Removal Company · Blandford Forum, Dorset
Removals Blandford Forum
Thursday and Saturday decide more about a Blandford move than the address does. The street market runs in Market Place on both days, so a central job either loads before it sets up or works round it, and that is a conversation for the day you book rather than the morning itself. Parking works the same way. Church Lane, the closest car park to Market Place, caps you at three hours with no return within four, which is not long enough to load a house. Langton Road, a few hundred yards east, is the one that takes lorries and coaches, so on a tight central address the big vehicle stands there and a smaller one shuttles in. Marley Moves runs house removals in Blandford Forum and the DT11 villages from our Shaftesbury, SP7 yard 14 miles north, using our own crew rather than subcontractors, with a written quote back within the hour.
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5.0 ★★★★★ Google rating · Family-run · Fully insured · Or call 01747 637070
Why us, here
Blandford Forum, Blandford St Mary and the DT11 villages
Blandford Forum burned down on 4 June 1731, and the centre you move into today is the replacement, rebuilt in brick and tile under an Act of Parliament and finished by about 1760. Market Place, East Street, West Street and Salisbury Street are that rebuild. The town centre is a conservation area, the church, the town hall and the Corn Exchange are all listed, and for a removal it adds up to one thing: frontages open straight onto narrow pavements, the staircases are as old as the buildings, and the space outside a property belongs to everybody. Away from the centre the town gets much easier, with established streets around Damory Street, Salisbury Road, Milldown Road and Bryanston Street, newer housing towards the edges, Blandford St Mary and Bryanston just across the Stour, and village addresses at Pimperne, Stourpaine, Durweston, Charlton Marshall, Spetisbury and the Tarrant villages. Blandford Camp sits about two miles north east and holds the headquarters of the Royal Corps of Signals, the Royal School of Signals and the Defence College of Communications and Information Systems, so service families are a steady part of the DT11 moving year rather than an occasional job.
In Blandford Forum we cover house removals, packing and storage, and also serve nearby Shaftesbury, Sherborne and Dorchester.
Compared
What to check before you book a removal company in Blandford Forum
Most of what separates one Blandford quote from another is not the number at the bottom. It is whether anyone has worked out where the vehicle will stand, on what day, and for how long. Three things worth asking about.
Ask which day they have priced, not just which week. Market Place trades on Thursdays and Saturdays, and a quote that ignores the market day is a quote that has not looked at the address. We check the date against the centre before we commit a crew size, and if the day cannot move we build an early start into the plan instead of discovering the problem on site.
Ask where the vehicle is going to be parked. Church Lane will not hold a removal vehicle for a full load, because Dorset Council caps it at three hours with no return within four. That is why a central Blandford job is often a two vehicle plan, with the large vehicle left at Langton Road, rather than one van standing outside your door all day.
Ask what happens when the lane is narrower than the van. A DT11 address at Stourpaine, Durweston or one of the Tarrant villages can be a straightforward house on an impossible approach. The honest answer is a smaller vehicle and more trips, or a shuttle, and it changes the crew and the hours. It should be written into the quote, not raised on the morning.
Free removal boxes and tape once your booking is confirmed. Once you accept your fixed written quote and pay your booking payment, we supply up to forty free removal boxes and two rolls of tape for your Blandford Forum move (subject to availability), with floor runners, door-frame guards and padded transit blankets on the van.
If you are comparing removal companies in Blandford Forum, look for a quote that tells you how the day will run as well as what it costs. We carry full public liability insurance, plus liability cover for your belongings of up to £25,000 per vehicle as standard, or £50,000 per vehicle as an optional paid upgrade agreed in writing before the move date, and packing, storage, pianos, house clearance and long distance moves can all go on the same booking. Call 01747 637070 or ask for a quote online and we will plan it round your actual addresses.
Routes, access & parking
Where a removal van can actually stand in Blandford
Blandford sits where the A350 from Shaftesbury meets the A354, which runs north east towards Salisbury and south west towards Dorchester, so our vehicles come in from the north on the A350 and leave the same way on most local jobs. Inside the town the question is never the route, it is where a loaded vehicle can legally stop. Dorset Council charges in every Blandford car park from 8am to 6pm, seven days a week, bank holidays included. Church Lane is the nearest to the Georgian core, but its short stay limit rules it out for a full load. Marsh and Ham, down by the river beside Morrisons, and Station Court are both free of height barriers but sit further out. Langton Road is the one that changes how we plan a job: no height restriction, charges round the clock, and a marked area for coaches, lorries, oversized vans and vehicles towing trailers. That is where a 7.5 tonne waits on a Market Place or East Street move while a 3.5 tonne Luton runs the short leg to the door. Out in the villages the constraint flips. The road is quiet, but a single track lane with no turning head decides the vehicle before the volume does, so we check the approach before the day.
Property types
The homes we load in and around Blandford
One postcode district, three quite different jobs. A Georgian house or a flat over a shop in the centre normally has no off street loading at all, a staircase that often will not take a wardrobe upright, and a door opening onto a narrow pavement, so it is a protected carry with a smaller vehicle in close. The established streets north and west of the centre, around Damory Street, Salisbury Road, Milldown Road and Bryanston Street, are mostly terraces, semis and post war housing where the van gets onto the frontage and the day runs to plan. Then there are the village and farm addresses at Pimperne, Stourpaine, Durweston, Charlton Marshall, Spetisbury and the Tarrant valley, where the house itself is usually the easy part and the lane is not. Which of the three you have is what sets the crew size and the vehicle, and we establish it before we quote.
Practical tips
Timing a Blandford Forum move
Choose the day before you choose anything else. A central address is easier on the five days the market is not in Market Place, so if your date has any give in it at all, that is where to spend it. If you are moving on posting orders from Blandford Camp, tell us the service date as soon as you have it rather than waiting for the paperwork, because those dates rarely move and the good slots go early. And for anything listed or period in the centre, Blandford is close enough that our usual approach is to come and look at the entrance, the hall and the staircase in person, though a phone or video call can settle a simpler move.
Storage in Blandford Forum
Storage when the Blandford dates do not line up
Chains slip and service quarters are not always ready on the day the old house has to be empty. We can collect in Blandford, hold everything for as long as it takes, and deliver once the new place is available. It is quoted with the removal, so one company holds both dates and there is no second firm to brief. Your storage charge includes liability cover of £500 per crate and £2,500 per container; for anything worth more, please arrange your own insurance.
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Tell us where you are moving from and to. We fix the price in writing before move day, after a quick phone call, video walk-through or free in-person survey.
Available across Blandford Forum
Home moves, storage and long-distance moves in Blandford Forum
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.
Piano Removals →Upright and grand pianos, moved alone or as part of a wider move.
Specialist Removals →Antiques, fine art and other fragile, heavy or awkward items.
Student Moves →Halls, house shares and storage between terms.
Short Notice Moves →When a completion date shifts or an urgent deadline lands.
Frequent questions
Blandford Forum removals: what people ask
Do you cover Blandford Forum and the DT11 villages?
Yes. We work Blandford Forum, Blandford St Mary, Bryanston and the DT11 villages including Pimperne, Stourpaine, Durweston, Charlton Marshall, Spetisbury and the Tarrant villages. Our yard is at Shaftesbury, 14 miles north on the A350, which is close enough that a survey is a short run out rather than a half day.
How do you move a listed or Georgian property in the town centre?
Carefully, and with the loading worked out first. Most central Blandford properties open straight onto the pavement with no off street space, and the halls and stairs date from the Georgian rebuild rather than from anything designed around furniture. We check the entrance, the turns and the stair before we quote, put protection down, and choose a vehicle that can stop close enough to keep the carry short.
What does a house move in Blandford Forum cost?
There is no town rate, because a Georgian flat off Market Place and a four bedroom house at Pimperne are not the same day's work. We price on what has to be carried, how far the carry runs at each end, where the vehicle can stand, the mileage between the two addresses and any packing or storage you want included. You get that fixed in writing before you commit to anything.
Can you move service families posted to or from Blandford Camp?
Yes. Blandford Camp is two miles from the town and we move families in and out of it regularly. Give us the posting date rather than a rough month and we will hold the slot, and we can send an itemised inventory if the move needs paperwork.
Do market days affect when you can move me?
They affect how, not whether. The street market takes Market Place on Thursdays and Saturdays, so for a central address on one of those days we start early and get the load done before the stalls are up, or leave the main vehicle at Langton Road and run the last leg in a smaller van. Anywhere outside the centre it makes no difference at all.
Can you store our things between the two Blandford dates?
Yes. We collect, store and redeliver, and we quote it with the removal so you are dealing with one company and one plan. It is the usual answer to a chain that slips or a service property that is not ready, and you are not charged for a container you have finished with.
Do you offer man and van or smaller flat moves in Blandford Forum?
Yes. Alongside full family house removals, our crew handles smaller flat moves, single items and part loads in Blandford Forum on a fixed written price, with no hourly meter running on the day.
What liability cover and free packing boxes come with a Blandford Forum move?
Every move carries £2m public liability cover, plus liability cover for your belongings up to £25,000 per vehicle as standard, with £50,000 per vehicle as an optional paid upgrade agreed in writing before the move date. Once you accept your quote and pay your booking payment, we also supply up to forty free removal boxes and two rolls of tape, subject to availability.
Nearby areas we cover
Also covering nearby
Marley Moves & Blandford Forum
We move people across Blandford Forum from our Shaftesbury, SP7 yard.
Around 14 miles from our Shaftesbury yard, with surveys and move dates planned around our regular routes.
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