Van & Driver

Van and Driver in Islington

Van and Driver provides a van with a driver in Islington 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.

Islington prices.

A van and driver in Islington 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. 3 road miles or so from London. The price is fixed online before you book, and you choose the hour.

Every price, in full

From Islington

Real road miles and what each move costs.

Road miles from Islington

Islington to Hackney is 2.1 miles by road, 13 minutes.

What a move from Islington 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

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

Van and driver services in Islington

How it works

  1. Tell us what's moving: add your things, or pick a load size. A single item in Islington 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.

Who covers Islington

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

Getting around Islington

  • Essex Road station is 0.4 miles from the centre.

  • The nearest towns by road are Hackney (2.1 miles, 13 minutes), City of London (2.5 miles, 15 minutes), Camden (3.3 miles, 19 minutes) and Haringey (3.5 miles, 20 minutes).

  • London is the nearest of our main towns, about 3 road miles away.

  • We cover the N1, N7 and N1P postcode districts and the villages around them.

Near Islington

Your van and driver in Islington

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Good to know.

Questions about a van and driver in Islington

How much does a van and driver in Islington 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 Islington 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 Islington 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?+

Islington and the towns around it, at the same prices as everywhere else. Bookings in Islington 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 Islington

Islington at a glance

Within N1, N7 and N1P, local moves often link student lets, shops and storage in quick succession, so planning multi‑stop routes is common and timing matters around Essex Road station 0.4 miles for key handovers. Term time brings steady demand from Kaplan, London Metropolitan University, Holloway Campus and University of Wales Trinity Saint David London, with student moves at the start and end of term paired with collections from Angel Central, Nag's Head Town Centre and Coal Drops Yard when flat‑pack and furniture need to be brought back to new addresses. Loads into and out of self storage feature in many itineraries, using Access Self Storage, HOLD Self Storage Kings Cross, Safestore and Shurgard Self-Storage for interim space when a tenancy doesn’t quite align with a completion date, or when decluttering ahead of a flat move within the town itself. Tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter are booked to Hornsey Street Reuse and Recycling Centre 0.7 miles to clear basements and cupboards before delivery day, and one‑item jobs such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine are slotted between larger runs to keep moves efficient. House and flat moves to and from the towns nearby regularly involve staging pick‑ups from the retail parks and drop‑offs at storage on the way out, while return trips often reverse that flow. With the town’s addresses spread across the three postcode districts, crews frequently shuttle between N1 streets and N7 blocks in the same afternoon, using storage as a buffer when access windows are tight. For many residents, the simplest plan is a van and driver covering collections, deliveries and recycling in one booking, so nothing is left behind and everything reaches the right place first time.

Islington had 216,309 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Angel Central, Nag's Head Town Centre and Coal Drops Yard is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Hornsey Street Reuse and Recycling Centre, 0.7 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.

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Van driver jobs in Islington: you keep 85% of every job.

Prices checked October 2026 · Page updated 14 October 2026

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