--- title: "Wood Chipping London | Chip Delivery | Carpenters" description: "Professional wood chipping and free wood chip delivery across London & Surrey. Ideal for mulching, paths and gardens. 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[Home](/) 2. [Services](/services) 3. Wood Chipping Wood Chipping # Wood Chipping & Free Wood Chip Delivery Across London and Surrey All the green waste from our tree work is chipped on site and recycled — never landfilled. We deliver clean, fresh wood chip free of charge to gardens, allotments, smallholdings and equestrian properties across our local patch. Chipping services also available for your own brash piles. [Get a Free Wood Chipping Quote](/contact) [07825 669720](tel:07825669720) ★ 5-star rated on Google · 10+ years experience · Free, no-obligation estimates ![Industrial wood chipper turning tree branches into mulch on a UK residential street](/assets/wood-chipping-hero-Bn76RBcY.jpg) 100% Recycled Local Free Delivery £10M Insured 800+ Loads Delivered 10+ Years Chipping ## Everything You Need to Know About Wood Chipping ### What It Is Wood chipping is the on-site or off-site shredding of brash, branches and small-diameter timber into uniform woodchip. We operate professional tracked and towable chippers up to 9-inch capacity, capable of chipping anything that comes off a domestic or light commercial tree job. ### Who It's For Anyone with a brash pile larger than a bonfire. Smallholders, equestrian properties and allotment groups looking for free mulch. Gardeners wanting chip for paths, mulched beds or play surfacing. Landscapers needing bulk chip delivery on a project. Estate managers tidying up after winter storms. ### When You Need It Wood chip can be requested any time of year. Free delivery rounds run weekly across our local patch (Sutton, Croydon, Wimbledon, Kingston, Epsom, Bromley, Reigate, Caterham). On-site chipping of your own brash pile is booked as a stand-alone half-day or full-day visit. ### Why Professional Help Matters Burning brash is increasingly restricted by local bylaws and DEFRA air-quality guidance. Sending green waste to landfill is environmentally indefensible and expensive. Chipping turns waste into a useful, recyclable product — used as mulch, path surface, animal bedding or composting feedstock. ## What to Do With a Pile of Brash After Tree Work ! Bonfires in built-up London and Surrey areas regularly trigger statutory nuisance complaints. Smoke drift onto a neighbour's property can result in council abatement notices. ! Skip hire for green waste is expensive — typically £350+ for a 6-yard skip, plus the cost of loading. Most green waste is too bulky to fit efficiently and you end up paying for air. ! DIY chipping with hire equipment is risky. Professional chippers cause more A&E injuries per hour of use than chainsaws. Drawn-in clothing accidents are catastrophic. ! Garden waste collection rounds (where they exist) cap container size and won't take branches over a few centimetres thick. Bulky brash piles aren't collected. ! Letting brash sit creates fire risk in summer, harbours rats and slugs, and looks awful. The longer it sits, the harder it becomes to handle. ## How We Deliver Wood Chipping 1 ### Get in Touch Call or message describing what you need — chipping of your own brash, or delivery of fresh chip to your address. 2 ### Quote / Confirm Delivery On-site chipping quoted by half/full day. Free chip delivery confirmed if you fall within our weekly rounds and the load is the right size. 3 ### Scheduled Visit We turn up with the chipper, the chip lorry, or both — at a time agreed with you in advance. 4 ### Chipping or Tipping Brash fed methodically into the chipper. Or — for delivery — the load is tipped at your agreed point. Tarps available to keep paving clean. 5 ### Site Tidy Area swept and cleared. We never leave a delivery point or chipping site untidy. ## Why Clients Choose Us for Wood Chipping ### Free Chip Delivery to Local Properties Postcodes within Sutton, Surrey north and South London — free delivery if your job-size and access work for our chip lorry. ### 100% Recycled Green Waste Every chip we deliver came from a Carpenters Tree Care job. No mystery feedstock, no contamination. ### Clean, Fresh Chip Chip is never older than a few days when it leaves us. Fresh, fragrant and ideal for mulching. ### Professional Chipping Equipment Tracked and towable chippers up to 9-inch capacity. Far faster and safer than DIY hire kit. ### On-Site Chipping Service Got your own brash pile from DIY tree work or storm damage? We can come and chip it on site for you. ### No Bonfires, No Skips Sustainable, neighbour-friendly disposal. Avoids statutory nuisance complaints and skip-hire costs. ## Uses for Wood Chip — and How to Apply It Garden mulch is the most common use. A 75–100mm layer of fresh wood chip over flower beds and around shrubs suppresses weeds, retains soil moisture and gradually breaks down to feed the soil. Keep the chip clear of stems and trunks (a 5–10cm gap) to avoid bark rot. Pathway surfacing is the second-most common use. Wood chip makes a soft, free-draining, sustainable path surface — ideal for woodland walks, allotment paths and informal garden routes. Top up annually as the chip composts down. Children's play areas and natural climbing zones use a deeper chip layer (200mm+) as impact-attenuating surfacing. Standards exist for accredited play surfacing — domestic garden installations don't need to meet these but a deep, well-maintained chip layer is significantly safer than bare ground. Equestrian use: wood chip can be used for menage surfacing, gateway hardstanding and stable bedding (for the right horse — some animals are sensitive to certain species). Free delivery makes this an affordable bulk material for smallholders. Composting: fresh chip is high in carbon and benefits from being mixed with nitrogen-rich material (grass clippings, manure, kitchen waste) to compost down within 12–18 months into a useful soil conditioner. Stand-alone chip piles take 2–3 years to break down. Note on species: most wood chip from broadleaved trees is suitable for general garden use. We avoid delivering chip from yew (toxic to livestock) or laurel (releases cyanide as it breaks down) for animal-grazing applications. Always tell us if the chip is destined for animal use. If you'd like the chip from your own tree job kept on site, just say so when you book — we'll tip it where you want and rake it level. There's no extra charge for this on jobs we are already carrying out. For larger commercial sites we can supply walking-floor lorry loads (around 60–80 cubic metres) of chip. Useful for landscape contractors, estate managers and large biomass projects. ## Frequently Asked Questions Can I really get free wood chip delivered? How much wood chip is in a load? Can you keep the wood chip from my own tree job? Do you charge for on-site chipping of my brash pile? What kind of trees does the chip come from? Is the wood chip composted or fresh? 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