Found asbestos in a Telford home? Start here

Telford is a new town built on top of old ones. Dawley was designated in 1963, the wider Telford area in 1968, and the estates that fill the gaps between Wellington, Oakengates, Dawley, Madeley and Ironbridge went up through the late 1960s and 1970s: Woodside, Sutton Hill, Brookside, Malinslee, Stirchley, Hollinswood and Randlay. Those years are the peak of asbestos use in British housing. Asbestos cement roofing and soffits, insulating board in heating cupboards and behind boilers, and textured ceiling coatings were all normal in new build then, and the council’s own page puts the common period for asbestos cement products in the home at 1930 to 1980. The older terraces in Wellington, Oakengates and the Ironbridge Gorge tend to hold the lower risk materials that came in with later refits. The new town estates are where the higher risk products are most likely to be. The rules follow the material, not the age of the house, so identify it before you decide who to ring.

Every HSE licensed asbestos contractor with a Shropshire address

There are two firms holding a licence with a Shropshire address. A trade association list shows subscribers, not the whole licensed trade, so it can be shorter than this one. This is the full licensed set, straight from the register.

Every firm on this list holds a standard licence, which is the type that covers removal work.

Three things about the Telford list worth knowing

• One of the two firms is in Telford itself. The other is on the edge of Shrewsbury, about fifteen miles west along the M54 and A5. The address in the table is where the office is, not how far the firm will travel.
• The West Midlands conurbation is closer than most of Shropshire. Wolverhampton is twenty minutes down the M54, and the sixteen licence holders based in the West Midlands quote for Telford work as a matter of routine. In practice you have a bigger choice than a list this short suggests.
• Telford and Wrekin is a separate council from Shropshire. Shropshire Council does not run Telford’s tips or its environmental health service. Telford and Wrekin Council does both, which matters for the disposal rules below.

Getting rid of asbestos in Telford

Telford and Wrekin Council takes household asbestos at both of its recycling centres, Halesfield 1 and Hortonwood 50, but you cannot just turn up with it. You have to phone in advance to arrange the visit: 0203 567 6470 on weekdays and 0203 567 6482 at weekends, both 9am to 5pm. The sites list asbestos under special rules, and the council’s asbestos page recommends hiring a licensed contractor to remove and dispose of it rather than doing it yourself. Its advice on asbestos cement in good condition is to leave it where it is, and on damaged material to consider sealing or enclosing it before removal. Waste from a contractor’s job is business waste and is not accepted through the household booking. The council’s recycling A to Z entry for asbestos has the booking numbers, and its asbestos guidance page was last updated in July 2026.

Who checks the work in Telford

Wherever it happens, licensed removal is notified to the HSE and the HSE inspects it. For shops, offices and the warehouses on Halesfield, Hortonwood and Stafford Park, the enforcing body for the duty to manage asbestos is either the HSE or Telford and Wrekin Council’s Environmental Protection team, depending on the type of premises. The council takes asbestos complaints and enquiries through its online portal. A tenant’s first call is the landlord, because the legal duty is the landlord’s.

The West Midlands and the mesothelioma figures

Telford’s exposure came from two directions. The Ironbridge Gorge and the Coalbrookdale works were heavy industry for two centuries, and then the new town added twenty years of building on top. The trades that built the estates, the schools and the factory units used asbestos throughout. A mesothelioma rate measured now is a record of exposure forty years ago, so it reflects that building period.

The West Midlands records 45.8 asbestos related mesothelioma deaths per million men, below the Great Britain figure of 55.9 and one of the lower regional rates. Figures from the HSE’s mesothelioma statistics for Great Britain.

What asbestos removal in Telford is likely to cost

Telford sits in the Midlands labour band, so expect prices below London and the South East. Access is on your side. New town houses have drives, gardens and detached or terraced garages, so the typical Telford job, a cement garage roof or a length of soffit board, is straightforward access work. Where costs climb is inside the house, because insulating board in a heating cupboard is licensed work and has to be notified to the HSE fourteen days before it starts. For the wider picture, see what asbestos removal costs across the UK, and where the published price guides disagree.

Asbestos removal in Telford: questions people ask

Will the council remove asbestos from my house?

No. Telford and Wrekin Council does not remove asbestos for homeowners. It takes household asbestos at Halesfield and Hortonwood by prior arrangement only, which is covered above.

Can I take asbestos to the tip in Telford?

Yes, at either Halesfield 1 or Hortonwood 50, but only after you have phoned to book it in. Arrive without a booking and the site will turn you away. Waste from a contractor’s job is not accepted at all.

Do I always need a licensed contractor?

Not for every material. The law treats some lower risk asbestos cement as non-licensed work, while insulating board, pipe lagging and sprayed coatings must go to a firm holding a standard licence. The safe move is to have the material identified by a lab first, so you know which rules apply before anyone touches it. See our guide to what an asbestos survey costs.

How many licensed contractors are near me?

2 hold a current licence with a Shropshire address, in Telford and Shrewsbury. Firms based in the West Midlands and Staffordshire also work across Telford, so your real choice is wider than the table.

Getting a quote from a Telford contractor

The firms above quote for this work routinely, and so do firms in the neighbouring counties. To widen the field, see the licensed contractors covering Wolverhampton and the West Midlands and Stoke and Staffordshire.

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