Next out of London: collect WED 14 OCT, deliver TUE 20 OCT · collect WED 21 OCT, deliver TUE 27 OCT.
Covering: Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Leek, Stone, Uttoxeter and the rest of the ST postcode area.
The local landmark: The bottle kilns of the Potteries still punctuate the skyline, best seen at the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Longton.
Students: Keele University and the University of Staffordshire both sit in the area, with student lets concentrated in Shelton and around Keele village.
On the ground: Tight Victorian terraces built for pottery workers run across the six towns, many opening straight onto the pavement, with moorland lanes around Leek. If carrying is the hard part, Assisted from £349 brings us inside, with a two-person crew when furniture or bikes are aboard (£15 per end for 2nd or 3rd floor with no lift, £30 for 4th and up).
Who makes this move: Students for Keele and Staffordshire head up from London each autumn, while some of England's most affordable terraced housing tempts London leavers year round.
While you wait for the van: Stoke-on-Trent is a federation of six towns, yet novelist Arnold Bennett famously wrote about them as the Five Towns, leaving out Fenton.
| What you send | Example | Kerbside | Assisted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 4 pieces | 2 suitcases and 2 boxes | £199 | £349 |
| Pieces 5 to 10, £15 each | 10 boxes | £289 | £439 |
| Pieces 11 and over, £12 each | 20 boxes and bags | £409 | £559 |
| Bike, £59 each | A bike on its own | £199 | £349 |
| Small furniture item, £45 each | 8 boxes and a desk chair | £304 | £454 |
| Stairs, no lift, 2nd or 3rd floor | Per end | n/a | +£15 |
| Stairs, no lift, 4th floor or higher | Per end | n/a | +£30 |
Kerbside: you bring everything to your front door and the driver loads. Assisted: we carry from inside, any floor; boxes and bags need one of us, and furniture or bikes bring a two-person crew. A piece is any box, bag or suitcase up to 30 kg. Standard cover of £50 per piece is included. Prices include VAT and are the same in both directions, to every destination.
Yes. The whole ST postcode area is on our Tuesday run. London collections are on Wednesdays and arrive 6 days later; Stoke collections are on Tuesdays and arrive in London on the Wednesday.
The same as every destination: up to 4 boxes, bags or suitcases £199 including VAT, 10 pieces £289, 20 pieces £409. Assisted, where we carry from inside, starts at £349.
By 12:00 two days before your collection day. Stoke collections close at 12:00 two days before the Tuesday; London collections close Monday noon for the Wednesday. The booking form shows the next three dates live.