Removals · Bath, Somerset
Removals in Bath, Somerset
Bath's hardest problem is rarely the Georgian staircase. It is the kerb outside it. In BA1 and BA2 the vehicle has to be settled before anything gets carried, and three things settle it. The carriageway in front of Royal Crescent is stone sett rather than tarmac. George Street, Gay Street, Charlotte Street and Queen Square are signed at 7.5 tonnes, with an exemption for deliveries. And Bath's Clean Air Zone charges commercial vehicles every day of the year while never charging private cars, so a removal lorry can pick up a charge your own car would not. All three get worked out before we price a Bath move, not on the morning of it.
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5.0 ★★★★★ Google rating · Family-run · Insured £2.5m · Or call 01747 637070
Why us, here
What a Bath move looks like from a Shaftesbury yard
Bath is 34 miles north of our Shaftesbury yard on the A350 and A36, about an hour door to door, and it is the most architecturally constrained place we cover. Bath and North East Somerset has more than twice the national average of listed buildings, and BA1 and BA2 carry most of it: Royal Crescent, the Circus, Lansdown Crescent, Camden Crescent, Great Pulteney Street, and thousands of smaller Grade II terraces through Walcot, Kingsmead, Bathwick, Widcombe and Larkhall. Moving into or out of one of those means runner mats, door guards, blanket wrap on the furniture and the correct vehicle for the street. Outside the conservation areas we cover Twerton, Oldfield Park, Combe Down, Odd Down and the modern estates at Foxhill.
In Bath we cover house removals, packing and storage, and also serve nearby Frome and Warminster.
Compared
How we compare to other Bath removal companies
Bath has plenty of removal companies to choose from: firms based in the city itself, and regional Somerset and Wiltshire operators who run into BA1 and BA2. Three points where Marley Moves sits differently from most of them:
Georgian-centre experience without the Bath-resident overhead. Royal Crescent, the Circus, Lansdown, Walcot and Bathwick are routine work for us. We get the B&NES suspension approved, and we match the vehicle to the street: the sett carriageway at Royal Crescent, the weight limits around Queen Square, the residents' bays that have to be signed off before anything sits at the kerb. Running Bath as a regular route rather than out of a BA1 office keeps return loads working for us and the per job cost honest.
In-house Marley crew, properly insured for high-value contents. No subcontracting, no franchise relationships. £2.5m public liability and £50,000 goods in transit per load sit in the email next to the quote, which matters more in Bath than in most of the places we cover.
A written quote within the hour. The figure covers the parking suspension, the vehicle the street will actually take, the crew and the carry, so nothing gets added afterwards. It holds on move day.
Where we don't compete: we're not the cheapest Bath option (a city-based firm with a single Luton can undercut us on a straightforward Twerton job), we don't run pantechnicons for the largest country house relocations, and we don't hold a BA1 office. If any of those matter for your move, a different company is probably the right answer, and we'll say so on the call rather than waste your time.
Routes, access & parking
What we know about getting a removal truck around Bath
Most of what makes Bath difficult is legal rather than physical. George Street, Gay Street, Charlotte Street and Queen Square carry a 7.5 tonne weight limit with an exemption for deliveries, so the biggest trucks are the wrong tool here even where they would physically fit. John Street is closed to general traffic altogether. Lansdown Road is signed with a 3.5 tonne goods vehicle limit that exempts vehicles going to an address on it. The road in front of Royal Crescent is stone sett, while the Circus and Marlborough Buildings are ordinary tarmac, which surprises people who assume the whole upper town is cobbled. Walcot, Kingsmead and Bathwick are tight terraces under constant on-street parking pressure. Twerton, Oldfield Park, Odd Down and Foxhill take a full size load without argument. For any centre move needing more than about half an hour at the kerb, we get a parking bay suspension approved with B&NES before the day.
Property types
The kind of homes we typically move from in Bath
Listed Georgian crescent and terrace properties at Royal Crescent, the Circus, Lansdown, Camden, Cavendish and Marlborough Buildings, often Grade I or II*, where the planning matters as much as the packing. Smaller Georgian and Regency terraces throughout Walcot, Kingsmead, Bathwick, Widcombe and Larkhall, mostly Grade II. Victorian semis in Combe Down, Oldfield Park and Twerton. Modern estates and post-war housing at Odd Down, Foxhill and the developments towards Bathampton and Batheaston.
Practical tips
Parking, skips and timing a Bath move
B&NES will suspend parking bays for a house move, and two things about that surprise people. A suspension does not guarantee an empty space: the council has no power to move a car already parked in a suspended bay, which is why our Bath crews start early. And a long wheelbase vehicle or a lorry needs two or more bays rather than one, so the application is not the same as a neighbour booking a single space. If a skip is going on the frontage too, the skip company applies for the highway licence rather than you, and where the frontage is a residents' parking zone or a controlled bay the parking suspension has to be approved first. University arrivals in September and the end of the teaching year in late May are the busiest weeks for city centre flat moves.
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Available across Bath
House removals, packing, pianos and specialist moves in Bath
Quote the services your move actually needs together and they can be coordinated under one Marley Moves booking and one written plan.
Studios to 5-bed homes.
Man & Van →Fixed-price small moves and single-item pickups.
Packing Services →Full or part packing for kitchen, china and art.
Storage →Containerised storage collected and re-delivered by our removals team.
House Clearances →Probate, downsizing, end-of-tenancy.
Long Distance →UK-wide long-distance removals from Dorset.
Specialist Removals →Antiques, fine art and other fragile, heavy or awkward items.
Piano Removals →Upright and grand pianos, moved alone or as part of a wider move.
Frequent questions
What people ask about removals in Bath
Can you handle removals from listed Georgian properties in Bath?
Yes, listed Georgian and Regency removals across BA1 and BA2 are routine work for us. Royal Crescent, the Circus, Lansdown, Great Pulteney Street and Walcot: we know the access regime, and runner mats, door guards and blanket wrap come as standard.
Do you book parking suspensions on Bath's Georgian terraces?
Yes. For any centre move needing more than about half an hour at the kerb we get a bay suspension approved with B&NES, and the cost is in your written quote. Book roughly two weeks ahead and there is no surcharge; inside ten working days the council adds a short notice charge, with a lower band that applies to residential house moves. A long wheelbase vehicle or a lorry needs two or more bays rather than one. Worth knowing: a suspension does not guarantee the space will be empty, and the council cannot move a car that is already sitting in it, so we arrive early.
How much does a typical Bath Georgian-terrace removal cost?
Bath quotes are built around the access: the vehicle the street will take, the length of the carry, and the parking suspension the kerb needs. A Walcot or Bathwick terrace prices differently to Royal Crescent or Lansdown, and modern Twerton or Foxhill differently again. We put the figure in writing before the day and it holds.
Do you cover BA1 and BA2 in full, including Combe Down and Larkhall?
Yes, BA1 and BA2 in full, including Walcot, Kingsmead, Bathwick, Widcombe, Larkhall, Combe Down, Odd Down, Twerton, Oldfield Park, Foxhill, Bathampton and Batheaston.
Can you do University of Bath student moves at term boundaries?
Yes. The teaching year ends in late May and new students arrive in September, and those are our busiest Bath weeks for student moves. Small move quotes are fixed in writing before the day, and combined moves out of multi-tenant houses, where we run several rooms in sequence, are common.
How far ahead should we book a Bath city-centre move?
Two weeks or more is ideal for a centre address, because that is the point at which B&NES stops adding a short notice fee to the parking suspension. Shorter notice is still workable, it simply costs a little more at the council end. Modern Twerton, Foxhill or Odd Down addresses rarely need a suspension at all and are far more flexible.
Will the Bath Clean Air Zone add anything to my move?
Not for your own vehicle. Bath runs a class C zone, so private cars and motorcycles are never charged, whatever they emit. The charge lands on commercial vehicles instead: a van or pick-up under 3.5 tonnes pays £9 a day unless it meets Euro 6 diesel or Euro 4 petrol, and a lorry over 3.5 tonnes pays £100 a day unless it meets Euro VI. It runs midnight to midnight, seven days a week, all year round, and the zone covers the city centre. Any charge that applies is ours to pay. We absorb it rather than passing it on, so it does not reach your quote or your final bill.
Nearby areas we cover
Also covering nearby
Marley Moves & Bath
We move people across Bath from our Shaftesbury, SP7 yard.
Around 34 miles from our Shaftesbury yard, with surveys and move dates planned around our regular routes.
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