UK Man and Van Price Index 2026

The median man and van move in the UK costs £180, with drivers charging an average of £47 per hour for a medium van with one helper, based on 2,077 completed bookings. The index covers 51 UK cities: 45 with full move-cost data and the rest with local driver hourly rates.

Updated October 2026. Next update: January 2027.

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Methodology

Figures are aggregated from completed, paid man and van bookings made on uremovals.com with 2025 and 2026 move dates (January 2025 to October 2026). The index uses a rolling window of the current and previous calendar year, so older bookings drop out and the figures reflect current prices. A booking counts towards a city when its collection point falls within 25 km of the city centre. Cities with at least 10 completed bookings in the window publish full move-cost statistics; cities below that threshold but with at least 3 locally based drivers publish their average hourly rate only, and everything else is excluded. Costs are the full booked price including time and mileage. Hourly rates are the rates drivers based near each city set for a medium van with one helper on a weekday.

Key findings

  • The median man and van move in the UK costs £180.
  • Manchester is the cheapest city in the index, with a median move cost of £120.
  • Bristol is the most expensive, at a median of £360 per move.
  • Drivers charge an average of £47 per hour for a medium van with one helper on a weekday.
  • The typical UK move books 2.9 hours of van time.
  • Half of all moves fall between £120 and £245 (middle 50% of bookings, city medians).

Median move cost by city

Median man and van move cost by city (2026) Bristol £360 Dover £335 Eastbourne £270 Oxford £245 Maidstone £235 Worcester £235 Ashford £225 Canterbury £225 Portsmouth £220 Gillingham £215 Bath £210 Stoke-on-Trent £210 Crewe £205 Bradford £200 Southend-on-Sea £195 Aylesbury £190 Guildford £190 Milton Keynes £190 Tunbridge Wells £190 Basingstoke £185 Crawley £185 Winchester £185 Basildon £180 Chester £175 Woking £170 Brighton £160 Coventry £160 Harlow £160 High Wycombe £155 Reading £155 Slough £155 Worthing £155 Birmingham £150 Derby £150 Luton £150 Nottingham £150 St Albans £150 Leeds £145 Wolverhampton £145 Chelmsford £135 Glasgow £135 Watford £130 Liverpool £125 London £125 Manchester £120 Source: uremovals.com/data/man-and-van-price-index, real completed bookings
UK man and van costs by city, 2026 (real completed bookings)
City Median move cost Typical range (25th to 75th) Avg booked hours Avg hourly rate* Sample
Ashford £225 £165 to £335 3.1 n/a 18
Aylesbury £190 £115 to £280 3.2 £48 27
Basildon £180 £95 to £245 2.7 £47 35
Basingstoke £185 £120 to £285 3.0 £41 23
Bath £210 £165 to £380 3.5 n/a 18
Bedford n/a n/a n/a £50 n/a
Birmingham £150 £85 to £220 2.6 £50 58
Bradford £200 £100 to £255 3.1 £42 16
Brighton £160 £115 to £230 2.5 n/a 62
Bristol £360 £170 to £410 3.8 n/a 10
Canterbury £225 £175 to £335 3.1 n/a 22
Chelmsford £135 £95 to £195 2.3 £53 16
Chester £175 £90 to £235 2.8 n/a 18
Coventry £160 £110 to £215 2.7 £44 14
Crawley £185 £130 to £250 3.1 £44 26
Crewe £205 £135 to £295 3.0 n/a 24
Derby £150 £100 to £215 2.8 £49 50
Dover £335 £130 to £375 3.4 n/a 11
Eastbourne £270 £175 to £330 3.5 n/a 14
Gillingham £215 £135 to £255 3.2 £46 28
Glasgow £135 £105 to £205 2.5 £44 26
Guildford £190 £135 to £265 3.2 £46 37
Harlow £160 £100 to £225 2.8 £45 73
High Wycombe £155 £135 to £235 2.6 £45 38
Leeds £145 £115 to £300 3.1 £42 20
Leicester n/a n/a n/a £53 n/a
Liverpool £125 £95 to £190 2.4 £44 21
London £125 £80 to £195 2.6 £45 473
Luton £150 £115 to £280 3.0 £51 27
Maidstone £235 £165 to £280 3.6 n/a 21
Manchester £120 £85 to £195 2.5 £49 89
Milton Keynes £190 £125 to £330 3.6 £48 16
Northampton n/a n/a n/a £45 n/a
Nottingham £150 £100 to £215 2.7 £53 51
Oxford £245 £190 to £260 3.2 n/a 11
Portsmouth £220 £125 to £235 2.6 £56 11
Reading £155 £145 to £235 2.8 £46 26
Rugby n/a n/a n/a £39 n/a
Slough £155 £95 to £215 2.7 £46 87
Southampton n/a n/a n/a £55 n/a
Southend-on-Sea £195 £135 to £245 3.1 n/a 22
St Albans £150 £95 to £225 2.6 £43 93
Stoke-on-Trent £210 £135 to £285 3.0 n/a 16
Tunbridge Wells £190 £120 to £235 3.3 n/a 12
Watford £130 £80 to £195 2.5 £45 219
Weston-super-Mare n/a n/a n/a £52 n/a
Winchester £185 £120 to £210 2.7 £51 10
Woking £170 £125 to £260 3.0 £46 67
Wolverhampton £145 £80 to £215 2.5 £49 55
Worcester £235 £140 to £265 3.2 n/a 10
Worthing £155 £110 to £230 2.4 n/a 56

*Average weekday rate for a medium van with one helper, set by drivers based within 25 km of the city. "n/a" in the cost columns means too few completed bookings in the window; "n/a" in the rate column means too few local drivers to publish a fair average.

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