Decorative stone, aggregates, grab hire and muck away in Sutton Coldfield.

Sutton Coldfield is about twenty minutes from the yard, mostly via the A452 through Streetly. The plots out here are bigger than most places we cover, which means most jobs end up as a craned bulk bag onto a long drive rather than a tipper backed up to the kerb. Cotswold, golden flint and plum slate are the regulars on local driveways. Mere Green, Four Oaks, Walmley and Wylde Green all routine work.

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Drive time
About 20 minutes
A452 through Aldridge and Streetly.
Postcodes
B72 to B76
Plus B74 across Four Oaks and Streetly.
Most popular drop
HIAB bulk bag
Bigger gardens, longer drives, fewer wheelbarrows.
Typical material
Cotswold & flint
Period properties favour warmer stone tones.

Sutton Coldfield, decorative country

Bigger gardens, smarter drops

Sutton Coldfield is the part of our patch where decorative stone outsells construction aggregate. Front drives that wrap around to side passages, rear gardens with planted borders, long shared private roads near Sutton Park. The HIAB-equipped flatbed earns its keep here. A bag of Cotswold lifted twenty feet over a hedge is a normal Tuesday.

  • HIAB by defaultBigger plots, deeper gardens, longer drives. The crane saves the block paving and saves you the wheelbarrow.
  • All five decorative lines stockedCotswold, golden flint, plum slate, Staffordshire pink and decorative grey on the ground at the yard.
  • Coverage advice before you bookTell us the area and depth, we will talk you out of under-ordering. A second drop is more expensive than getting it right first time.

Services in Sutton Coldfield

Decorative-led, but everything is on offer

All five lines run into B72 to B76. The mix tilts toward decorative and bagged here.

Drives, gardens, borders

Decorative Stone Sutton Coldfield

Bulk bags landed in front and rear gardens across Mere Green, Four Oaks, Walmley and Wylde Green. Cotswold, flint, slate, pink and grey.

See the range Trade and groundworks

Aggregates Sutton Coldfield

MOT Type 1 sub-base for new drives, ballast and sand for builders, top soil for garden re-levels and landscape design.

See aggregates Muck and rubble

Grab Hire Sutton Coldfield

Six- and eight-wheel grabs for drive removals, garden clearances and extension digs. Up to six metres reach over the wall.

See grab hire Dig-outs and groundworks

Muck Away Sutton Coldfield

Soil, hardcore and mixed spoil cleared from extensions, basement digs and large garden re-shapes. Licensed disposal, full transfer notes.

See muck away

Around Sutton Coldfield

Typical jobs across B72 to B76

Three from a usual week.

Four Oaks / Mere Green

Cotswold front drive

Two bulk bags of Cotswold chippings craned in over a high garden wall, plus Type 1 underneath. Classic period-house drive in a single morning.

Walmley / Wylde Green

Plum slate borders and beds

Single 850kg bag landed by HIAB near the side gate. Used for planted borders, water features and contemporary garden design.

Streetly / Hill Hook

Extension dig and clear

Rear extension footings. Eight-wheel grab to take the spoil, tipper backloaded with Type 1 for the new oversite.

How it arrives

Picked to suit the plot

Most Sutton drops are bagged. Bigger builds go loose.

850kg · HIAB

Bulk bag by crane

The standard drop for Sutton. Reaches up to six metres in from the kerb so the bag lands close to where the stone is being laid.

1–20 tonnes · Loose

Loose by the tonne

For larger landscape projects with the room to tip into a stockpile. Six- or eight-wheel tippers.

Yard pickup

Collect from Walsall

Twenty minutes back via the A452. Trade or homeowner, no minimum on weighbridge tickets.

Bordering Sutton Coldfield

Just outside B72 to B76

Useful alternatives if your postcode is on the fringe.

Walsall (the yard) Birmingham Lichfield Tamworth Solihull Cannock See all 15 areas

Sutton Coldfield, answered

Common questions from Sutton Coldfield customers

Which decorative stone suits a Sutton Coldfield driveway?

For period properties around Four Oaks, Mere Green and the original Sutton Park edge, Cotswold chippings or golden flint match the brick and stone better than the cooler tones. For newer builds in Walmley, Wylde Green and Boldmere, plum slate and decorative grey are the popular contemporary picks. We can post photos of the bags so you can compare in daylight before you commit.

How fast can you deliver here?

About twenty minutes from the yard via the A452. Most B72 to B76 jobs go same-day if booked by 11am. Bulk-bag deliveries by HIAB run on a next-day routed schedule.

Can the HIAB reach over a high garden wall?

Up to about six metres in from the kerb, yes. Most Sutton front drives and side passages are comfortably inside that range. We will check the reach on the call before we send the lorry.

How deep should I lay decorative gravel on a drive?

For a path or border, 40 to 50mm is fine. For a drive that gets vehicle traffic, 50 to 75mm minimum on top of a compacted Type 1 sub-base. A 1-tonne bag of 14 to 20mm decorative chippings covers around 12 to 14 square metres at 50mm.

Can you take old slabs and rubble away as well?

Yes. Most decorative drive change-outs go on a backload booking. The grab arrives with the new stone, tips it, then loads up the old slabs and the spoil and heads back to the yard. One ticket.

Do you work with landscape designers and gardeners on regular jobs?

Yes. A standing arrangement makes sense if you're doing more than one Sutton garden a month — we keep slots locked in and hold fixed haulage rates so you can price jobs without checking each time.

Are you a licensed waste carrier?

Yes, Environment Agency Upper Tier. CHAS and FORS Silver. Licence number printed on every transfer note.

Get a price

Same-day quotes. Same-day collections

Tell us the postcode, the material, the access. We come back with a fixed price and a tipping ticket process you can audit. No brokers, no creative line items at month-end.

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