Devizes at a glance
In Wiltshire with Bath as the nearest main town, Devizes is a market centre for the SN10 area and a practical base for moves across the nearby towns and smaller villages it serves. By road it is 8 miles, 17 minutes to Melksham, 9.1 miles, 21 minutes to Calne, 11.4 miles, 22 minutes to Trowbridge, 13.5 miles, 29 minutes to Corsham, 13.8 miles, 21 minutes to Marlborough, 14.3 miles, 30 minutes to Bradford-on-Avon, 14.3 miles, 30 minutes to Chippenham, 15 miles, 28 minutes to Westbury, 17.4 miles, 35 minutes to Warminster, and 18.3 miles, 32 minutes to Royal Wootton Bassett. It has no station, so people planning moves often link collections and drop-offs with these nearby towns. Day to day, Devizes supports close-by villages such as Potterne (2 miles), Rowde (2.1 miles), Poulshot (2.7 miles), Urchfont (3.2 miles), Worton (3.3 miles), Easterton (3.7 miles), All Cannings (3.8 miles), Market Lavington (4.4 miles), Chirton (4.7 miles), Great Cheverell (4.8 miles), Littleton Panell (4.9 miles), Erlestoke (5.2 miles) and Woodborough (6.4 miles), with many moves starting in one of these places and finishing in town, or the other way round. For storage runs, Zelf is 1 mile from the centre, handy for short-notice loading, and the Devizes Household Recycling Centre is 1.3 miles for clearing a garage or making space before a bigger move. With a population of 19491, typical jobs here range from house and flat moves to and from the towns nearby, single items such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine, tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter to the recycling centre, and loads into and out of self storage. Whether moving across Devizes or between the town and Bath, Melksham, Calne or Marlborough, timings are straightforward and distances are short enough to plan same-day moves without fuss.
Devizes sits in the SN10 postcode area, with the Kennet and Avon Canal running through the town centre and open Wiltshire countryside on every side, so a van booking here often means a mix of tight lanes and longer runs out towards places like Calne or Melksham. Van & Driver lets you book a van with a driver in Devizes at a fixed price agreed before you travel, whether you need a single item moved, a house removal, or a next-day run to clear a flat. Moves in and around Devizes are carried out by partner drivers working through the marketplace, covering everything from student removals and furniture delivery to storage moves and commercial courier work.
If you're clearing space, Zelf storage on Hopton Road is about a mile from the centre. For bigger loads, Hills Recycling Centre near Calne and Melksham Recycling Centre in Bowerhill are both within easy reach, useful if a move spills over from a house clearance. Fixed prices cover trips within Devizes itself as well as routes out to Calne, Melksham and Trowbridge, so you know the full cost of a single item, a half van, or a full van before anything is booked.
Devizes had 19,491 people at the 2021 Census. The council's nearest recycling centre is Devizes Household Recycling Centre, 1.3 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
