Scrap My Car in Kent

Typical scrap car offers by town in Kent

Where you are in Kent matters: the typical best offer ran from £182 in Sandwich to £234 in Whitstable. Towns with at least 10 enquiries in the last two years:

More Kent town pages:

• Maidstone
• Gillingham
• Sheerness

What scrap cars are worth in Kent

Offers across Kent have run above the UK figure: a typical best offer of £216 against £167 across all our enquiries. Half of all Kent offers landed between £186 and £250.

Cars that still drive and non-runners got much the same typical offer (£216 against £218). Undamaged cars and damaged cars got much the same typical offer (£216 against £218). Diesels typically got £235, against £199 for petrol cars. Over the last 12 months the typical best offer in Kent was £210 (179 enquiries), down from £220 in the 12 months before (471 enquiries).

Age and mileage: what they did to offers in Kent

The typical car we priced in Kent was 17 years old with about 119,000 miles on the clock. Cars under 12 years old typically got the most, £238, against £212 for cars 20 years and over. Cars with over 160,000 miles typically got the most, £234, against £180 for cars with under 80,000 miles. That isn't a reward for miles: 78% of the Kent cars over 160,000 miles were diesels (against 45% overall), usually bigger cars and vans with more value in parts and metal.

Recent offers across Kent (to Oct 2026)

The cars we're asked to scrap in Kent

Vauxhall was the make we priced most often in Kent (106 enquiries), followed by Ford, Volkswagen, Peugeot and Citroen. 50% of the vehicles we priced in Kent were non-runners, so a car that won't start is normal here; it is collected by recovery truck. 14% came with accident or other damage. Petrol cars made up 55% of enquiries where we knew the fuel type, diesel 45%.

Models priced most often:

• Vauxhall Astra 30
• Vauxhall Corsa 25
• Ford Fiesta 23
• Ford Focus 23
• Volkswagen Golf 22
• Vauxhall Zafira 22
• Citroen C4 20
• Peugeot 207 15

Collection across Kent

Collection is free from anywhere in Kent. In the last two years we priced cars from 32 postcode districts. 115 drivers across Kent accepted an offer and booked a collection. Enquiries peaked in November and December.

Busiest postcode districts

Licensed scrap yards in our network in Kent

Environment Agency public register. We pass enquiries to these yards when no regular collector covers the area.