Scrap metal collection and buying in Leigh
Leigh has a long history of making cable, and its firms still produce plenty of scrap metal. We buy it from businesses in Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley, Lowton and Golborne.
- Licensed dealerA Wigan Council scrap metal site licence, on the public register.
- Paid by bank transferStraight into your account, with a weight and grade record for each load.
- Graded, not lumped inEach metal priced for what it is, not as the cheapest thing in the pile.
- Paperwork doneWaste transfer notes for every collection, so your records stay complete.
Cable is part of Leigh’s past. In 1944, workers at the town’s Anchor Cable Works, later part of BICC, were photographed stripping the insulation from scrap cable so the metal could be used again. BICC’s former cable factory on West Bridgewater Street is now Bridgewater Business Park. The lesson still holds: the copper inside cable is worth recovering when it is sorted and sold properly.
Resilient Contracting buys scrap cable, copper, brass, aluminium, stainless and steel across the east of the Wigan borough, collecting from your unit or your job and paying by bank transfer. Electricians, plumbers, heating engineers and small fabricators often hold more saleable metal than they realise, so send us photos and we’ll tell you how to sort it.
What we buy in Leigh
Scrap we buy from Leigh businesses
Cable, copper, brass, stainless, swarf and steel, collected from sites in Leigh and the estates around it, graded and paid by bank transfer.
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Scrap cable
SWA and power cable, copper and aluminium conductor runs, rewire offcuts and whole drums, sorted by type and paid for by bank transfer. Find out more -
Scrap copper
Bright wire, heavy copper, tube, pipe and mixed copper, each grade kept apart so you are paid for what it really is. Find out more -
Scrap stainless steel
Industrial stainless from plant, ducting, tanks and fabrication, sorted by grade so its nickel content counts. Find out more -
Scrap aluminium
Extrusions, sections, sheet, castings and turnings, kept clean and separate from steel and plastics. Find out more -
Scrap brass
Brass fittings, valves, castings and turnings, with steel and plastic parts removed so the brass is not downgraded. Find out more -
Scrap lead
Sheet lead, flashing and pipe from roofing, refurbishment and strip-out work, bought with full ID checks. Find out more -
Swarf recycling
Turnings and chips from lathes and machining centres, bought by metal, drained of coolant and collected in bins or skips. Find out more -
Scrap steel and iron
Structural steel, plate, cast iron, machinery and mixed ferrous scrap from industry, demolition and site clearance. Find out more -
Strip-out and decommissioning scrap
Plant rooms, stainless ducting, steelwork and cable runs from strip-outs and decommissioning, segregated on site and paid for. Find out more -
Scrap metal collection
Cages, bins, bulk bags and roll-on roll-off skips for business and trade scrap, collected, weighed, graded and paid for. Find out more -
Commercial waste brokerage
General waste, recycling, cardboard and the rest of your site’s waste arranged through registered collectors, alongside your scrap. Find out more
Where we collect in and around Leigh
Industrial estates and business areas we cover, including:
- Bridgewater Business Park
- Brewery Lane
- Mather Lane
- Platt Fold Street
- English Street
- Atherton
- Bolton Road, Atherton
- Tyldesley
- Mort Lane
- Lower Green Lane
- Astley Park Industrial Estate
- Chaddock Lane
- Bickershaw
- Lowton Business Park
- Golborne Enterprise Park
Not on the list? Call 01942 906041 with your postcode.
Bolt works, winding engines and the units that followed
Atherton had eight nut and bolt makers by 1853, and the Collier Brook Bolt Works on Bag Lane, dating from 1856, is now listed. At Astley Green, the colliery’s 3,300 horsepower Yates & Thom winding engine and 1912 headgear survive as a museum. Today the metal comes from smaller places, such as the employment areas on Mort Lane and Lower Green Lane in Tyldesley, Bolton Road in Atherton and the Astley Park estate off Chaddock Lane.
In Leigh itself, Bridgewater Business Park and the streets around Brewery Lane and Mather Lane hold trade and workshop units. Towards the M6 are the refurbished Lowton Business Park on Newton Road and the 21 units of Golborne Enterprise Park on Kid Glove Road. For firms this size, a lockable cage suits cable and copper best, because both attract thieves.
How it works
From a phone call to money in the bank
Say what the metal is and give us a rough weight or a skip size. A photo or two speeds it up. You will know how it will be priced before anything moves.
Call or send photos
What the metal is, how it is mixed, roughly how much and where it is. A few photos usually tell us most of it.
Collection arranged
A one-off pick-up, or cages, bins or a skip on site so it can be kept apart as it comes out.
Weighed and graded
Each metal is weighed and graded for what it is, so clean copper is not paid as mixed scrap.
Paid by bank transfer
Payment against the weights and grades, with a waste transfer note for the load.
Where should our Atherton firm keep its scrap cable?
Off the van and under lock. A lockable cage inside a unit or a secure yard is far safer than a van or an open skip. Keep armoured, unarmoured copper and data cable in separate bags or sections of the cage, with no general rubbish in it. When the cage is full, call us: we collect, grade each type and pay by bank transfer.
We’re clearing out an old mill building in Leigh. What metal is worth recovering?
Often more than you’d expect. Redundant cast iron pipe and radiators, steel from old mezzanines and extensions, copper cable, lead flashing and brass fittings all have a scrap value. Keep each metal apart as it comes out. Leave lagged pipework alone until it has been checked for asbestos, and tell us about anything that held oil before it is cut up.
How do I get today’s price for my scrap?
Call 01942 906041 or send us a few photos through the quote form with a rough weight or volume. Scrap prices follow the metals markets and change from day to day, so we price on what you actually have at the time, by grade, rather than quoting a figure that could be out of date tomorrow.
How will we be paid? Can you pay cash?
By bank transfer. Paying cash for scrap metal has been illegal in England and Wales since the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, so any dealer still offering cash is breaking the law. You get a record of what was weighed, the grade and the price, so the payment is easy to reconcile in your accounts.
Do you collect from site?
Yes. We arrange collections from business and trade sites, and can leave cages, bins, bulk bags or a roll-on roll-off skip on site so metals are kept apart as they come out. Tell us what you produce and how much, and we will suggest the right set-up and collection frequency.
Nearby areas we cover
We buy and collect scrap across Wigan and the North West.
- WiganOur home town
- Bolton10 miles from our Martland Park site
- Warrington12 miles from our Martland Park site
- St Helens7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Salford17 miles from our Martland Park site
- Skelmersdale4 miles from our Martland Park site
- Bury16 miles from our Martland Park site
- Manchester19 miles from our Martland Park site
- Chorley7 miles from our Martland Park site
- Preston14 miles from our Martland Park site
- Liverpool16 miles from our Martland Park site
Sell your scrap
Sell your scrap in Leigh
Tell us what metal you have at your Leigh site, roughly how much and when it is ready. Photos help. We will come back with how it will be priced and collected.
- Call 01942 906041For today’s price and a collection
- Emailinfo@resilient-contracting.co.uk
- Our siteUnit 11 Otterswood Square, Martland Park, Wigan WN5 0LF