Shop-over flats, four market days and the canal bridges

Flats above the High Street and Sheep Street shops are reached from the yards behind, through narrow ginnels and up steep back stairs with no lift anywhere in the arrangement. A washer will usually go, an upright fridge freezer often goes with the doors off, and a big American-style unit frequently will not. We would rather measure the staircase with you beforehand than carry something up half a flight and back down again.

Timing is the other half of it. The general market takes the wide High Street on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and it closes outright for the Christmas market and the car show, so a central delivery either goes early before the stalls are up or waits for a clear day. Add the humpback canal bridges around Coach Street and the basin, which have tight approach turns for a long-wheelbase van, and the route matters as much as the kitchen.

What Skipton appliance delivery & removal usually involves

Back staircases to High Street and Sheep Street flats get measured first, including the head height at the turn
Market days on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday take the High Street bays, so town-centre jobs get booked around them
The humpback bridges over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Coach Street need a slow, wide approach with a long load on board
Terraced streets off Broughton Road and Water Street have no off-street loading at all, so an early slot is worth having
Twenty miles up the Aire valley and there is still no travel surcharge, the price is the same as a job in Bradford

Where in Skipton we work

High Street and Sheep Streetshop-over flats reached from the rear yards and up steep back stairs
Broughton Road and Water Streetnarrow terraces with cars both sides and nowhere to stand a van
Gargrave Road and Aireville1930s to 1970s semis and detached houses with drives and easy access
Greatwood and Horse Closepost-war and housing-association estates, mostly level paths to the door
Snaygill Industrial Estate, Keighley Roadtrade collections on the Keighley side, clear of the market
Canal basin apartmentsconversions where the parking and the entrance need sorting before we arrive

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Skipton and the surrounding BD23 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Skipton runs

Skipton → Bradfordtwenty miles down the A629 and A650 through Keighley and Bingley, thirty-five to fifty minutes
Snaygill Industrial Estate → Carleton or Embsaycollected on the estate, delivered out to the villages
Keighley or Bingley → Skiptonthe usual valley run when someone moves up into Craven

What it costs

What drives the price of appliance delivery in Skipton is the staircase, the market-day timing and how close the van can stand, not the twenty miles up the valley. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Skipton from Bradford, and you get the price before we set off, not after. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Frequently asked questions: appliance delivery & removal in Skipton

Do you charge more because Skipton is twenty miles away?

No. There is no travel surcharge anywhere in our area, so a Skipton delivery is priced the same way as a Bradford one, on what the job takes rather than the odometer. You get the fixed figure before we set off, not a mileage line afterwards.

Will a fridge freezer go up to a flat above the High Street?

Standard upright models usually will, often with the doors off and refitted at the top. American-style units frequently will not clear the turn in a back staircase. Send a photo up the stairs and the model dimensions and we will give you a straight answer before you buy it.

How long should the fridge stand before I plug it in?

A few hours upright once it is in place, and longer if it had to be leant right over on the stairs. Defrost and empty it beforehand too, so there is nothing sloshing about. Our guide on preparing a washing machine or fridge for moving sets out the whole routine.