Van & Driver

Van and Driver in Cowes

Van and Driver provides a van with a driver in Cowes from £55 for single items, £69 for moves and £70 for tip runs. The price is fixed and shown before you book, the driver helps load and unload, and you can book online in 30 seconds. The first 10 miles are included, then £1.80 a mile.

Cowes prices.

A van and driver in Cowes from £55: a driver with their own van who loads, drives and unloads with you, for a single item, a tip run or a whole house. Cowes is in Isle of Wight, 4 road miles or so from Newport. The price is fixed online before you book, and you choose the hour.

Single item
from£55
Small load
from£69
Medium load
from£139
Full load
from£349

Every price, in full

From Cowes

Real road miles and what each move costs.

Road miles from Cowes

Cowes to Newport is 3.8 miles by road, 11 minutes.

What a move from Cowes costs to the towns around it, with the miles included: a bin's worth (a few boxes and bags), half a van (a room or two) and a full load (most of a house).

ToRoad milesDriveA bin's worthHalf a vanA full load
Newport3.811 min£69£139£349
East Cowes8.320 min£69£139£349
Ryde10.928 min£71£141£351
Fareham25.6102 min£97£167£377
Blackfield and Langley26.9103 min£99£169£379
Holbury27.8105 min£101£171£381
Lee-on-the-Solent28.1107 min£102£172£382
Gosport28.6110 min£102£172£382
Locks Heath29.7108 min£104£174£384
Netley33.4111 min£111£181£391

Road miles and drive times by Google routing, checked monthly.

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Van and driver services in Cowes

How it works

  1. Tell us what's moving: add your things, or pick a load size. A single item in Cowes is £55.
  2. Add the addresses and pick a day and an hour. The price is fixed before you pay, with nothing added on the day.
  3. Your driver turns up in the hour you chose, loads, drives and unloads with you.
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Who covers Cowes

  • Bookings in Cowes are open: you see the price and the free days before you book, and we confirm your driver when you do.

Getting around Cowes

  • Cowes is in Isle of Wight.

  • The nearest towns by road are Newport (3.8 miles, 11 minutes), East Cowes (8.3 miles, 20 minutes), Ryde (10.9 miles, 28 minutes) and Fareham (25.6 miles, 102 minutes).

  • Newport is the nearest of our main towns, 3.8 miles by road.

  • We cover the PO31 postcode district and the villages around them.

Near Cowes

East Cowes1 milesNewport4 milesBlackfield and Langley5 milesHolbury6 milesLee-on-the-Solent6 milesRyde7 milesLocks Heath8 milesGosport8 milesAll of Isle of Wightevery town

We also cover Great Thorness, at the same prices.

Your van and driver in Cowes

How it works, what it costs and who turns up.

01

What a van and driver is

A van, a driver, a fixed price – and no bidding.

A van and driver is the middle ground between hiring a van yourself and booking a removals firm.

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02

Van and driver versus man and van

Same idea, better promise.

"Man and van" is what people search for; it usually means one person with their own van, quoted on the phone, paid in cash, and you hope they turn up.

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03

What fits in each van

We measure in wheelie bins. One bin's worth is about eight bin bags.

Picture a wheelie bin. One bin's worth is a few boxes and bags. Two is a fridge or a washing machine with room to spare. Four is a room.

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04

How the price works

Fixed prices, the same everywhere.

A move's price depends on how much is moving, not where you live. A wheelie bin's worth is £69 anywhere in England; a full load is £349 in Salisbury, Sheffield or Southend.

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05

Who turns up

Checked, insured, rated – and paid properly.

Every driver is an independent partner who has shown us their licence, their hire-and-reward insurance, goods-in-transit and public liability cover, and their right to work, before they're offered a single job.

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06

Lifting, stairs and awkward things

Two people when the job needs them, at no extra cost.

We decide from what you're moving: a sofa, a wardrobe, a fridge, or a medium load and up gets two people, and that's already in the price. There's nothing to choose and nothing extra to pay.

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07

Booking, changing and cancelling

Two minutes to book. Change it yourself up to 48 hours before.

Book online for today (until 3pm; after that, tomorrow from 1pm) or any day up to about six months ahead, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

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08

Same day? Yes, until 3pm.

Today, if you book by 3pm.

Book before 3pm and you can pick today: the earliest one-hour arrival is the hour after next (book at 10:20 and it's 12 to 1), if a partner's free. After 3pm, the earliest is 1pm tomorrow.

The whole of “Same day? Yes, until 3pm.”

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Good to know.

Questions about a van and driver in Cowes

How much does a van and driver in Cowes cost?+

A move is from £69 for a wheelie bin's worth, £189 for half a van and £349 for a full load, the same anywhere in England, first 10 miles included.

Is a van and driver in Cowes cheaper than a removals company?+

For anything up to a two-bed house, usually yes, and you get a fixed price online instead of a survey and a quote.

Will two people come?+

When the job needs them (a sofa, a wardrobe, a fridge, or a medium load and up) two people come, and that's already in the price.

Can I get a van and driver in Cowes near me today?+

Yes, if you book before 3pm and a partner's free: the earliest arrival is the hour after next. After 3pm, the earliest is 1pm tomorrow.

Are my things insured?+

Every driver carries goods-in-transit and public liability cover, checked before they're offered work.

What if I need to change the date?+

Change the date or hour yourself from your booking page up to 48 hours before. Free.

Do you do tip runs and rubbish?+

Yes – single items, wheelie bins, clear-outs, garden waste and whole house clearances, at fixed prices with no charge for the distance: from £70 for one item, £80 for a bin emptied, £99 for a load and £599 for a 1-bed house clearance.

Where do you cover?+

Cowes and the towns around it, at the same prices as everywhere else. Bookings in Cowes are open: you see the price and the free days before you book, and we confirm your driver when you do.

Is the price fixed?+

Yes. You see the whole price before you book and that's what you pay: no hourly rate, and nothing added on the day for stairs, waiting or a heavy sofa, unless what you're moving changes.

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About Cowes

Cowes at a glance

Cowes, tucked into the PO31 postcode on the Isle of Wight's northern tip, sits just across the water from East Cowes, a mile and a half away by road via the chain ferry, with Newport a short trip further south. Van & Driver is opening soon in Cowes, bringing together van with driver and man and van services for people who need help moving items, furniture or whole households around the town and beyond. Once live, the service will cover moves within Cowes itself, short hops to East Cowes, and runs out to Newport, where Wakes Retail Park and Towngate Retail Park offer useful stops for larger purchases needing transport home. The plan is to support a full range of moves, from single-item deliveries and student removals to storage runs and next-day van hire, with local partner drivers eventually handling bookings at a fixed price agreed before the move starts. Cowes has its share of storage options nearby, including Inner Space close to the centre and Wight Self Storage a little further out, both of which could suit anyone clearing space before a move. For those needing to dispose of bulky waste, Lynnbottom Recycling Centre in Newport is the nearest facility, though further options exist across the water in Gosport and Southampton. Once Van & Driver launches in Cowes, residents will be able to arrange transport for removals, deliveries and tip runs without having to negotiate rates themselves, using set prices for trips across the island and to nearby towns such as East Cowes and Blackfield and Langley.

Cowes had 14,366 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Cowes Town Central, Wakes Retail Park and Towngate Retail Park is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Lynnbottom Recycling Centre, 5.1 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.

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Prices checked October 2026 · Page updated 14 October 2026

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