Press Resources · Updated May 2026
Free, citation-ready pricing data covering removals and man-and-van services across the 35 most-quoted UK markets. Built for journalists, researchers, bloggers, and policymakers — no sign-up, no paywall.
Average 2-bed full removals
£615
Local move, top 35 cities
Cheapest city
£465
Hull
Most expensive city
£880
Central London
Man & van average
£51/hr
National midpoint
Indicative cost of a 2-bed full removals service, local move. Top 35 cities.
Average 2-bed full removals, grouped by UK region.
National low/high range for full removals, averaged across the top 35 cities.
Removal costs are not a flat national rate. Three forces — labour, access, and demand density — push prices up or down by as much as 80% between markets. Here's what drives the spread.
A 2-bed local move in Central London runs close to £880 — nearly double the cheapest catchments. The premium reflects parking-suspension fees, the Congestion Charge, ULEZ compliance, narrow access windows, and a labour pool that won't accept regional wage rates. West London tracks slightly lower; East and South London discount further but still sit well above the national midpoint.
Oxford, Cambridge, St Albans, Brighton, Reading and Bristol consistently price 15–25% above national average. The driver is demand density rather than cost-to-serve: tight seasonal peaks (academic moves, City of London commuter churn), constrained operator capacity, and homes that skew larger than the urban average all combine to lift quotes.
Hull, Wolverhampton, Swansea, Sheffield and Derby anchor the bottom of the table at £450–£510 for a comparable 2-bed move. Lower fuel and labour overheads, easier vehicle access on post-war street layouts, and a more competitive supply of independent firms keep prices grounded. Quality is not the variable — capacity is.
Edinburgh trades closer to English flagship pricing thanks to its tenement-flat access challenges and tourist-driven van congestion. Glasgow runs noticeably cheaper despite similar population scale, reflecting a denser pool of competing operators.
Distance under ~20 miles barely registers — workload (property size, item count, access) dominates the bill. This is why MAZE quotes a 1-bed flat in the same postcode at a similar rate whether the destination is 2 miles away or 18.
Indicative midpoints. Click any column header to sort.
| City | Region | 2-bed removals (£)↑ | Man & van (£/hr) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | Yorkshire | £465 | £38 |
| Swansea | Wales | £488 | £40 |
| Wolverhampton | West Midlands | £500 | £42 |
| Derby | East Midlands | £518 | £42 |
| Sheffield | Yorkshire | £523 | £42 |
| Newcastle | North East | £528 | £42 |
| Liverpool | North West | £535 | £45 |
| Glasgow | Scotland | £540 | £45 |
| Northampton | East Midlands | £545 | £45 |
| Coventry | West Midlands | £545 | £45 |
| Leicester | East Midlands | £553 | £45 |
| Nottingham | East Midlands | £558 | £45 |
| Cardiff | Wales | £563 | £45 |
| Leeds | Yorkshire | £578 | £48 |
| Luton | East of England | £578 | £48 |
| York | Yorkshire | £585 | £48 |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | £590 | £50 |
| Portsmouth | South East | £590 | £50 |
| Manchester | North West | £600 | £50 |
| Milton Keynes | South East | £600 | £50 |
| Southampton | South East | £613 | £52 |
| Edinburgh | Scotland | £625 | £52 |
| Slough | South East | £648 | £55 |
| Watford | East of England | £653 | £55 |
| Bristol | South West | £660 | £55 |
| Reading | South East | £670 | £58 |
| Cambridge | East of England | £683 | £58 |
| St Albans | East of England | £688 | £58 |
| Oxford | South East | £693 | £60 |
| Brighton | South East | £705 | £60 |
| East London | London | £728 | £60 |
| South London | London | £740 | £62 |
| North London | London | £765 | £65 |
| West London | London | £808 | £68 |
| Central London | London | £880 | £75 |
Figures are derived from MAZE's quote engine — a workload-led pricing model that weighs property size and service type as the dominant factors, with distance, extras, and access acting as secondary modifiers. Distances are normalised to a representative 10-mile local move, isolating the regional cost signal.
City coverage reflects the 35 highest-volume catchments on MAZE in the 12 months to May 2026. Cities are grouped into demand bands ("flagship" vs "easier-win"), calibrated against partner pricing variance observed across the network. Hourly man-and-van rates are stated as a national midpoint, with city-level variation of roughly ±15%.
All values are indicative midpoints in GBP, inclusive of fuel, and exclude packing materials, storage, and access surcharges. Real quotes returned by MAZE partners may fall outside the published range for unusual access conditions, same-day moves, or peak-season demand (mid-July to early-September).
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