1 man and a van
£45/hour
Driver-porter with a Luton or long-wheelbase van. Best for studios, single rooms and part-loads from a ground or first floor.
Wigan · WN2 · Wigan Council
Door-to-door UK relocations out of WN2, priced on hours and miles: £45 an hour for one man and a van, £65 an hour for two movers and a van, £1.50 per mile, with 1.5 hours of loading and unloading already included.
As a worked example, Abram to Cardiff is about 178 road miles and 3.4 hours driving — roughly £490 with one man and a van, or £590 with two movers.

Long distance · Abram
£45/hr + £1.50/mile
1 man and a van, 1.5 hrs handling included
Moving out of Abram
Relocating out of Abram to another part of the UK? You get one dedicated van and the same crew at both ends, priced from a rate card you can check yourself: £45/hr for a man and van, £65/hr for two movers, £1.50 a mile, and 1.5 hours of handling time included.
Access sets the hours. Tell us the floor, the lift, the stair turns and the parking at both the Abram end and the destination, and the estimate below becomes a fixed door-to-door price with fuel, tolls and driver hours inside it.
Only moving across the county? Local removals in Abram will price better.
Published rate card
£45/hour
Driver-porter with a Luton or long-wheelbase van. Best for studios, single rooms and part-loads from a ground or first floor.
£65/hour
Two-person crew loading together. Halves the handling time and the right call for a two-bed and up, or any upper floor without a lift.
£1.5/mile
Charged one way on the travelled distance and covers fuel, motorway tolls, crossings and vehicle running costs.
Every estimate on this page already includes 1.5 hours of loading and unloading. Extra time runs in 15-minute blocks at the same hourly rate — never rounded up to the hour.
Sample routes, real distances
Estimated from the door in Abram to the door at the other end, using measured road distance and a 52 mph blended average. Loading and unloading time (1.5 hrs) and mileage at £1.5 are already inside every figure.
| Destination | Miles | Driving | Billable hours | 1 man + van | 2 movers + van |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abram to ChesterCheshire | 31 mi | 0.6 hrs | 2.1 hrs | £145 | £185 |
| Abram to Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire | 49 mi | 0.9 hrs | 2.4 hrs | £185 | £230 |
| Abram to NottinghamNottinghamshire | 88 mi | 1.7 hrs | 3.2 hrs | £280 | £340 |
| Abram to CarlisleCumbria | 121 mi | 2.3 hrs | 3.8 hrs | £355 | £430 |
| Abram to CardiffSouth Wales | 178 mi | 3.4 hrs | 4.9 hrs | £490 | £590 |
| Abram to EdinburghScotland | 213 mi | 4.1 hrs | 5.6 hrs | £575 | £685 |
| Abram to SouthamptonHampshire | 233 mi | 4.5 hrs | 6 hrs | £620 | £740 |
| Abram to ExeterDevon | 246 mi | 4.7 hrs | 6.2 hrs | £650 | £775 |
Estimates, not invoices — send an inventory and the access details at both ends and we turn the number into a fixed door-to-door price we hold. Not on the list? Tell us where you are going and we will price it the same way.
No hidden maths
Step 1
Road miles divided by a 52 mph blended average — motorway plus the urban miles at each end.
Step 2
The standard loading and unloading allowance, added to the driving time before the hourly rate is applied.
Step 3
£45/hr for one man and a van, £65/hr for two movers and a van.
Step 4
Travel cost covering fuel, tolls and vehicle wear on the run out.
The formula: (road miles ÷ 52 mph + 1.5 hrs) × your hourly rate + (road miles × £1.5). A 200-mile run is therefore about 5.4 billable hours plus £300 of travel — roughly £545 with one man and a van, or £655 with two movers.
What the price buys
The team that loads in Abram is the team that unloads at the other end. Nothing is handled at a depot or split across vehicles.
Every estimate already carries 90 minutes of loading and unloading. Extra time is charged in 15-minute blocks at the same hourly rate, never rounded up to the hour.
Travelled miles are billed at £1.50 each, one way. Fuel, motorway tolls and the Dartford or Mersey crossings are inside that figure — no surcharge on arrival.
£45 an hour for one man and a van, £65 an hour for two movers and a van. We recommend two for anything above a one-bed or an upper floor without a lift.
Blankets, straps, wardrobe rails, mattress bags and floor runners travel with every Abram load, along with dismantling and reassembly of beds and flat-pack.
Goods-in-transit cover and £5m public liability apply from the moment the first item is lifted until the last box is placed.
Move day, start to finish
Stage 1
A video or on-site survey confirms the inventory, the access and the crew size. The estimate becomes a fixed door-to-door price. Local context matters here: deep collieries under abram caused the subsidence that created the flashes now used by wildlife, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Stage 2
Crew arrives inside a one-hour window, protects floors and doorframes, dismantles beds and flat-pack and loads to a plan. Booked most often on the WN2 streets around Abram Flashes.
Stage 3
The same van and crew drive the route. Anything over roughly 150 miles runs as a two-day schedule with a secure overnight hold. Crews run from Wigan, so Hindley and Ince-in-Makerfield journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Stage 4
You get a live arrival window on the morning of delivery, so you are not waiting in an empty house all day. Booked most often on the WN2 streets around Abram Flashes.
Stage 5
Boxes go to the right rooms, beds and furniture are rebuilt and packing debris leaves with the van. Local context matters here: deep collieries under abram caused the subsidence that created the flashes now used by wildlife, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
What the fixed price covers
Access, parking and timing
Two-up two-down colliery terraces off Warrington Road, postwar council semis around Bickershaw and small modern estates built on reclaimed pit land. That stock, the street it sits on and the Wigan Council rules over it decide how long the day takes — so all three are settled at survey, not on the morning.
With 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. Local context matters here: deep collieries under abram caused the subsidence that created the flashes now used by wildlife, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
The crew should be carrying, not circling. We confirm the restriction type on the WN2 end, arrange a suspension through Wigan Council where it is worth it, and plan the closest legal standing point to the door. With Abram drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
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. Booked most often on the WN2 streets around Abram Flashes.
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. Wigan Council loading rules on the WN2 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
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 Wigan rather than starting from a blank form.
Same-day delivery
Two movers at £65 an hour with a pre-dawn load out of Abram so the unload happens the same day instead of paying for an overnight. Abram Bryn Gates Primary, angling clubs and the flashes' birdwatchers — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Transparent breakdown
Packing the day before, a fixed collection window and a delivery slot you can give a landlord or a solicitor — with the mileage element shown separately on the quote. Booked most often on the WN2 streets around Abram Flashes.
£1.50 a mile
One loaded trip, priced from measured road miles and driving hours plus 1.5 hours handling — the estimate you see in the route table is the estimate we quote from. Roughly 4,400 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
One man and van, £45/hr
A driver and van for a room or a flat's worth of contents going a long way, at £45 an hour plus mileage rather than a full-crew day rate. Abram Bryn Gates Primary, angling clubs and the flashes' birdwatchers — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Send the property size, access notes and dates. Photos of anything awkward in Abram — stairs, narrow entries, permit bays — sharpen the price straight away.
The quote is fixed before anyone books time off work: labour, products and any extras listed separately, so you can cut the scope rather than the standard if the number is over budget.
Pick the day and window that suits you. Rounds are built geographically around Abram, which is why the arrival time holds rather than drifting across the day.
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 UK 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 Abram.
Everyone we send into a Abram property is ID-checked, DBS-screened and works under our own supervision — no unvetted subcontracting.
Every job in Abram 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 UK relocation price in writing before we start. Access, stair turns and parking are priced in up front, not added afterwards.
Slots are planned around Abram traffic, permit zones and parking realities, so crews arrive inside the window we promised.
Loading in Wigan
Crews load from Abram Flashes and the Three Sisters Recreation Area nearby and the streets around it under Wigan Council parking rules, and mileage is counted from your door — not from our base — so there is no charge to reach WN2.
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Abram Flashes and the Three Sisters Recreation Area nearby anchors the round we run through Abram, and every long-distance move in Abram on that round starts from the same local checklist. The place looks the way it does for a reason: deep collieries under Abram caused the subsidence that created the flashes now used by wildlife.
Our teams plan for one recurring Abram issue: high water table and boggy ground mean damp at low level and persistent moss on shaded paving. We work around abram Bryn Gates Primary when we set arrival windows in WN2. Coverage runs across WN2 and the Wigan streets either side of it.
Long distance moves — Abram
1930s detached house, a street off Abram Flashes and the Three Sisters Recreation Area nearby
2-person crew, 3 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: high water table and boggy ground mean damp at low level and persistent moss on shaded paving, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
Long-distance move completed. Follow-up call at 48 hours confirmed nothing needed putting right.
Long distance moves — Abram
two-bed terrace, the WN2 side of Abram
3-person crew, 4 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: high water table and boggy ground mean damp at low level and persistent moss on shaded paving, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
Long-distance move completed. Customer moved straight to a repeat booking on the same round.
Long distance moves — Abram
three-bed semi, Abram, on our Wigan round
2-person crew, 6 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: high water table and boggy ground mean damp at low level and persistent moss on shaded paving, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
Long-distance move completed. Agent accepted the property at check-out without a re-clean.
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The numbers behind a long distance moves quote here — how many homes we reach, which authority sets the rules, and how we perform across Greater Manchester.
About 10,500 usual residents across WN2 and the streets bordering Abram (ONS Census 2021).
About 4,400 homes reachable by a Abram crew with no out-of-area travel charge.
Wigan Council sets the parking, permit and waste rules we work to here.
One of ten Greater Manchester boroughs we cover for long distance 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 Abram — ONS Census 2021 and mid-year population estimates for the matching built-up area/ward group, rounded. Households — population divided by 2.36, the ONS Census 2021 average household size for Wigan Council. Postcode coverage — Royal Mail postcode districts WN2. Figures are indicative and reviewed annually; service performance percentages are Hello Services' own rolling 12-month Greater Manchester figures.
Village south-east of Wigan beside the flashes left by mining subsidence. Deep collieries under Abram caused the subsidence that created the flashes now used by wildlife.
Abram Bryn Gates Primary, angling clubs and the flashes' birdwatchers. The best-known landmark is Abram Flashes and the Three Sisters Recreation Area nearby, and the WN2 postcodes reach Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne within a short drive.
For a long-distance move, what matters most locally is the building fabric: two-up two-down colliery terraces off Warrington Road, postwar council semis around Bickershaw and small modern estates built on reclaimed pit land. High water table and boggy ground mean damp at low level and persistent moss on shaded paving.
Answers before you book
About 216 road miles and roughly 4.2 hours of driving. With the 1.5 hours of loading and unloading included, that estimates at around £585 for one man and a van at £45/hr, or £695 for two movers and a van at £65/hr, mileage at £1.50 a mile included. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Abram or across to Hindley.
Link to this answerRoughly 213 miles and 4.1 hours behind the wheel — about £575 with one man and a van, or £685 with two movers. Runs of this length usually go as an overnight two-day schedule with the load kept on the same vehicle. With Abram drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
Link to this answerMost WN2 long distance moves 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. Crews run from Wigan, so Hindley and Ince-in-Makerfield journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerDetached 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. Send a short video of the stairwell and the street and we will confirm crew size before the date is held. Wigan Council loading rules on the WN2 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
Link to this answerNo. Mileage is counted from your Abram address to the delivery address, not from our base. There is no travel charge to reach WN2. Roughly 4,400 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Link to this answerOne man and a van suits a studio, a single room or a part-load from a ground or first floor. Two movers halve the loading time and are the safer choice for a two-bed and up, an upper floor without a lift, or anything heavy — which is most of the stock around here. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Abram or across to Hindley.
Link to this answerDriving hours (road miles ÷ 52 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 and a van, plus £1.50 for every mile travelled. Nothing else is added unless you ask for packing, storage or a second day. Booked most often on the WN2 streets around Abram Flashes.
Link to this answerOften, yes — Wigan Council controls loading on most WN2 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. Crews run from Wigan, so Hindley and Ince-in-Makerfield journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerThey are honest estimates from the published rate card using measured road distances. Send an inventory and the access details at both ends and we convert the estimate into a fixed door-to-door price that we hold. Local context matters here: deep collieries under abram caused the subsidence that created the flashes now used by wildlife, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Link to this answerYes — Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Leigh and every other Greater Manchester district, each with its own page, sample routes and the same rate card. Abram Bryn Gates Primary, angling clubs and the flashes' birdwatchers — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Link to this answerThe load goes into secure storage in transit on the same vehicle or in a sealed container and is delivered on the date you name. Storage is charged per week, not per day. Abram Bryn Gates Primary, angling clubs and the flashes' birdwatchers — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Link to this answerWe hold the load in secure storage in transit and deliver on the date you name, charged per week rather than per day. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Abram or across to Hindley.
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 — Hindley customers usually clear those with the same booking. Crews run from Wigan, so Hindley and Ince-in-Makerfield journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerAlso booked in Abram
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
Before you book
The cheapest quote in Abram is usually the one with the least written down. Here is exactly what our price covers and what happens when the day does not go to plan.
Goods-in-transit and public liability cover is in place on every Abram long distance move, and claims go to a named account manager here rather than a form.
Call 020 3633 4555 and ask what a long distance move like yours costs priced by miles and hours. If a cheaper option fits better — a smaller van, an hourly booking, a different day — we will say so.
Access, stair turns, parking and carry distance are all priced at survey. If nothing is added to the inventory, the WN2 figure you accepted is the figure you pay.
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.
Booked with your long distance move
A move in Wigan is rarely just a van. These are the jobs our Abram 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.
Keep exploring Abram
Everything below is a real Wigan page with its own pricing, access notes and crew — the services Abram customers book around this service, and the same line-up in the neighbouring districts we cover from the Abram Flashes and the Three Sisters Recreation Area nearby 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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