The Frank Barnes Group (Crane Hire, Skip Hire, Scrap Metal & Fork Lift Truck Hire)

3.9(40 reviews on Google)

Skip Hire listing in Darwen, Lancashire

About The Frank Barnes Group (Crane Hire, Skip Hire, Scrap Metal & Fork Lift Truck Hire)

The Frank Barnes Group, based in Darwen, has run as a skip hire company for over 65 years and also offers crane hire, hiab hire, forklift truck hire, heavy haulage, machine removal and scrap metal processing. Skips are delivered across the Blackburn and Darwen area from its licensed waste transfer operation, to commercial customers and the general public. Same-day or next-day delivery is discussed when the skip is booked, and a skip placed on a public highway needs a permit that takes three working days to obtain. The group holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certificates and a waste carriers licence, and also handles recycling aggregates. Phone 01254 702 748. Rated 3.9 from 40 Google reviews, 27 of them five stars and 10 one star.

What reviewers mention: company (7), friendly drivers (6), pricing (5), skip hire (4), money (4), reliability (2), behaviour (2), book (2), call (2)

Waste carrier register

Likely match: registration CBDU101327, upper tier, valid until 6 May 2028, registered as FRANK BARNES (DARWEN) LIMITED. Matched by name at the firm's address, not by a number from the firm, so ask the firm to confirm its number.

Checked 5 November 2026 against the Environment Agency public register.

Services and details

  • Hires out skips

    Yes
  • Commercial waste

    Yes
  • Same or next day

    Yes
  • Shows a waste carrier number

    Yes
  • On the EA waste carrier register

    Yes

No information yet on mini or midi skips, roll-on roll-off skips, grab hire, rubbish removal (they load), house clearance, garden waste, arranges road permits, states what it recycles. The website did not say; call and ask.

Contact

Listing compiled from public sources on 2026-11-06. Report a correction or request removal. Back to skip hire and waste firms in Darwen.