Overview
Service availability
Long Distance Moves is available in 62 West Midlands towns
We cover the B, CV, DY, WV, WS, WR postcode areas daily and the wider ST, TF, SY, HR districts on scheduled runs. Same-week slots are usual, next-day is common outside peak weekends, and every job is confirmed in writing with a fixed price before a crew is booked.
Long Distance Moves across the West Midlands
The West Midlands sits at the centre of the motorway network, which makes long-distance moves from here unusually predictable — and unusually easy to price badly. M6 and M5 congestion between 06:00 and 09:30 can add ninety minutes to a southbound run, and an hourly quote simply passes that risk to you.
We quote long-distance work as a fixed job. The price covers the crew, the vehicle, fuel, tolls, driver hours and, where distance requires it, an overnight — so a Birmingham to Edinburgh move costs what the quote said even if the M6 at Shap is closed.
Most long-distance moves are single-crew and door to door: the same team loads in the West Midlands and unloads at the far end, so nothing is transhipped between vehicles. Where a completion gap exists, we hold your load in secure, inventoried storage rather than leaving it on a van overnight.
The survey matters more on a long run than a local one, because the far end is the part you cannot check. We ask for photographs or a video walk-through of the destination — access width, parking, lift booking, whether a 7.5t vehicle can physically reach the door — and size the vehicle to the tighter of the two ends, not the easier one.
What's included
Fixed door-to-door price
Fuel, tolls, driver hours and any statutory overnight built into one figure agreed in writing before the move.
Single crew end to end
The team that wraps and loads your home is the team that unloads it — no depot transfer, no shared-load damage risk.
Full inventory
Every carton and item is numbered and checked off at delivery, with a signed condition report both ends.
Overnight secure storage
Containerised, alarmed storage for completion gaps, billed by the week with no minimum term.
Driver-hours compliant scheduling
Long runs are planned around tachograph rules so your delivery slot is realistic, not optimistic.
Extended transit cover
Goods-in-transit insurance that stays in force across the whole journey and any storage period.
Destination access check
We verify parking, lift booking and vehicle size limits at the far end before the vehicle is allocated.
Live tracking and arrival calls
You get the crew's number, a tracked vehicle and a call at the halfway point so the far end is not a guess.
Transparent pricing
Long Distance Moves prices in the West Midlands
| Job | Price | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands → London / South East | from £780 | 2–3 bed, 3 movers, same-day delivery |
| West Midlands → South West / North West | from £890 | 2–3 bed, same-day where loading finishes by noon |
| West Midlands → Scotland / far North | from £1,250 | Usually load day one, deliver day two |
| Secure storage between dates | from £22/week | Per container, inventoried and alarmed |
| Single-room or part load | from £340 | Shared vehicle to a delivery window rather than a fixed day |
| Second delivery address | from £95 | Where part of the load goes to family or a storage unit en route |
Prices are indicative regional starting points and are confirmed in writing before anything is booked. Town-level prices are shown on each area page below.
Local knowledge that changes the job
Timing a move out of the motorway box
Almost every long-distance load from this region joins the M6, M5, M42 or M40 within twenty minutes. Southbound to London and the Thames Valley we load early and are past the M42/M40 junction before the peak; northbound to Manchester, Leeds and Scotland we avoid the 07:00–09:00 M6 Junctions 8–10 crawl entirely, which is worth an hour on arrival.
For customers inside the Birmingham Clean Air Zone we stage the load with a compliant vehicle, so there is no charge and no last-minute vehicle swap on a residential street. Where the run starts north of the city we often price the M6 Toll in deliberately: the fee is smaller than the cost of an extra crew hour spent stationary at Spaghetti Junction.
Completion gaps and storage
Chains in this region frequently leave a one to three day gap between exchange and key release, especially where a new-build handover in Solihull, Dickens Heath or the Coventry fringe slips. We plan for that rather than treating it as a crisis: your load goes into containerised storage at our nearest facility, inventoried, and is delivered the moment keys are confirmed.
Storage is billed weekly with no minimum term, and part-loads can be released early if you need the essential cartons before the rest of the house.
Loading out of the region's tightest streets
A long run is only as good as the first hour. Blue-brick entries in Bilston, Cradley Heath and Smethwick, permit-only Victorian terraces around Moseley and Kings Heath, and canal-side apartment blocks with a booked goods lift all decide whether a vehicle is loaded by 10am or 1pm — and on a 250-mile day that difference lands at the far end.
So the plan starts at the kerb. Where a council bay suspension is needed we identify the scheme at survey — Birmingham, Coventry, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton each run their own with three to ten working days' notice — and where one is not possible we add a shuttle van so the long-haul vehicle is loaded from the nearest legal stopping point.
Relocations, universities and job moves
A large share of long-distance work out of this region is career-driven: NHS rotations out of the Queen Elizabeth and University Hospital Coventry, academic posts moving between Aston, Warwick and universities elsewhere, and corporate relocations from the Colmore Row and Birmingham Business Park offices. Those moves usually have a hard start date and a soft housing date, which is exactly the case storage is for.
If your employer is paying, we invoice the company directly and supply the itemised inventory and insurance certificates most relocation policies require. Tell us at survey and we format the paperwork that way from the start rather than reissuing it afterwards.
Check your postcode
Is Long Distance Moves covered where you live?
We cover every postcode area in the map below. Type your postcode and we'll take you straight to the page for your town, with local pricing and the access notes our fitters use.
Postcode areas we cover
Tap an area to list its towns. Using a keyboard? Tab to the first area, move between areas with the arrow keys (Home and End jump to the first and last), then press Enter or Space to show or hide that area's towns.
Enter the first part of your postcode, e.g. B93 or CV5, then press Enter.
Long Distance Moves by town — all 62 West Midlands areas
Every town has its own page with local pricing, access notes and the practical detail our crews expect to find on the ground.
Birmingham, West Midlands
- Long Distance Moves in AstonB6
- Long Distance Moves in Kings HeathB14
- Long Distance Moves in BournvilleB30
- Long Distance Moves in Alum RockB8
- Long Distance Moves in LadywoodB16
- Long Distance Moves in Selly OakB29
- Long Distance Moves in ErdingtonB23
- Long Distance Moves in HarborneB17
- Long Distance Moves in MoseleyB13
- Long Distance Moves in EdgbastonB15
- Long Distance Moves in Sutton ColdfieldB72
Dudley, West Midlands
Herefordshire
Sandwell, West Midlands
Shropshire
Solihull, West Midlands
Staffordshire
Walsall, West Midlands
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
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Other West Midlands services
Most jobs in the region touch more than one trade — a tenancy clean before a move, an assembly visit after a delivery, or an office contract that needs both. These hubs price each side properly.
Cleaning across the West Midlands
Domestic and specialist cleaning priced per job, from Birmingham terraces to Coventry new-builds.
- Cleaning services — The full regional cleaning index.
- End of tenancy cleaning — Deposit-standard cleans with an inventory-clerk checklist.
- Regular domestic cleaning — Weekly and fortnightly slots with the same cleaner.
- One-off deep cleaning — Top-to-bottom reset for kitchens, bathrooms and neglected rooms.
- After builders cleaning — Plaster dust, silicone smears and paint spots removed.
- Carpet cleaning — Hot-water extraction for wool, synthetic and rented carpets.
Handyman & assembly across the West Midlands
Insured trades for fixing, mounting and assembly — with the wall-type notes each area actually needs.
- Handyman services — The full regional handyman index.
- Flat-pack assembly — Wardrobes, beds and units built and levelled.
- IKEA assembly — PAX, BILLY and KALLAX runs, anchored to the wall.
- TV mounting — Brick, dot-and-dab and stud walls done properly.
- Shelf installation — Floating and bracketed shelving, load-rated.
- Bed assembly — Divans, ottomans and bunk frames.
Commercial & office work
Out-of-hours contracts and business moves across the Birmingham, Solihull and Coventry business parks.
- Commercial cleaning — Contract cleaning with keyholding and audit sheets.
- Office cleaning — Daily or evening desk, kitchen and washroom rounds.
- Office removals — Weekend relocations with crate hire and IT decommissioning.
- Clearance services — Licensed waste carriers with transfer notes.
- Disinfection cleaning — EN 14476 fogging and touch-point rounds with a certificate.
Long Distance Moves in the West Midlands — FAQs
Q1.How much is a long distance move from Birmingham?
Birmingham to London or the South East starts around £780 for a 2–3 bed home, the South West and North West around £890, and Scotland from £1,250. All are fixed prices including fuel, tolls and driver hours.
Q2.Will my belongings be moved to another van?
No. Long-distance jobs are single-crew, single-vehicle door to door, so nothing is transhipped at a depot. That removes the main cause of long-distance damage and loss.
Q3.Can you deliver the next day if my completion is delayed?
Yes. We hold the load in containerised secure storage and deliver as soon as keys are confirmed, billed weekly with no minimum term.
Q4.Do you move to Scotland and the far South West?
Yes — regularly. Anything over roughly 300 miles is planned as a two-day job to stay inside driver-hours rules, with the load remaining sealed on the vehicle or in secure storage overnight.
Q5.Is packing included?
It is an add-on. Most long-distance customers take at least a partial pack for kitchens and breakables, because a professionally packed carton survives 200 motorway miles far better than a self-packed one.
Q6.Can I move just one room rather than a whole house?
Yes — that travels as a part load on a shared vehicle from around £340, which is far cheaper than a dedicated run. The trade-off is a delivery window of a few days rather than a date you choose, so it suits a student or job relocation better than a chain completion.
Q7.What happens if the motorway closes or the crew runs out of hours?
The price does not change. Tachograph rules cap the driving day, so if the M6 or M5 shuts we either take the planned rest and deliver the next morning or route around it — the load stays sealed and insured either way and you get a call as soon as we know.
Q8.Will you deal with my employer's relocation paperwork?
Yes. We invoice the company directly where a relocation package covers the move and supply the itemised inventory, goods-in-transit certificate and public liability documents most HR policies ask for. Flag it at survey so the quote is issued in the right name.
Get a fixed price for long distance moves today
Tell us the job and your town and we'll confirm the price, the crew and the slot in writing — from £780 per move.