UK Man and Van Price Index 2026

The median man and van move in the UK costs £165, with drivers charging an average of £47 per hour for a medium van with one helper, based on 1,514 completed bookings. The index covers 49 UK cities: 41 with full move-cost data and the rest with local driver hourly rates.

Updated July 2026. Next update: October 2026.

Methodology

Figures are aggregated from completed, paid man and van bookings made on uremovals.com with 2025 and 2026 move dates (January 2025 to July 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 £165.
  • Manchester is the cheapest city in the index, with a median move cost of £120.
  • Dover is the most expensive, at a median of £335 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 £115 and £250 (middle 50% of bookings, city medians).

Median move cost by city

Median man and van move cost by city (2026) Dover £335 Eastbourne £285 Milton Keynes £265 Oxford £245 Gillingham £235 Maidstone £235 Ashford £225 Canterbury £225 Bath £210 Aylesbury £205 Bradford £200 Crewe £200 Stoke-on-Trent £200 Southend-on-Sea £195 Tunbridge Wells £190 Chester £185 Crawley £185 Guildford £185 High Wycombe £170 Woking £170 Brighton £165 Coventry £165 Harlow £165 Basildon £160 Worthing £160 Basingstoke £155 Derby £155 Reading £155 Glasgow £150 Nottingham £150 Slough £150 St Albans £150 Birmingham £145 Leeds £145 Wolverhampton £145 Luton £140 Chelmsford £135 Watford £135 London £130 Liverpool £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 £175 to £350 3.3 n/a 14
Aylesbury £205 £125 to £320 3.2 £48 25
Basildon £160 £95 to £240 2.6 £46 31
Basingstoke £155 £115 to £260 2.9 £41 12
Bath £210 £165 to £360 3.5 n/a 15
Bedford n/a n/a n/a £50 n/a
Birmingham £145 £85 to £220 2.6 £50 46
Bradford £200 £100 to £250 3.1 £42 13
Brighton £165 £120 to £255 2.6 n/a 48
Canterbury £225 £175 to £350 3.1 n/a 19
Chelmsford £135 £95 to £195 2.3 n/a 15
Chester £185 £90 to £295 2.7 n/a 13
Coventry £165 £115 to £215 2.8 £44 11
Crawley £185 £125 to £255 3.2 £43 16
Crewe £200 £135 to £295 3.0 n/a 21
Derby £155 £95 to £220 2.8 £49 43
Dover £335 £130 to £375 3.4 n/a 11
Eastbourne £285 £215 to £330 3.7 n/a 10
Gillingham £235 £170 to £255 3.2 £44 20
Glasgow £150 £115 to £220 2.6 £44 19
Guildford £185 £130 to £255 3.3 £45 23
Harlow £165 £105 to £220 2.9 £46 51
High Wycombe £170 £135 to £235 2.7 £45 31
Leeds £145 £100 to £250 3.0 £42 16
Leicester n/a n/a n/a £53 n/a
Liverpool £125 £90 to £195 2.5 £44 16
London £130 £80 to £195 2.6 £46 329
Luton £140 £115 to £255 2.8 £51 23
Maidstone £235 £185 to £255 3.6 n/a 14
Manchester £120 £85 to £205 2.6 £50 63
Milton Keynes £265 £140 to £330 3.7 £48 15
Northampton n/a n/a n/a £45 n/a
Nottingham £150 £95 to £215 2.6 £53 45
Oxford £245 £190 to £260 3.2 n/a 11
Portsmouth n/a n/a n/a £56 n/a
Reading £155 £115 to £235 2.7 £46 19
Rugby n/a n/a n/a £39 n/a
Slough £150 £80 to £205 2.7 £46 64
Southampton n/a n/a n/a £55 n/a
Southend-on-Sea £195 £135 to £245 2.9 n/a 16
St Albans £150 £110 to £220 2.6 £44 65
Stoke-on-Trent £200 £135 to £255 3.0 n/a 14
Tunbridge Wells £190 £150 to £220 3.4 n/a 10
Watford £135 £80 to £195 2.5 £45 154
Weston-super-Mare n/a n/a n/a £52 n/a
Winchester n/a n/a n/a £51 n/a
Woking £170 £130 to £255 3.0 £45 43
Wolverhampton £145 £80 to £215 2.5 £49 47
Worthing £160 £115 to £240 2.5 n/a 43

*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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