CR0 9AA to CR5
Thirteen minutes down the A23, on a relief road built with a priority lane for heavy goods vehicles.
Coulsdon is 4.2 miles from our depot at Pear Tree Farm, Featherbed Lane, Croydon CR0 9AA, about 13 minutes by car on the A23 Brighton Road and Coulsdon Road. CR5 sites get grab hire, muck away and aggregate deliveries, loaded to 16 tonnes and up to 20 cubic yards.
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 Coulsdon is 4.2 miles and roughly 13 minutes in a car. Add about 15 to 20 per cent for a loaded eight-wheeler and call it fifteen or sixteen minutes, understanding that the figure is typical rather than guaranteed. What makes this route unusually reliable for a lorry is the road itself.
The A23 Farthing Way relief road, a 1.7km bypass of Coulsdon town centre opened in December 2006, was built with one southbound lane, two northbound lanes and a priority lane specifically for buses, heavy goods vehicles and cyclists. Transport for London put the traffic it removed from the town centre at about 80 per cent. For a grab lorry that means the approach to a CR5 site is rarely the problem, and the planning effort belongs at the site end instead.
Coulsdon sits on the southern edge of Greater London, so the ULEZ applies here while the M25, a few miles further south past Hooley, does not. That boundary catches out hauliers coming up from Surrey more often than it catches local sites, but it is worth confirming on any subcontracted delivery you are expecting.
The ground is the other local factor. Croydon’s Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment records the bedrock in the south of the borough as Middle and Upper Chalk with Clay with flints along the southern boundary, so Coulsdon spoil is typically flinty clay over chalk rather than the London Clay found further north. The same assessment notes extensive aquifers in the southern chalk and mostly spring-fed watercourses, indicating groundwater at or very close to the surface in some places, which is the practical constraint on basement and deep foundation work around the town.
CR5
Muck away and grab hire dominate, and the volumes here can be substantial: building the relief road alone took around 150,000 cubic metres of excavation, and the housing schemes that followed have kept groundworkers busy. Flinty clay, chalk, concrete, rubble and hardcore come off CR5 sites and leave under our carrier registration with a transfer note, since no Croydon recycling centre will take trade waste. Deliveries of MOT Type 1, crushed concrete, ballast, sharp sand and topsoil run the other way on the same short leg.
About 13 minutes by car over 4.2 miles using the A23 Brighton Road and Coulsdon Road, or roughly fifteen to sixteen minutes with a full load, since a loaded eight-wheeler adds around 15 to 20 per cent. Times are typical rather than guaranteed, but the A23 relief road keeps this route more consistent than most.
Yes. Coulsdon sits on the southern edge of Greater London, where the ULEZ and the London-wide Low Emission Zone both apply, the latter charging lorries over 3.5 tonnes that do not meet the Euro VI standard. The M25 itself, a few miles further south past Hooley, is outside the zone, which sometimes confuses deliveries arriving from Surrey.
Not as trade waste. Croydon Council accepts no trade waste at any of its reuse and recycling centres, bans trailers at every site, and limits rubble to six bags per visit. Vans are admitted only at Factory Lane on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11am to 1pm, with tippers and Lutons barred. A licensed grab lorry is the practical route.
Flinty clay over chalk, rather than London Clay. Croydon’s Strategic Flood Risk Assessment records Middle and Upper Chalk beneath the south of the borough with Clay with flints along the southern boundary, and notes extensive chalk aquifers with spring-fed watercourses, meaning groundwater can sit close to the surface on deeper Coulsdon excavations.
Sources and further reading
Call 07778 541120 with the CR5 postcode and the material and we will give you a free quotation.
