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 · M27 · Salford City Council
Door-to-door European removals out of M27 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, Pendlebury to Barcelona is about 1106 road miles (280 to the terminal, 826 from Calais) and 22.1 hours driving — roughly £2,905 with one man and a van, or £3,375 with two movers, typically 3–4 days.

European moves · Pendlebury
£45/hr + £1.50/mile
1 man and a van, 1.5 hrs handling included
Moving abroad from Pendlebury
Relocating from Pendlebury to the continent? The van that loads on your street is the van that unloads in France, Germany, Spain or the Netherlands — nothing is trans-shipped. The estimate is £45/hr solo or £65/hr with two movers, £1.50 a mile, plus the crossing at about £180.
Paperwork matters as much as access on a European job. We prepare the CMR consignment note and the itemised packing list with you, flag whether transfer-of-residence relief applies, and carry the documents with the load so nothing is held at the border.
Staying in the UK? Long distance moves from Pendlebury 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 Pendlebury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendlebury to EindhovenNetherlands · 280 mi to the terminal, 200 mi from Calais | 480 mi | 9.6 hrs | 1–2 days | £1,400 | £1,625 |
| Pendlebury to FrankfurtGermany · 280 mi to the terminal, 381 mi from Calais | 661 mi | 13.2 hrs | 2–3 days | £1,835 | £2,130 |
| Pendlebury to AarhusDenmark · 280 mi to the terminal, 620 mi from Calais | 900 mi | 18 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,410 | £2,800 |
| Pendlebury to MilanItaly · 280 mi to the terminal, 634 mi from Calais | 914 mi | 18.3 hrs | 2–3 days | £2,445 | £2,840 |
| Pendlebury to BarcelonaSpain · 280 mi to the terminal, 826 mi from Calais | 1106 mi | 22.1 hrs | 3–4 days | £2,905 | £3,375 |
| Pendlebury to BratislavaSlovakia · 280 mi to the terminal, 886 mi from Calais | 1166 mi | 23.3 hrs | 3–4 days | £3,045 | £3,545 |
| Pendlebury to StockholmSweden · 280 mi to the terminal, 1074 mi from Calais | 1354 mi | 27.1 hrs | 3–4 days | £3,500 | £4,070 |
| Pendlebury to SevilleSpain · 280 mi to the terminal, 1266 mi from Calais | 1546 mi | 30.9 hrs | 3–4 days | £3,960 | £4,605 |
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.
Pendlebury to Lille
France · 351 mi · 1–2 days
£1,175 average estimate
£1,090 with 1 man and a van · £1,260 with 2 movers · 8.5 billable hrs
Pendlebury to The Hague
Netherlands · 443 mi · 1–2 days
£1,420 average estimate
£1,315 with 1 man and a van · £1,525 with 2 movers · 10.4 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Luxembourg
Luxembourg · 543 mi · 1–2 days
£1,680 average estimate
£1,555 with 1 man and a van · £1,805 with 2 movers · 12.4 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Strasbourg
France · 667 mi · 2–3 days
£2,000 average estimate
£1,850 with 1 man and a van · £2,145 with 2 movers · 14.8 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Leipzig
Germany · 850 mi · 2–3 days
£2,475 average estimate
£2,290 with 1 man and a van · £2,660 with 2 movers · 18.5 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Turin
Italy · 889 mi · 2–3 days
£2,580 average estimate
£2,385 with 1 man and a van · £2,770 with 2 movers · 19.3 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Toulouse
France · 915 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
Pendlebury to Bilbao
Spain · 1001 mi · 2–3 days
£2,865 average estimate
£2,650 with 1 man and a van · £3,080 with 2 movers · 21.5 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Oslo
Norway · 1167 mi · 3–4 days
£3,300 average estimate
£3,050 with 1 man and a van · £3,545 with 2 movers · 24.8 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Rome
Italy · 1284 mi · 3–4 days
£3,605 average estimate
£3,330 with 1 man and a van · £3,875 with 2 movers · 27.2 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Naples
Italy · 1425 mi · 3–4 days
£3,970 average estimate
£3,670 with 1 man and a van · £4,270 with 2 movers · 30 billable hrs
Pendlebury to Tallinn
Estonia · 1615 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 Pendlebury.
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 Pendlebury 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 Pendlebury 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 Pendlebury.
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. Most Pendlebury properties give us a driveway, so the hours go into lofts, garages and garden kit.
Stage 2
CMR note, valued inventory and any transfer-of-residence form are drafted, checked and signed while the crossing slot is reserved. Booked most often on the M27 streets around St Augustine's Church.
Stage 3
Crew arrives inside a one-hour window, protects floors and frames, dismantles beds and flat-pack and loads to an export plan. Booked most often on the M27 streets around St Augustine's Church.
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. Most Pendlebury properties give us a driveway, so the hours go into lofts, garages and garden kit.
Stage 5
The same crew drives the European leg with a tachograph-legal schedule, and you get a delivery window the day before arrival. Local context matters here: agecroft colliery and the pendlebury cotton mills built the terraces; l. s. lowry painted the town while working as a rent collector here, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Stage 6
Boxes go to the right rooms, furniture is rebuilt, the CMR is signed off and packing debris leaves with the van. Roughly 5,400 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
What the fixed price covers
Access, parking and timing
Colliery and mill terraces off Bolton Road, interwar semis and postwar estates on the reclaimed Agecroft land. 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.
The crew should be carrying, not circling. We confirm the restriction type on the M27 end, arrange a suspension through Salford City Council where it is worth it, and plan the closest legal standing point to the door. Booked most often on the M27 streets around St Augustine's Church.
Semis here usually give you a driveway or a dropped kerb, which keeps the carry short — the time goes into loft contents, garage shelving and the garden kit people forget to mention until the day. Most Pendlebury properties give us a driveway, so the hours go into lofts, garages and garden kit.
Tell us about the loft, the garage, the shed and anything that will not come apart. It is the unlisted items, not the address, that turn a comfortable day into an overtime one. Most Pendlebury properties give us a driveway, so the hours go into lofts, garages and garden kit.
Start times here are set by the access, not the diary: where a lift, a bay or a school-run street is involved the crew starts early and finishes inside the day rather than paying for a second visit. Local context matters here: agecroft colliery and the pendlebury cotton mills built the terraces; l. s. lowry painted the town while working as a rent collector here, 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.
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 Swinton and Salford 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 Pendlebury. Roughly 5,400 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
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. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Pendlebury or across to Swinton.
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. Salford City Council loading rules on the M27 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Tell us the number of rooms, what matters most and how we get in. Access quirks in Pendlebury are worth mentioning now: they change the time on site more than the floor area does.
You get a written figure for your European move, itemised, normally within a few hours. No survey fee, and no surcharge for travelling to Pendlebury.
Morning or afternoon, weekly, fortnightly or one-off. Recurring visits keep the same slot, so Pendlebury clients know exactly when the door will go.
You get a finished-work check against the same list you agreed at the start — no vague "all done" message. Anything below standard is re-done at our cost.
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 Pendlebury.
Cleaning, moving, handyman and clearance all run from the same Pendlebury scheduling desk, so a multi-part job needs one booking.
Everyone we send into a Pendlebury property is ID-checked, DBS-screened and works under our own supervision — no unvetted subcontracting.
Every job in Pendlebury is insured to £5m public liability, with goods-in-transit cover on anything we lift, load or take away.
You get the a door-to-door European relocation price in writing before we start. Access, stair turns and parking are priced in up front, not added afterwards.
Loading in Salford
Crews load from St Augustine's Church, Pendlebury — Bodley's 'cathedral of the Manchester coalfield' 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 M27 before the run south to the tunnel.
Not listed? See every Greater Manchester area we relocate from.
Our Salford crews cover Pendlebury weekly, so the european move you book is priced on what Pendlebury homes are really like, not a regional average. Agecroft Colliery and the Pendlebury cotton mills built the terraces; L. S. Lowry painted the town while working as a rent collector here — useful context when you are quoting surfaces, not square metres.
Locally, reclaimed colliery ground and Bolton Road traffic mean silted drives and a fast grey film on white uPVC, so we bring the products and dwell times that problem needs. We work around pendlebury Health Centre when we set arrival windows in M27. Coverage runs across M27 and the Salford streets either side of it.
European moves — Pendlebury
ground-floor maisonette, a street off St Augustine's Church, Pendlebury — Bodley's 'cathedral of the Manchester coalfield'
3-person crew, 3 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: reclaimed colliery ground and Bolton Road traffic mean silted drives and a fast grey film on white uPVC, 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 — Pendlebury
three-bed semi, the M27 side of Pendlebury
2-person crew, 7 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: reclaimed colliery ground and Bolton Road traffic mean silted drives and a fast grey film on white uPVC, 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 — Pendlebury
two-bed terrace, Pendlebury, on our Salford round
3-person crew, 5 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: reclaimed colliery ground and Bolton Road traffic mean silted drives and a fast grey film on white uPVC, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
European move completed. Follow-up call at 48 hours confirmed nothing needed putting right.
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 13,000 usual residents across M27 and the streets bordering Pendlebury (ONS Census 2021).
About 5,700 homes reachable by a Pendlebury 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.
Sources: resident population for Pendlebury — 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 M27. Figures are indicative and reviewed annually; service performance percentages are Hello Services' own rolling 12-month Greater Manchester figures.
Salford township on the Bolton road between Swinton and Agecroft, with a landmark Victorian church. Agecroft Colliery and the Pendlebury cotton mills built the terraces; L. S. Lowry painted the town while working as a rent collector here.
Pendlebury Health Centre, Clifton Country Park nearby and Swinton-facing high street trade. The best-known landmark is St Augustine's Church, Pendlebury — Bodley's 'cathedral of the Manchester coalfield', and the M27 postcodes reach Swinton, Salford, Monton, Eccles within a short drive.
For an European move, what matters most locally is the building fabric: colliery and mill terraces off Bolton Road, interwar semis and postwar estates on the reclaimed Agecroft land. Reclaimed colliery ground and Bolton Road traffic mean silted drives and a fast grey film on white uPVC.
Answers before you book
About 463 road miles door to door (280 to the terminal, 183 from Calais) and roughly 9.3 hours of driving. With the 1.5 hours of handling and the crossing included, that estimates at around £1,365 for one man and a van, or £1,580 for two movers and a van — typically 1–2 days. Salford City Council loading rules on the M27 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Link to this answerBarcelona is about 1106 miles and estimates at £2,905 solo or £3,375 with two movers (3–4 days). Amsterdam is far shorter at roughly 484 miles — around £1,410 or £1,635, usually 1–2 days. Most Pendlebury properties give us a driveway, so the hours go into lofts, garages and garden kit.
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. Pendlebury Health Centre, Clifton Country Park nearby and Swinton-facing high street trade — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
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. Local context matters here: agecroft colliery and the pendlebury cotton mills built the terraces; l. s. lowry painted the town while working as a rent collector here, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Link to this answerNo. Mileage is counted from your Pendlebury door onwards, not from our base, so there is no charge to reach M27. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Pendlebury or across to Swinton.
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. Crews run from Salford, so Swinton and Salford journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
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. Roughly 5,400 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
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. Crews run from Salford, so Swinton and Salford journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerYes — Swinton, Salford, Monton, Eccles, Prestwich and every other Greater Manchester district, each with its own page, sample routes and the same rate card. Booked most often on the M27 streets around St Augustine's Church.
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. Salford City Council loading rules on the M27 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 — Swinton customers usually clear those with the same booking. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Pendlebury or across to Swinton.
Link to this answerOften, yes — Salford City Council controls loading on most M27 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. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Pendlebury or across to Swinton.
Link to this answerMost M27 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. Roughly 5,400 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Link to this answerDriveway loading makes these moves efficient. What moves the price is the loft, the garage and the shed, so the survey deliberately opens all three. Send a short video of the stairwell and the street and we will confirm crew size before the date is held. Most Pendlebury properties give us a driveway, so the hours go into lofts, garages and garden kit.
Link to this answerAlso booked in Pendlebury
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
Most complaints about removals in Salford come down to three things: the price changed, the crew was short, or nobody answered the phone. These are our commitments on all three.
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 Pendlebury European relocation, and claims go to a named account manager here rather than a form.
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 M27 figure you accepted is the figure you pay.
Booked with your European move
A move in Salford is rarely just a van. These are the jobs our Pendlebury 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.
Every moving service in Pendlebury
Each service below is quoted and crewed for Pendlebury specifically — same team, same vans, different job. Pick the one that matches your move, or step back up to the hub to compare them side by side.
On the job
Photographs from Hello Services moves, with notes on how the same approach applies to Pendlebury streets, access and parking.



Free download
Print this before moving day in Pendlebury. It covers the Salford City Council parking rules, the access quirks of the local stock (Colliery and mill terraces off Bolton Road, interwar semis and postwar estates on the reclaimed Agecroft land) and the sign-off steps most people forget.
Keep exploring Pendlebury
Everything below is a real Salford page with its own pricing, access notes and crew — the services Pendlebury customers book around this service, and the same line-up in the neighbouring districts we cover from the St Augustine's Church, Pendlebury — Bodley's 'cathedral of the Manchester coalfield' 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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