Central London to Oxford prices
A dedicated van and crew for your move alone, on the date you booked. Everything below includes VAT, the fuel, the mileage and the Congestion Charge on the London leg.
| What you are moving | Price |
|---|---|
| Single item or a small loadA few boxes, a bed, a sofa | £350 to £650 |
| Studio or one bedroom flatTwo crew, one van, same day | £750 to £1,250 |
| Two bedroom flat or houseTwo or three crew, a Luton | £1,100 to £1,800 |
| Three bedroom houseThree crew, a full day | £1,500 to £2,500 |
| Four bedroom houseLarger vehicle or two, sometimes two days | £2,000 to £3,300 |
Why people make this move
- Academic and hospital posts, which run on a fixed calendar and produce a predictable wave of moves in September and January
- People leaving London for a house and a garden while keeping a London job on two or three days a week
- Students and researchers moving a room rather than a flat, which is most of the small load work on this route
Loading and unloading
Loading in Central London
The London end is the usual question of floor, lift and where the van can legally stop, with the difference that a two hour drive and an unload follow it. We are stricter about the loading position than on a local move and we prefer an early start. Where the street has no legal stop, a suspension is worth more here than on a job that stays in the city, because losing an hour in London costs the far end its daylight.
Unloading in Oxford
Oxford has three separate constraints and you can meet all three on one street. There are bus gates on several central routes that issue a penalty to anything driving through them, and they are easy to trigger without noticing. There is a zero emission zone covering parts of the city centre, which charges vehicles that are not zero emission during its hours. And the streets themselves, around the colleges, in Jericho and off the High, are narrow, often one way, and in several cases will not take a box van. The residential areas out towards Cowley, Headington and Summertown are ordinary and much easier, with resident permit zones where a suspension may be worth having through Oxfordshire County Council. Student halls and college accommodation have their own rules and their own move-in windows.
The journey
M40 the whole way, which is sixty miles and about an hour and three quarters. It is one of the easier motorway runs out of London, with the Western Avenue approach in London being the slow part rather than the motorway itself.
One day, loaded in the morning and unloaded the same afternoon, with the van and crew dedicated to your move. Where the Oxford address is inside the restricted centre we plan the final approach in advance rather than working it out from the cab.
Bus gates and the zero emission zone
Oxford enforces bus gates on several central streets with cameras, and driving through one in a van produces a penalty notice regardless of why you were there. The zero emission zone covers part of the centre and charges vehicles that are not zero emission within its hours.
We plan the approach around both rather than trusting a satnav, which will happily route a van straight through a bus gate. If your address is inside the restricted area, tell us at the quote stage: it changes the route, sometimes the vehicle, and it is exactly the sort of thing a firm discovers on the day and then bills you for.
Term dates, and why September costs more
Oxford moves cluster hard around the academic calendar. Late September and early October, and again in early January, are the busiest weeks of the year on this route, and every removals firm within fifty miles knows it.
If your date can move by a week either side of the rush, it is worth ten to fifteen per cent. If it cannot, book early rather than well: the constraint in those weeks is availability rather than price.
Small loads and single rooms
A large share of what we take to Oxford is one room rather than one flat: a bed, a desk, a few boxes and a bike, going into college accommodation or a house share. That is the £350 to £650 band and it is a genuinely different job from a flat move.
The thing that decides the price on those is the building rather than the volume. A room on the third floor of a staircase with no lift, in a building with a fifteen minute unloading window, is a different job from a ground floor room with a car park outside.
What makes this move go well
- Tell us if the Oxford address is inside the city centre restricted area, since it changes the route and sometimes the vehicle
- Avoid the last week of September and the first week of October if the date can bend at all
- Check your college or hall move-in window before booking, because several are only a few hours long
- Ask whether the street is in a resident permit zone, and give us the address early if a suspension is needed
Central London to Oxford: common questions
How much do removals from London to Oxford cost?
A one bedroom flat is £750 to £1,250, a two bedroom £1,100 to £1,800 and a three bedroom house £1,500 to £2,500, including VAT. A single room or small load is £350 to £650. That is a dedicated van and crew, loaded in London and unloaded in Oxford the same day.
Can you drive into Oxford city centre?
To most addresses, with planning. Oxford runs camera-enforced bus gates that penalise anything driving through them, and a zero emission zone covering part of the centre. We plan the approach around both rather than following a satnav into a penalty. Tell us if your address is inside the restricted area.
Do you do student and college moves?
Regularly, and they are usually a single room rather than a flat: a bed, a desk, boxes and a bike, in the £350 to £650 band. The thing that sets the price is the staircase and the move-in window rather than the volume, so tell us the floor and the time slot you have been given.
When is the busiest time to move to Oxford?
Late September into early October, and again in early January, both driven by the academic calendar. Those weeks cost ten to fifteen per cent more and book out early. If your date can shift a week either side of the rush, it is worth doing.
Is it done in one day?
Yes for anything up to a three bedroom house. Sixty miles on the M40 is an hour and three quarters, so we load in the morning and unload the same afternoon with time to spare.
Do you charge per mile?
No. The whole job is one figure, with the fuel, the mileage, the Congestion Charge on the London leg and the crew inside it. There is no per mile addition and no charge appearing at the end.
