Scrap my car
in Saddleworth

Up the valley from Oldham

The A670 through Uppermill and the A669 through Greenfield bring a collector up from Oldham in twenty minutes; Delph and Denshaw are reached off the A62. The yards are close enough that OL3 is priced with the rest of the borough rather than as a long run, and the site shows the best figure from each of them. The collecting yard rings to agree a day, usually within one to three days, weather allowing on the top roads.

The villages

Uppermill, Dobcross and Delph are stone terraces on steep streets with little room to turn; Greenfield and Diggle have more drives; Denshaw and the farms off the A640 are lanes and field gates. A long truck does not fit everywhere up here, so say exactly where the car is and the yard sends the right vehicle. Snow and ice on the high lanes move a collection by a day or two, not more.

What the hills send

More 4x4s, pickups and estates than the town, more cars that have sat in a barn or a yard for years, and the usual run of hatchbacks failed on corrosion. A Land Rover or pickup with its engine and gearbox intact is worth more than its weight and is priced that way; a car that has stood for years is a non-runner and is winched from where it sits. MOT failures and damaged cars are priced like any other car, minus what is missing.

Paid properly

The collector is an Authorised Treatment Facility. Photo ID and proof of address for the registered keeper, bank transfer within 24 hours of collection — no cash, by law — and the Certificate of Destruction issued with the DVLA told. Lost the V5C? The ID check replaces it.