Top soil Where to get some cheap or free?

helenrobins

we get our top soil mushroom compost and manure from Robins of Herstmonceux, in east sussex, they deliver it loose or in jumbo bags and are very reasonable and the soil is excellent quality.:j

bottleredhead

Check on your local Freecycle group-my dad was just giving loads away on ours.

https://www.freecycle.org

Beki

has anyone got rough idea how many tonnes i'd need to fill beds this size? (three options)

108 cubic feet = ??tonnes??

168 cubic feet = ??tonnes??

296 cubic feet = ??tonnes??

i have a feeling this is gonna be expensive

bordercars

not for the organic growers this one. but if you want a lot of topsoil try british sugar. mainly in east anglia, but they can do huge loads 20 ton around £200. its what is washed off the sugar beet and is full of the farmers fertiliser, hence the no organic route.

helenrobins

Becky, Top soil is roughly the same in metres as in tonnes, it depends on whether the soil is wet or dry, but if you roughly do it as the same, soil delivered on a 20tonne tipper lorry can be around £18 a metre (x15 = £270 +VAT) or about £35 a metre on a 3 metre load (= £105 + vat)

Hope this helps

If you measure the area your supplier will work out the exact amount you will need.

Helen:j

coolpran

thanks for the information bordercars. do you have their contact details by any chance?

helenrobins

01323 833181 or www.robinsofherstmonceux.co.uk

AliPatercakes

You could try Brighton Community Compost Centre. They do really lovely topsoil and if your an allotment or grower they offer a discount I think.

cootambear

Noah'strolly wrote: »

I too am looking for topsoil. We took up a small, 2mx2m patio a few years ago and put some topsoil down, then grasses it. We didn't get all the rubble under it up so the grass never really flourished. So one day I got a mad idea and began digging it all up again. About 20 trips to the tip (with a boot full of rubble filled buckets) later I now have a huge hole in my lawn!
I thought about pinching soil from the boarders but it wouldn't go far.
Why do I start these things? !

Unfortunately you may be storing up problems. Builders put rubble under the soil to allow drainage, without it many houses subside. Get some advice from afriendly builder quicktime.

Sbnuj

For a free source of top soil in the West Sussex area please check e-bay for current posting of Free Top soil in Billingshurst, West Sussex. We met this lovely couple yesterday and have already taken 2 loads for raised beds. The soil is from a field used for horses and has been stacked and left untreated at the sides of the field. I am no gardening expert but it seems nice soil.
They have a large quanitity to spare and are more than happy for anyone to take from a bag full to a truck full.