Cheltenham at a glance
Set in Gloucestershire with a 2021 census population of 115941 and postcode districts GL51, GL50, GL52 and GL53, this town looks both inward to its neighbourhoods and outward to nearby centres for work, study and shopping, with Cheltenham Spa station 0.7 miles from the centre for rail connections. Gloucester is the nearest main town and sits 8.6 road_miles away, a 19 drive_minutes trip, while Bishop's Cleeve is 3.9 road_miles in 14 drive_minutes and Brockworth is 5.6 road_miles in 14 drive_minutes, making regular moves to and from these places straightforward. Churchdown is 7.1 road_miles in 16 drive_minutes, Tewkesbury is 9 road_miles in 20 drive_minutes, and Stroud is 13.7 road_miles in 30 drive_minutes, with Quedgeley and Hardwicke at 14 road_miles in 21 drive_minutes, Chalford at 15.2 road_miles in 32 drive_minutes, Stonehouse at 16.8 road_miles in 23 drive_minutes and Cirencester at 17 road_miles in 31 drive_minutes. The town also serves nearby smaller places such as Prestbury at 2.3 miles, Andoversford at 5.1 miles and Shipton at 6.1 miles, so short hops and part-loads are common. Day to day, people arrange house and flat moves to and from the towns nearby, flat moves within the town itself, and single items such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine. Student moves at the start and end of term link addresses with Park Campus, Francis Close Hall and Pittville Student Village, and flat-pack and furniture are collected from Regent Arcade, Gallagher Retail Park and Golden Valley Retail Park. Loads into and out of self storage go to Now Self Storage, Big Yellow Self Storage, Safestore and Storage King, and tip runs take old furniture, garden waste and clutter to Swindon Road Recycling Centre.
Cheltenham's terraces around GL50 and GL52 sit close to two student bases, Park Campus and Francis Close Hall, both under a mile from the centre, which means a fair bit of the town's moving traffic is small loads in and out of shared houses rather than full-scale relocations. Add in Pittville Student Village a little further out, plus the pull of Regent Arcade for shoppers and Cheltenham Spa station for commuters, and you get a town where van moves range from a single wardrobe collection to a full house clear-out. Van & Driver is opening in Cheltenham soon, covering the town alongside nearby places such as Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown and Brockworth. Once live, the plan is to offer a van with driver, and separately a man and van service, both booked at a fixed price rather than by the hour, for moves like house removals, furniture delivery, tip runs, next-day moves, storage runs to sites such as Big Yellow or Safestore, student removals, marketplace delivery collections and commercial courier work. With permit parking a short walk from the centre and several storage sites within a couple of miles, Cheltenham has the sort of mixed geography, dense student housing, a compact retail centre and edge-of-town storage, that suits a fixed-price van booking service. Check back for confirmation of when local cover and booking will be available in Cheltenham.
Cheltenham had 115,941 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Regent Arcade, Gallagher Retail Park and Golden Valley Retail Park is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Swindon Road Recycling Centre, 1.3 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
