road before you rely on a fixed delivery window.
The spoil reflects the same geology. The Caterham Bourne flood investigation classes the catchment bedrock as Chalk, a principal aquifer of high permeability, while the Caterham, Chaldon and Whyteleafe Neighbourhood Plan records impermeable clay surface geology over steep-sided valleys. Excavation in CR3 therefore tends to produce chalk and flint alongside clay-rich surface deposits in the same hole, which is worth flagging when you book, because mixed arisings load differently from clean rubble.
CR3
Muck away is the bulk of it, because Caterham digs produce chalk, flint and clay in quantities that no household site will take. Warlingham accepts no business waste and admits no vans or pickups, so CR3 site arisings leave with us under waste carrier registration CBDU480663 and a transfer note. In the other direction we deliver MOT Type 1, crushed concrete, ballast, sharp sand and topsoil onto sites that are often stepped into a valley side, where the crane reach earns its keep.
No. Caterham is in Tandridge, in Surrey, outside Greater London, and TfL operates both schemes across the London boroughs and the City of London only. Loads run north from Caterham into London still have to meet the Low Emission Zone standard for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, so our lorries are specified for the London leg regardless.
About 20 minutes by car over 6.5 miles, mostly on the A22 Godstone Road. A loaded eight-wheeler adds roughly 15 to 20 per cent, so allow around 24 minutes. Times are typical rather than guaranteed, and the neighbourhood plan records congestion in the area as fairly high, which shows most at either end of the day.
Onto our lorry, not to the local recycling centre. Warlingham Community Recycling Centre is a household site that accepts no business waste and does not admit vans or pickups, and it only opens Thursday to Saturday. Soil, chalk, concrete, rubble, hardcore and green waste from CR3 jobs are removed under our carrier registration with a transfer note.
It can, in a wet winter. The A22 through the Caterham Bourne valley was closed during the 2013 to 2014 groundwater event and for around a month in 2000 to 2001, and the Environment Agency holds a standing groundwater flood alert area for the catchment. We will tell you if the approach is compromised rather than leave you waiting.
Sources and further reading
Call 07778 541120 with the postcode and the arisings and we will price the muck away free of charge.
