1 man and a van
£45/hour
Driver-porter with a long-wheelbase van. Suits part loads, studios and a single room going abroad.
Salford · M44 · Salford City Council
Door-to-door European removals out of M44 on a dedicated van: £45 an hour for one man and a van, £65 an hour for two movers, £1.50 per mile, 1.5 hours of loading and unloading included and the Channel crossing itemised from £180.
As a worked example, Cadishead to Bilbao is about 999 road miles (278 to the terminal, 721 from Calais) and 20 hours driving — roughly £2,650 with one man and a van, or £3,080 with two movers, typically 2–3 days.

European moves · Cadishead
£45/hr + £1.50/mile
1 man and a van, 1.5 hrs handling included
Moving abroad from Cadishead
A European move from Cadishead is costed the same transparent way as a UK relocation, with one extra line: the Channel crossing. You pay £45 an hour for one man and a van or £65 an hour for two movers, £1.50 per mile on the travelled distance, 1.5 hours of loading and unloading already included, and the Eurotunnel or Dover–Calais ticket shown separately at around £180.
Ship Canal village at Salford's western edge, twinned in daily life with Irlam. We survey the access at both ends before quoting: the floor, the stairwell, the Salford City Council loading rules near The Manchester Ship Canal and Cadishead Moss, and whether the destination street can take a long-wheelbase van at all.
Staying in the UK? Long distance moves from Cadishead use the same rate card without the crossing.
Published rate card
£45/hour
Driver-porter with a long-wheelbase van. Suits part loads, studios and a single room going abroad.
£65/hour
Two-person crew for a flat or a house. Halves the handling time at both ends and protects the crossing slot.
£1.5/mile
Charged one way on the travelled distance and covers fuel, autoroute and motorway tolls and vehicle running costs.
from £180
Eurotunnel from Folkestone or the Dover–Calais ferry for the van and crew, booked in advance and shown as its own line.
Every estimate on this page already includes 1.5 hours of loading and unloading and the crossing. Extra time runs in 15-minute blocks at the same hourly rate — never rounded up to the hour.
Sample routes, measured distances
Measured from the door in Cadishead to the Folkestone terminal, then from Calais to the destination door, at a 50 mph blended average. Handling time (1.5 hrs), mileage at £1.5 and the crossing are already inside every figure.
| Destination | Total miles | Driving | Schedule | 1 man + van | 2 movers + van |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadishead to UtrechtNetherlands · 278 mi to the terminal, 201 mi from Calais | 479 mi | 9.6 hrs | 1–2 days | £1,400 | £1,620 |
| Cadishead to FrankfurtGermany · 278 mi to the terminal, 381 mi from Calais | 659 mi | 13.2 hrs | 2–3 days | £1,830 | £2,125 |
| Cadishead to GenevaSwitzerland · 278 mi to the terminal, 477 mi from Calais | 755 mi | 15.1 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,060 | £2,395 |
| Cadishead to BordeauxFrance · 278 mi to the terminal, 546 mi from Calais | 824 mi | 16.5 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,230 | £2,590 |
| Cadishead to BilbaoSpain · 278 mi to the terminal, 721 mi from Calais | 999 mi | 20 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,650 | £3,080 |
| Cadishead to BolognaItaly · 278 mi to the terminal, 783 mi from Calais | 1061 mi | 21.2 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,795 | £3,250 |
| Cadishead to StockholmSweden · 278 mi to the terminal, 1074 mi from Calais | 1352 mi | 27 hrs | 3–4 days | £3,495 | £4,065 |
| Cadishead to LisbonPortugal · 278 mi to the terminal, 1250 mi from Calais | 1528 mi | 30.6 hrs | 3–4 days | £3,920 | £4,560 |
Prices are estimates from the published rate card, not a quote generated by a black box. Send an inventory and we will hold a fixed door-to-door price.
More destinations we cover
Each figure is the average of the 1-man-and-van and 2-movers-and-van estimate for a standard load, built from the same rate card: £45/hr or £65/hr, £1.5 per mile, 1.5 hrs of loading and unloading and one crossing at £180.
Cadishead to Calais
France · 278 mi · 1–2 days
£990 average estimate
£920 with 1 man and a van · £1,060 with 2 movers · 7.1 billable hrs
Cadishead to Antwerp
Belgium · 418 mi · 1–2 days
£1,355 average estimate
£1,255 with 1 man and a van · £1,455 with 2 movers · 9.9 billable hrs
Cadishead to Luxembourg
Luxembourg · 541 mi · 1–2 days
£1,670 average estimate
£1,545 with 1 man and a van · £1,795 with 2 movers · 12.3 billable hrs
Cadishead to Dusseldorf
Germany · 546 mi · 1–2 days
£1,685 average estimate
£1,560 with 1 man and a van · £1,805 with 2 movers · 12.4 billable hrs
Cadishead to Lyon
France · 757 mi · 2–3 days
£2,230 average estimate
£2,065 with 1 man and a van · £2,395 with 2 movers · 16.6 billable hrs
Cadishead to Munich
Germany · 874 mi · 2–3 days
£2,540 average estimate
£2,350 with 1 man and a van · £2,730 with 2 movers · 19 billable hrs
Cadishead to Milan
Italy · 912 mi · 2–3 days
£2,635 average estimate
£2,435 with 1 man and a van · £2,830 with 2 movers · 19.7 billable hrs
Cadishead to Toulouse
France · 913 mi · 2–3 days
£2,645 average estimate
£2,445 with 1 man and a van · £2,840 with 2 movers · 19.8 billable hrs
Cadishead to Zagreb
Croatia · 1199 mi · 3–4 days
£3,385 average estimate
£3,130 with 1 man and a van · £3,640 with 2 movers · 25.5 billable hrs
Cadishead to Valencia
Spain · 1279 mi · 3–4 days
£3,590 average estimate
£3,320 with 1 man and a van · £3,860 with 2 movers · 27.1 billable hrs
Cadishead to Naples
Italy · 1423 mi · 3–4 days
£3,965 average estimate
£3,665 with 1 man and a van · £4,265 with 2 movers · 30 billable hrs
Cadishead to Tallinn
Estonia · 1613 mi · 3–4 days
£4,465 average estimate
£4,125 with 1 man and a van · £4,800 with 2 movers · 33.8 billable hrs
Do not see your city? We run to every EU country — send the postcode and we will price the exact route from Cadishead.
No hidden maths
Step 1
Measured road miles from your Greater Manchester address to the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone.
Step 2
Measured road miles from Calais to the destination city, added to the UK leg.
Step 3
Total miles converted to driving hours at a blended average that allows for the terminal wait, then the standard loading and unloading allowance is added.
Step 4
£45/hr solo or £65/hr for two movers, plus £1.50 a mile and one crossing at about £180.
The formula: (UK miles + continental miles ÷ 50 mph + 1.5 hrs) × your hourly rate + (total miles × £1.5) + one crossing at £180. A 700-mile run to Paris or Brussels is therefore about 15.5 billable hours plus £1,050 of travel and the ticket.
What the price buys
The team that loads in Cadishead is the team that unloads at your European address. No depot handover, no groupage warehouse, no second set of hands on your furniture.
Eurotunnel from Folkestone or the Dover–Calais ferry, reserved in advance and itemised at about £180 for the van and crew rather than buried in a round number.
Every estimate carries 90 minutes of loading and unloading. Additional time runs in 15-minute blocks at the same hourly rate.
CMR consignment note, an itemised valued inventory and the transfer-of-residence forms your destination country asks for — drafted with you before the van moves.
Double-wall cartons, blankets, wardrobe rails, mattress bags and edge protection travel with every Cadishead load, plus dismantle here and rebuild there.
Goods-in-transit cover and European liability apply from the first lift in Greater Manchester to the last box placed abroad.
Border paperwork, handled
Since 2021 a UK–EU household move is an export. It is routine when the paperwork is right and expensive when it is not, so we prepare it with you before the van leaves Cadishead.
The international road-haulage document that travels with the load. We complete it and you sign it at collection and again at delivery.
A numbered packing list in English with values. It is what customs read and what any insurance claim is settled against, so it is worth an hour of your time.
If you are moving your home rather than shipping goods, most EU states waive duty on used personal effects owned for six months. We tell you which national form applies.
A tenancy agreement, deed or utility bill for the destination address, plus your Greater Manchester address, satisfies most border checks.
Alcohol above personal allowances, plants, seeds, meat, dairy, fuel, gas bottles and aerosols either cannot travel or need a declaration. We flag them at survey.
These move under separate rules and are never carried on the removals van. We will point you to the right carrier rather than take the booking.
Move day, start to finish
Stage 1
A video or on-site survey confirms the inventory, the access and the crew size, and the estimate becomes a fixed door-to-door price with the crossing itemised. Salford City Council loading rules on the M44 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Stage 2
CMR note, valued inventory and any transfer-of-residence form are drafted, checked and signed while the crossing slot is reserved. Local context matters here: the ship canal cut of 1894 split the old mosslands and brought the cws soap works and steel jobs, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Stage 3
Crew arrives inside a one-hour window, protects floors and frames, dismantles beds and flat-pack and loads to an export plan. Local context matters here: the ship canal cut of 1894 split the old mosslands and brought the cws soap works and steel jobs, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Stage 4
Tunnel or ferry with the load sealed on the same vehicle. Nothing is trans-shipped and no one else's furniture joins it. Liverpool Road shops, Cadishead Juniors and mossland walking routes — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Stage 5
The same crew drives the European leg with a tachograph-legal schedule, and you get a delivery window the day before arrival. Booked most often on the M44 streets around The Manchester Ship Canal.
Stage 6
Boxes go to the right rooms, furniture is rebuilt, the CMR is signed off and packing debris leaves with the van. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Cadishead or across to Irlam.
What the fixed price covers
Access, parking and timing
Interwar semis on Liverpool Road, canal-worker terraces near the Ship Canal locks and newer brick estates raised above the mossland water table. That stock, the street it sits on and the Salford City Council rules over it decide how long the day takes — so all three are settled at survey, not on the morning.
Floor and lift, stair turns, parking distance and anything oversized — those four set the price of a European relocation here far more than the M44 postcode does. Show us all four on the video survey and the figure is fixed. Crews run from Salford, so Irlam and Eccles journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
We schedule Cadishead jobs so the loading window sits outside the Salford rush; end-of-month Fridays are the first dates to go, so book those two to three weeks out where you can. Crews run from Salford, so Irlam and Eccles journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Parking is arranged before the date is confirmed: we check the restriction on your street with Salford City Council, book a suspension or a permit bay if the carry would otherwise be long, and tell you at survey what it adds. Booked most often on the M44 streets around The Manchester Ship Canal.
Detached properties usually park the van on the drive, so labour goes into volume rather than carry distance: outbuildings, garden machinery and large-format furniture set the crew size. Local context matters here: the ship canal cut of 1894 split the old mosslands and brought the cws soap works and steel jobs, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Booked here week to week
If one of these looks like yours, say so when you enquire — we will quote it from the closest job we have already done in Salford rather than starting from a blank form.
One man and van, £45/hr
A room or a studio's worth of contents heading abroad at £45 an hour plus mileage, instead of paying a full container rate for half a van. Salford City Council loading rules on the M44 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Crossing itemised
A one- or two-day run: loaded here, through the tunnel the same evening and unloaded at the European address, with the crossing itemised rather than hidden in a round number. With Cadishead drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
Dedicated van
Fixed collection window and a named delivery date you can give a landlord or a university, with the mileage, hours and ferry or tunnel ticket shown as separate lines on the quote. Crews run from Salford, so Irlam and Eccles journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Customs papers included
Two movers at £65 an hour, export-grade cartons, dismantle here and rebuild there, with the CMR note and valued inventory prepared before the van leaves Cadishead. Roughly 4,100 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Send the property size, access notes and dates. Photos of anything awkward in Cadishead — stairs, narrow entries, permit bays — sharpen the price straight away.
You get a written figure for your European move, itemised, normally within a few hours. No survey fee, and no surcharge for travelling to Cadishead.
Morning or afternoon, weekly, fortnightly or one-off. Recurring visits keep the same slot, so Cadishead clients know exactly when the door will go.
The team works to the agreed spec, walks the finished work with you and only closes the job once you're happy. Anything missed, we come back.
A door-to-door European relocation is only worth booking if the crew turns up, prices honestly and finishes the spec. These are the commitments we hold ourselves to in Cadishead.
Slots are planned around Cadishead traffic, permit zones and parking realities, so crews arrive inside the window we promised.
If anything on the a door-to-door European relocation spec is missed, we come back and put it right at no extra cost — that is the whole guarantee.
Cleaning, moving, handyman and clearance all run from the same Cadishead scheduling desk, so a multi-part job needs one booking.
Everyone we send into a Cadishead property is ID-checked, DBS-screened and works under our own supervision — no unvetted subcontracting.
Loading in Salford
Crews load from The Manchester Ship Canal and Cadishead Moss and the streets around it under Salford City Council parking rules, and mileage is counted from your door — not from our base — so there is no charge to reach M44 before the run south to the tunnel.
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Cadishead is not a generic Salford postcode to us: ship Canal village at Salford's western edge, and that shapes how a european move in Cadishead actually runs here. The Ship Canal cut of 1894 split the old mosslands and brought the CWS soap works and steel jobs. That history is why the interiors here need the attention they do.
Our teams plan for one recurring Cadishead issue: mossland peat and canal mist mean persistent damp at ground level and silt on drives. Liverpool Road shops, Cadishead Juniors and mossland walking routes — we plan access and arrival times around all of it. Coverage runs across M44 and the Salford streets either side of it.
European moves — Cadishead
two-bed terrace, a street off The Manchester Ship Canal and Cadishead Moss
3-person crew, 7 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: mossland peat and canal mist mean persistent damp at ground level and silt on drives, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
European move completed. Agent accepted the property at check-out without a re-clean.
European moves — Cadishead
1930s detached house, the M44 side of Cadishead
2-person crew, 6 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: mossland peat and canal mist mean persistent damp at ground level and silt on drives, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
European move completed. Customer moved straight to a repeat booking on the same round.
European moves — Cadishead
ground-floor maisonette, Cadishead, on our Salford round
3-person crew, 5 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: mossland peat and canal mist mean persistent damp at ground level and silt on drives, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
European move completed. Signed off same day with photos sent to the customer.
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The numbers behind a european moves quote here — how many homes we reach, which authority sets the rules, and how we perform across Greater Manchester.
About 9,900 usual residents across M44 and the streets bordering Cadishead (ONS Census 2021).
About 4,300 homes reachable by a Cadishead crew with no out-of-area travel charge.
Salford City Council sets the parking, permit and waste rules we work to here.
One of ten Greater Manchester boroughs we cover for european moves.
Greater Manchester rolling twelve-month average across all cleaning bookings.
Verified post-job reviews from Greater Manchester households and businesses.
Requests received before 4pm on a working day, measured region-wide.
Data updated · ONS 2025 release
Population last refreshed 3 August 2026 from ONS mid-year population estimates (Nomis) (2025 release). Sources: resident population for Cadishead — ONS Census 2021 and mid-year population estimates for the matching built-up area/ward group, rounded. Households — population divided by 2.28, the ONS Census 2021 average household size for Salford City Council. Postcode coverage — Royal Mail postcode districts M44. Figures are indicative and reviewed annually; service performance percentages are Hello Services' own rolling 12-month Greater Manchester figures.
Ship Canal village at Salford's western edge, twinned in daily life with Irlam. The Ship Canal cut of 1894 split the old mosslands and brought the CWS soap works and steel jobs.
Liverpool Road shops, Cadishead Juniors and mossland walking routes. The best-known landmark is The Manchester Ship Canal and Cadishead Moss, and the M44 postcodes reach Irlam, Eccles, Partington, Urmston within a short drive.
For an European move, what matters most locally is the building fabric: interwar semis on Liverpool Road, canal-worker terraces near the Ship Canal locks and newer brick estates raised above the mossland water table. Mossland peat and canal mist mean persistent damp at ground level and silt on drives.
Answers before you book
About 461 road miles door to door (278 to the terminal, 183 from Calais) and roughly 9.2 hours of driving. With the 1.5 hours of handling and the crossing included, that estimates at around £1,355 for one man and a van, or £1,570 for two movers and a van — typically 1–2 days. Liverpool Road shops, Cadishead Juniors and mossland walking routes — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Link to this answerBarcelona is about 1104 miles and estimates at £2,900 solo or £3,370 with two movers (3–4 days). Amsterdam is far shorter at roughly 482 miles — around £1,405 or £1,625, usually 1–2 days. Salford City Council loading rules on the M44 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Link to this answerPianos, safes, American fridges, gym equipment and large glass units all move, but they are quoted at survey because they need extra crew or kit. Paint, fuel, gas bottles and perishables we cannot legally carry — Irlam customers usually clear those with the same booking. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Cadishead or across to Irlam.
Link to this answerMost M44 European relocations finish inside a working day. Floor level, lift availability and carry distance change that more than the size of the property, which is why we time the job from the survey rather than the bedroom count. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Cadishead or across to Irlam.
Link to this answerWe prepare the CMR consignment note and the packing list with you, and tell you exactly which transfer-of-residence or import forms the destination country wants. You sign them; we carry them. Liverpool Road shops, Cadishead Juniors and mossland walking routes — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Link to this answerYes — Irlam, Eccles, Partington, Urmston, Worsley and every other Greater Manchester district, each with its own page, sample routes and the same rate card. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Cadishead or across to Irlam.
Link to this answerThey are honest estimates from the published rate card using measured distances. Send an inventory and the access details at both ends and we convert the estimate into a fixed door-to-door price we hold, crossing included. Crews run from Salford, so Irlam and Eccles journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerYes, subject to crossing availability. Eurotunnel slots in July, August and the last week of any month sell out first, so a fortnight's notice usually saves money as well as stress. Salford City Council loading rules on the M44 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Link to this answerThe load goes into secure storage here or near the destination and is delivered on the date you name. Storage is billed per week and the crossing is booked once the date is fixed. Local context matters here: the ship canal cut of 1894 split the old mosslands and brought the cws soap works and steel jobs, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Link to this answerA CMR consignment note, an itemised valued inventory and, in most cases, the destination country's transfer-of-residence form for used personal effects. We prepare the first two with you and tell you which national form applies. Booked most often on the M44 streets around The Manchester Ship Canal.
Link to this answerNo. Mileage is counted from your Cadishead door onwards, not from our base, so there is no charge to reach M44. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Cadishead or across to Irlam.
Link to this answerMiles to the Folkestone terminal plus miles from Calais to your new address, divided by 50 mph, plus 1.5 hours of loading and unloading, multiplied by £45/hr for one man and a van or £65/hr for two movers — then £1.50 for every mile travelled and one crossing at about £180. Nothing else is added unless you book packing or storage. With Cadishead drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
Link to this answerOften, yes — Salford City Council controls loading on most M44 streets. We check your street at survey and, where a suspension saves a long carry, we apply for it and show the cost in the quote before you accept it. Booked most often on the M44 streets around The Manchester Ship Canal.
Link to this answerWith a drive and side access the load runs quickly; the survey concentrates on garages, garden rooms and anything oversized that needs a second pair of hands or a leg-off. Send a short video of the stairwell and the street and we will confirm crew size before the date is held. Booked most often on the M44 streets around The Manchester Ship Canal.
Link to this answerAlso booked in Cadishead
A driver and a Luton or LWB van for part-loads, single items and small flat moves, priced by the hour or as a fixed load.
Van + 1 (hourly) · from £45/hr
A full home removal with a trained crew, proper protection and a completion-day plan that survives a late key release.
2 bed house or flat · from £395
Full or part packing by the crew who will carry it, with every carton labelled by room so unpacking is not a treasure hunt.
Materials only · from £65
An out-of-hours business relocation with crates, IT handling and a floor plan, so staff log in on Monday as though nothing happened.
Studio / small office (up to 10 desks) · from £650
A door-to-door UK relocation on a fixed price, with one crew loading and unloading so nothing is trans-shipped between depots.
Up to 150 miles · from £650
Before you book
Before you pay a deposit anywhere, check the quote answers these four questions. Ours does, in writing, before your Cadishead date is held.
Your load stays sealed and insured overnight for a fixed fee and delivers first thing — we do not unload onto a driveway or re-quote the second day at short-notice rates.
Access, stair turns, parking and carry distance are all priced at survey. If nothing is added to the inventory, the M44 figure you accepted is the figure you pay.
Call 020 3633 4555 and ask what a European move like yours costs priced by miles, hours and one crossing. If a cheaper option fits better — a smaller van, an hourly booking, a different day — we will say so.
Goods-in-transit and public liability cover is in place on every Cadishead European relocation, and claims go to a named account manager here rather than a form.
Booked with your European move
A move in Salford is rarely just a van. These are the jobs our Cadishead crews are asked for in the same week — clearing what is not worth transporting, packing, reinstating shelves and fixings, and getting both properties clean — each on its own page with its own pricing.
On the job
Photographs from Hello Services moves, with notes on how the same approach applies to Cadishead streets, access and parking.



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Print this before moving day in Cadishead. It covers the Salford City Council parking rules, the access quirks of the local stock (Interwar semis on Liverpool Road, canal-worker terraces near the Ship Canal locks and newer brick estates raised above the mossland water table) and the sign-off steps most people forget.
Keep exploring Cadishead
Everything below is a real Salford page with its own pricing, access notes and crew — the services Cadishead customers book around this service, and the same line-up in the neighbouring districts we cover from the The Manchester Ship Canal and Cadishead Moss side of the borough.
Each neighbouring district links straight to this service there, plus the two services most often booked with it.
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