Your van and driver in Tewkesbury
How it works, what it costs and who turns up.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
About Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury at a glance
Tewkesbury sits within the GL20 postcode district, a short hop from the Cotswold Designer Outlet just over a mile from the centre and close to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury station, making it a well-connected spot for anyone shifting boxes, furniture or a full house load. Van & Driver is coming soon to Tewkesbury, bringing together van with driver and man and van services for the town and the surrounding area, including nearby Bishop's Cleeve and Cheltenham. Once live, the marketplace will let customers arrange a fixed-price booking covering moves from a single item collection to a full van house removal, without haggling over costs beforehand. The plan is to support the kind of moves this part of Gloucestershire regularly needs: student removals given the university sites around Cheltenham, tip runs to licensed recycling centres, storage moves to the self storage sites near Cheltenham, and everyday furniture delivery or commercial courier work for local households and businesses. Tewkesbury's position near Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown and Gloucester means many moves will naturally stretch beyond the town boundary, and the service is being built with those short countryside trips in mind as much as moves within Tewkesbury itself. Until partner drivers are confirmed for the area, the page will describe what's planned rather than take live bookings, so check back as coverage develops.
Tewkesbury had 14,387 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Cotswold Designer Outlet is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Swindon Road Recycling Centre, 5.7 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
