The services
Five trades, one programme.
Surfacing, planing, haulage and sweeping run as one operation here, which is why our contracts do not stall between trades. Every service below stands on its own too.
The record
years on the road
Established 1981
trades, one programme
Surfacing to sweeping
towns covered weekly
Penrith to Barrow
sweeper support
Operated hire, urgent cover
The flagship job
Chosen for Manchester Airport.
When Manchester Airport needs pavement surfacing, Dinsdale Contracts is the contractor it calls. Airfield work is surfacing at its most demanding: tight tolerances, unforgiving inspection, and a hard deadline before the first departure. The same discipline lands on every job we price, from a runway apron to a farm road.
✓ Airfield pavement works · live operations
The night shift
Laid while the county sleeps.
Much of the serious surfacing in Cumbria happens after dark, when a road can be closed, planed, relaid and handed back before the morning traffic. Our crews are certified to National Highways Sector Schemes 16 and 23 and work nights as a matter of routine, from carriageways to airport pavements.
✓ NHSS 16 & 23 · ISO 9001:2015
✓ Machine-laid, real Dinsdale jobAt your house
The same machines build your driveway.
A driveway from a highway contractor gets highway construction: excavation to a designed depth, a compacted sub-base, then machine-laid courses rolled while hot. Written itemised quotes from a site visit, a programmed date, and a site left clean.
Tarmac drivewaysCredentials
Audited, certified, on the record.
All policies and certificates are available on request, in the firm's own long-standing words. Ask and they will be sent over.
Work on the record
Established 1981 with one six wheeler tipper wagon. The same family runs it today, with its own paving, planing, haulage and sweeping plant.
How it goes
Site visit. Written price. Programmed date.
Ring 017683 53222.
Describe the job. If it is urgent, say so and it goes to the front.
We visit, measure, and price it in writing.
Itemised, so you can compare it line by line against anyone.
The work goes in on the programmed date.
Laid, rolled, swept, and handed back clean.
Hold to lay the final course
Open to traffic.
In their words
Clients say it plainer than we could.
“Top quality job off Dinsdale contracts today really pleased with the driveway would highly recommend left the job immaculately clean thanks very much”
“May I personally thank you and your team for the recent works completed in our main depot in Penrith. Regular contact and communications with Site manager Joseph ensured that the job was not only completed to plan but ahead of schedule as well!”
“Thank you for an excellent job on the Kershope Burn Bridge on behalf of CCC - quick and efficient throughout the whole process. As you are aware I have no hesitation in recommending Dinsdale Contracts Ltd.”
Taken from testimonials published by Dinsdale Contracts' clients. References for commercial work are available on request.
Where we work
Based in the Eden Valley, working nationwide.
The yard is at Cross Croft, Appleby-in-Westmorland, and the contracts run wherever the work is: Manchester Airport sits on the same job list as the village lane. These are the Cumbrian towns we cover week in, week out.
Fair questions
Asked before, answered straight.
How do I know you are not the doorstep tarmac lads?
You ring us, we do not knock on doors. The firm has traded from Appleby since 1981, is registered at Companies House, and every job starts with a site visit and a written itemised quote. Policies and certificates are available on request.
How is the price worked out?
From a site visit, in writing, itemised. You see what the excavation, base, materials and laying each cost before you commit, so you can compare it fairly against any other quote.
Do you take on small jobs?
Yes. The firm's own words for forty years: no job is too small or too large. A gateway repair sits in the same diary as an airport pavement.
Will the site be left tidy?
Yes, and it is checked before we leave. Customers mention it in their own words: the job was left immaculately clean.
What do NHSS 16 and 23 actually mean for me?
They are National Highways Sector Schemes, the certification highway authorities require for pavement repair work. For a private client they mean the crews on your job are audited to the standard the public road demands.
Can you do urgent work?
Urgent surface repairs and sweeper callouts are part of the service, including out of hours around night works. Ring 017683 53222 and say it is urgent.
Dusk over the fells · the Dinsdale film
Get it priced
The road ends here.
Ring the office and describe the job. Calls get answered fastest; the form is for after hours or if you would rather set it down in writing.
017683 53222info@dinsdalecontracts.com · Appleby-in-Westmorland