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 · WN5 · Wigan Council
Door-to-door UK relocations out of WN5, 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, Orrell to Bristol is about 179 road miles and 3.4 hours driving — roughly £490 with one man and a van, or £590 with two movers.

Long distance · Orrell
£45/hr + £1.50/mile
1 man and a van, 1.5 hrs handling included
Moving out of Orrell
Long distance removals in Orrell run door to door — nothing is trans-shipped through a depot. The estimate is driving time at £45/hr (one man and a van) or £65/hr (two movers and a van), £1.50 per mile, plus the standard 1.5 hours for loading and unloading.
Interwar semis with wide drives, sandstone cottages near the old village core and modern detached estates towards Orrell Post. That stock decides the crew size more than the distance does: a top-floor flat with no lift is usually a two-mover job even if the run is short, while a ground-floor terrace with a driveway can go on a single van and driver.
Only moving across the county? Local removals in Orrell 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 Orrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orrell to SheffieldSouth Yorkshire | 65 mi | 1.3 hrs | 2.8 hrs | £225 | £280 |
| Orrell to YorkNorth Yorkshire | 91 mi | 1.8 hrs | 3.3 hrs | £285 | £355 |
| Orrell to BirminghamWest Midlands | 100 mi | 1.9 hrs | 3.4 hrs | £305 | £375 |
| Orrell to OxfordOxfordshire | 171 mi | 3.3 hrs | 4.8 hrs | £475 | £570 |
| Orrell to BristolSomerset | 179 mi | 3.4 hrs | 4.9 hrs | £490 | £590 |
| Orrell to GlasgowScotland | 216 mi | 4.2 hrs | 5.7 hrs | £585 | £695 |
| Orrell to BrightonEast Sussex | 271 mi | 5.2 hrs | 6.7 hrs | £710 | £845 |
| Orrell to PlymouthDevon | 283 mi | 5.4 hrs | 6.9 hrs | £735 | £875 |
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 Orrell 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 Orrell 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. Crews run from Wigan, so Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Stage 2
Crew arrives inside a one-hour window, protects floors and doorframes, dismantles beds and flat-pack and loads to a plan. Crews run from Wigan, so Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
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. Roughly 4,800 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Stage 4
You get a live arrival window on the morning of delivery, so you are not waiting in an empty house all day. Orrell Water Park walkers, village pubs and commuter families — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Stage 5
Boxes go to the right rooms, beds and furniture are rebuilt and packing debris leaves with the van. With Orrell drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
What the fixed price covers
Access, parking and timing
Interwar semis with wide drives, sandstone cottages near the old village core and modern detached estates towards Orrell Post. 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.
Parking is arranged before the date is confirmed: we check the restriction on your street with Wigan Council, book a suspension or a permit bay if the carry would otherwise be long, and tell you at survey what it adds. Wigan Council loading rules on the WN5 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
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: orrell rufc were english club champions in 1992; before that, coal and quarrying shaped the village, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
Floor and lift, stair turns, parking distance and anything oversized — those four set the price of a long distance move here far more than the WN5 postcode does. Show us all four on the video survey and the figure is fixed. Crews run from Wigan, so Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
We schedule Orrell jobs so the loading window sits outside the Wigan 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 Wigan, so Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
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.
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. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Orrell or across to Billinge.
Same-day delivery
Two movers at £65 an hour with a pre-dawn load out of Orrell so the unload happens the same day instead of paying for an overnight. Crews run from Wigan, so Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
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. Local context matters here: orrell rufc were english club champions in 1992; before that, coal and quarrying shaped the village, which is why the access varies so much between neighbouring streets.
£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. With Orrell drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
A few lines is enough to start: rooms, frequency and the Orrell street you're on. Anything unusual — a shared stairwell, a key-safe, a dog — is better said up front than discovered on the day.
We price your long distance move in writing, usually the same day, with the labour, materials and disposal all itemised so nothing appears later.
Pick the day and window that suits you. Rounds are built geographically around Orrell, which is why the arrival time holds rather than drifting across the day.
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 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 Orrell.
Every job in Orrell 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 Orrell traffic, permit zones and parking realities, so crews arrive inside the window we promised.
If anything on the a door-to-door UK relocation spec is missed, we come back and put it right at no extra cost — that is the whole guarantee.
Loading in Wigan
Crews load from Orrell Water Park and the Orrell RUFC ground 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 WN5.
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Our Wigan crews cover Orrell weekly, so the long-distance move you book is priced on what Orrell homes are really like, not a regional average. Orrell RUFC were English club champions in 1992; before that, coal and quarrying shaped the village. That history is why the interiors here need the attention they do.
Exposed western aspect and Lancashire rain mean wind-driven staining on render and fascias. We budget time for it rather than rushing the finish. Scheduling fits around orrell Water Park walkers, and parking is agreed before the van sets off. Coverage runs across WN5 and the Wigan streets either side of it.
Long distance moves — Orrell
converted mill apartment, a street off Orrell Water Park and the Orrell RUFC ground
3-person crew, 3 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: exposed western aspect and Lancashire rain mean wind-driven staining on render and fascias, 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 — Orrell
four-bed family home, the WN5 side of Orrell
2-person crew, 7 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: exposed western aspect and Lancashire rain mean wind-driven staining on render and fascias, 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 — Orrell
first-floor flat, Orrell, on our Wigan round
3-person crew, 5 hours on site. The recurring local issue applied here too: exposed western aspect and Lancashire rain mean wind-driven staining on render and fascias, so extra dwell time went on the worst surfaces before the final wipe-down.
Long-distance move completed. Signed off same day with photos sent to the customer.
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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 11,600 usual residents across WN5 and the streets bordering Orrell (ONS Census 2021).
About 4,900 homes reachable by a Orrell 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 Orrell — 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 WN5. Figures are indicative and reviewed annually; service performance percentages are Hello Services' own rolling 12-month Greater Manchester figures.
Western Wigan suburb on the Lancashire border with its own station and rugby heritage. Orrell RUFC were English club champions in 1992; before that, coal and quarrying shaped the village.
Orrell Water Park walkers, village pubs and commuter families. The best-known landmark is Orrell Water Park and the Orrell RUFC ground, and the WN5 postcodes reach Billinge, Wigan, Standish, Ashton-in-Makerfield within a short drive.
For a long-distance move, what matters most locally is the building fabric: interwar semis with wide drives, sandstone cottages near the old village core and modern detached estates towards Orrell Post. Exposed western aspect and Lancashire rain mean wind-driven staining on render and fascias.
Answers before you book
About 221 road miles and roughly 4.3 hours of driving. With the 1.5 hours of loading and unloading included, that estimates at around £595 for one man and a van at £45/hr, or £710 for two movers and a van at £65/hr, mileage at £1.50 a mile included. Roughly 4,800 households sit inside these postcodes, so weekend dates here go early.
Link to this answerRoughly 211 miles and 4.1 hours behind the wheel — about £570 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. Orrell Water Park walkers, village pubs and commuter families — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
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. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Orrell or across to Billinge.
Link to this answerMost WN5 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 Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
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. Priced the same whether you are moving inside Orrell or across to Billinge.
Link to this answerYes — Billinge, Wigan, Standish, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Ince-in-Makerfield and every other Greater Manchester district, each with its own page, sample routes and the same rate card. Wigan Council loading rules on the WN5 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
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. Crews run from Wigan, so Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerOften, yes — Wigan Council controls loading on most WN5 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 Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
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. Wigan Council loading rules on the WN5 end are checked before the slot is confirmed.
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 common in this part of Greater Manchester. Orrell Water Park walkers, village pubs and commuter families — worth telling us about if it closes your street on the day.
Link to this answerNo. Mileage is counted from your Orrell address to the delivery address, not from our base. There is no travel charge to reach WN5. Booked most often on the WN5 streets around Orrell Water Park.
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. With Orrell drives and side access the van gets close, so volume rather than carry sets the day.
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 — Billinge customers usually clear those with the same booking. Crews run from Wigan, so Billinge and Wigan journeys carry no out-of-area charge.
Link to this answerAlso booked in Orrell
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
Before you pay a deposit anywhere, check the quote answers these four questions. Ours does, in writing, before your Orrell date is held.
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.
Goods-in-transit and public liability cover is in place on every Orrell long distance move, 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 WN5 figure you accepted is the figure you pay.
Booked with your long distance move
A move in Wigan is rarely just a van. These are the jobs our Orrell 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 Orrell
Everything below is a real Wigan page with its own pricing, access notes and crew — the services Orrell customers book around this service, and the same line-up in the neighbouring districts we cover from the Orrell Water Park and the Orrell RUFC ground 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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