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Brakeyard — scrap car collection, Huddersfield

Bargate Yard · Linthwaite · HD1 to HD9

We buy cars in any condition.

A working yard in Linthwaite, not a call centre. Free collection across every HD postcode, and the money is in your account before your car goes on the truck.

  • A white Skoda Superb estate winched onto the bed of a white flatbed recovery truck on a terraced street, with the driver standing at the open cab door
  • A grey BMW 3 Series estate loaded on a flatbed recovery truck in a car park, with a block of flats behind
  • A dark blue Skoda Rapid on the back of a flatbed recovery truck on a residential street of semi-detached houses
  • A silver BMW 3 Series on a trailer at the yard, with a member of staff tightening the ratchet strap over a wheel

What's your car worth?

Thirty seconds. Somebody from the yard looks at it and rings you back with a firm price — no bots, and no haggling on the driveway.

  • Free collection, all HD postcodes
  • Paid on the spot — bank transfer or card
  • No MOT, no tax, no keys, will not start: still fine

No obligation. Your details go to the yard and nowhere else — we are not a lead broker.

Any car, any condition.

Damaged, broken, spares or repair, or simply worn out. The awkward jobs are most of what comes through the gate.

  • MOT failures

    Failed on something that costs more to fix than the car is worth.

  • Non-runners

    Will not start, seized, no keys, blown engine, gearbox gone.

  • Damaged & write-offs

    Crash damaged, fire, flood, Cat A, B, S or N.

  • Vans & 4x4s

    Transit, Sprinter, Vivaro, pickups and 4x4s.

  • Cars that still drive

    Still has a ticket but costing more than it is worth.

  • Any make, any model

    Japanese, German, French, prestige, LPG, hybrid and electric.

Leave it complete and it is worth more. People sometimes strip the valuable bits first and are surprised the figure drops. Sell it as it stands and you will get more for it.

Four steps, usually inside a day.

Start to finish, this is the whole thing. There is no stage where we ask you to post a document, drive it somewhere or wait in for a window.

  1. STEP 1

    Send the registration

    Your registration and your postcode, and nothing else. No account to make, no forty questions, no waiting for an email that never comes.

  2. STEP 2

    We ring you with a price

    Not a computer guess. Somebody from the yard looks at what the car actually is, then calls you back the same day with a figure that will not change on the driveway.

  3. STEP 3

    We collect it, free

    On a flatbed, from your drive, the roadside or a garage forecourt. It does not have to start, it does not have to roll, and you do not have to be the one who moves it.

  4. STEP 4

    Paid before we load

    Bank transfer or card while the driver is stood in front of you — normally in your account inside a minute. The car only goes on the truck once you have the money.

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Every person who has reviewed us has given five stars.

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Where we collect

HD1 · HD2 · HD3 · HD4 · HD5 · HD6 · HD7 · HD8 · HD9 — the Colne Valley, the Holme Valley and the rest of Huddersfield. Most of these are fifteen minutes from the gate.

Straight answers

How do you pay, and when?
Instant bank transfer or card, on the spot, before your car goes on the truck — it normally lands in under a minute. We cannot pay cash and neither can anyone else: it has been illegal for scrap metal, cars included, since the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, so treat any yard offering it as a warning sign.
Do you only buy cars that are finished?
No. We buy cars that still drive and still have a ticket, as well as cars that will not start. If it is costing you more than it is worth, tell us what it is and we will price it — a car in one piece is worth considerably more than one that has been picked over.
It does not start and it is blocked in. Is that a problem?
No. Tell us when you ring and we will send the right truck. Non-runners, seized brakes, no wheels, up a track — it is the Colne Valley, we have seen it.
How soon can you collect?
Often the same day for the villages near the yard, and normally within twenty-four hours across the HD postcodes. We will give you a real time slot, not a whole-day window.
Do you charge for collection?
No. Collection is free from anywhere we cover, whether the car drives onto the truck or has to be winched.

Sat on your drive doing nothing?

Send the registration and we will tell you what it is worth.