Your van and driver in Thatcham
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 Thatcham
Thatcham at a glance
Thatcham sits across the RG19 and RG18 postcode districts, with the Kingsland Centre just three-tenths of a mile from the centre and the town's own railway station a short walk away, making it an easy spot to arrange a van with a driver for a move or delivery. Van & Driver works as a marketplace here: you book a van with a driver at a fixed price through the site, and the move itself is carried out by a partner driver rather than by us directly. That means you can get a full house removal, a man-with-a-van move, a furniture delivery, a tip run or a next-day van sorted without haggling over the cost beforehand, whether you're moving within Thatcham itself or heading the three miles to Newbury, out to Tadley, or further afield to Burghfield Common. Prices are fixed by route and van size, covering everything from a single item to a full van load, so you know the cost before you commit. The service also stretches to storage moves, student removals, marketplace collections and commercial courier work, useful given the storage sites at Newbury and the recycling centre a few miles out on the Newtown Road. Wherever you're heading from Thatcham, you can book online now and have a van with a driver arranged for the move.
Thatcham had 25,537 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Kingsland Centre, 9Yards Retail Park and Newbury Retail Park is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Newtown Road Recycling Centre, 3.2 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
