Man with a Van Birmingham to Bristol

It is roughly 90 miles south down the M5 and usually a 1.5 to 2 hour drive, depending on the motorway around Worcester and the pull into Bristol. Your driver loads in Birmingham, runs it straight down and unloads in Bristol on the one trip.

The price for this route is fixed up front for the whole job, not metered by the hour. Because drivers regularly head south down the M5, your move can often ride along on a trip already booked, and that keeps prices starting from £57. What you pay tracks the size of the load and any lifting you want done.

On a 90-mile trip a fixed price nearly always wins. Pay by the hour and the clock covers loading, the run down to the West Country and unloading at the far end, so any hold-up adds to the bill. A Porta quote is set before you commit and does not move.

Yes, the Bristol to Birmingham direction runs on the same basis. Give us your Bristol pickup and Birmingham drop-off and we will fix a price for the journey back up the M5.

From one appliance to the contents of a flat, taking in the heavy, awkward things couriers often refuse, beds, chests of drawers, wide fridges and the like. Students heading down to Bristol or UWE and marketplace pickups all fit the run.

Loading and unloading are done with you at both ends, not left for you to manage alone. Flag the heaviest pieces, or stairs without a lift, at the quote stage so the driver arrives ready for them.

Often possible, where a driver is already pointed south. Same-day and next-day runs down the M5 depend on who is free, so a quick quote is the fastest way to see live slots.

We pick up anywhere in Birmingham, from the Jewellery Quarter and Moseley out to Solihull, and drop off across Bristol and the wider West of England, from the Harbourside and Clifton to Bedminster and the northern fringe. Stops down the M5 can usually be added.

This route has a charging zone at each end. Birmingham runs a charging Clean Air Zone over its centre, and Bristol operates its own charging Clean Air Zone too. Most platform vans clear both, and on the rare occasion a charge applies at either end it is folded into your fixed price before you see it.

Yes, solid pieces like these are common on the run south. They travel best emptied and wrapped, and the driver helps carry them through doorways and up stairs at both ends. Give the size and any narrow access when you quote so the right van goes out.

Yes. A divan often goes in as it is, while a slatted or flat-pack frame comes apart to protect it over 90 miles, and mattresses travel flat or on edge depending on the van. Tell us the bed size at the quote stage and the right vehicle is matched.

Yes. Stand any fridge freezer upright for a few hours after the drive before switching it on, and say if it is a wide American-style unit, as those need two people and a roomier van. Big appliances also suit our large item courier service.