Scrap My Car in Cornwall

Typical scrap car offers by town in Cornwall

Where you are in Cornwall matters: the typical best offer ran from £100 in Helston to £144 in Torpoint. Towns with at least 10 enquiries in the last two years:

More Cornwall town pages:

• Launceston

What scrap cars are worth in Cornwall

Typical best offers in Cornwall have been lower than the UK figure: £128 against £167 across all our enquiries. Older, smaller and non-running cars pull the figure down, so a newer or complete car can do noticeably better. Half of all Cornwall offers landed between £100 and £152.

Cars that still drive and non-runners got much the same typical offer (£125 against £129). Damaged cars typically got £140, against £126 for undamaged cars. Diesels typically got £140, against £120 for petrol cars. Over the last 12 months the typical best offer in Cornwall was £100 (47 enquiries), down from £132 in the 12 months before (296 enquiries).

Age and mileage: what they did to offers in Cornwall

The typical car we priced in Cornwall was 18 years old with about 125,000 miles on the clock. Age made little difference in Cornwall: typical offers stayed between £125 and £142 across every band. Cars with over 160,000 miles typically got the most, £140, against £112 for cars with under 80,000 miles. That isn't a reward for miles: 80% of the Cornwall cars over 160,000 miles were diesels (against 48% overall), usually bigger cars and vans with more value in parts and metal.

Recent offers across Cornwall (to Oct 2026)

The cars we're asked to scrap in Cornwall

Ford was the make we priced most often in Cornwall (50 enquiries), followed by Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Peugeot and Citroen. 50% of the vehicles we priced in Cornwall were non-runners, so a car that won't start is normal here; it is collected by recovery truck. 15% came with accident or other damage. Petrol cars made up 52% of enquiries where we knew the fuel type, diesel 48%.

Models priced most often:

• Ford Focus 16
• Ford Fiesta 16
• MINI 16
• Vauxhall Astra 15
• Vauxhall Corsa 10
• Peugeot 207 9
• Volkswagen Passat 9
• Volkswagen Polo 8

Collection across Cornwall

Collection is free from anywhere in Cornwall. In the last two years we priced cars from 32 postcode districts. 50 drivers across Cornwall accepted an offer and booked a collection. Enquiries peaked in November and February.

Busiest postcode districts

Licensed scrap yards in our network in Cornwall

Environment Agency public register (12 of 16 shown). We pass enquiries to these yards when no regular collector covers the area.