Retail park to riverside: two ends of the same town

The furniture end of this town is all on the flat, out by the A59. St James Retail Park and the business units on Grimbald Crag Road have loading bays and room to swing a van, while Manse Lane and Chain Lane cover the trade sort of buy. Collection there takes minutes: an order number, a goods-out door, and the piece blanketed and strapped before it moves an inch.

Delivery is a different town altogether. Kirkgate, Waterside and the cobbled Water Bag Bank drop toward the Nidd gorge, steep, narrow and partly setted, and the only two crossings, High Bridge and Low Bridge, are both narrow with blind approaches. On Wednesdays the market takes the Market Place from half seven until three, removing the one realistic loading space in the old town. Up at Aspin and Grimbald Crag it is driveways and short carries.

What Knaresborough furniture & large item transport usually involves

Wednesday market runs on the Market Place from 7.30am to 3pm, so old-town deliveries are booked either side of it
The historic streets are double-yellowed with very limited waiting, so a Kirkgate or Waterside address means an early loading window or a shuttle from the Conyngham Hall or Chapel Street car parks
From Bradford it is the A658 through Greengates, Apperley Bridge, Yeadon and Pool-in-Wharfedale to the A59 just east of town, roughly 22 miles
Newer housing around Grimbald Crag and Scriven has drives and wide halls, which usually turns a two-person carry into a ten-minute job
When a new bed or suite goes in, the old one can come out with us the same visit; that is item replacement, not a house clearance

Where in Knaresborough we work

St James Retail Park, off the A59the main big-item collection point in town, with bays and space for a long van
St James Business Park, Grimbald Crag Roadtrade and warehouse collections booked in on an order number
Manse Lane industrial estateworkshop and trade units for one-off and made-to-order pieces
Waterside and Kirkgategorge-side cottages with no off-street access and long carries up stone steps
Market Place and High Streettown-centre flats above the shops, loadable early but not on a Wednesday
Aspin and Eastfield1960s to 80s family estates where the drive comes right up to the door

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Knaresborough and the surrounding HG5 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Knaresborough runs

Bradford → Knaresboroughthe A658 through Yeadon and Pool-in-Wharfedale, about 22 miles and 40 to 55 minutes
St James Retail Park → Scriven or Calcuttshop collection to a newer house, normally straight in off a driveway
Knaresborough → Harrogatea short hop with the item carried into the room rather than left in the hall

What it costs

Price is set by the size of the piece, the carry at the delivery end and the time the job needs, rather than the miles between us. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Knaresborough from Bradford, and you get the price before we set off, not after. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Frequently asked questions: furniture & large item transport in Knaresborough

Can you collect from a retail park if I have already paid?

Yes. Give us the store's collection instructions, the order number and the name on the order and we will load from the goods-out door. Most collections out at St James take a few minutes. If the store needs you present, meet us there and we will take it from the bay.

My cottage is on Waterside with steps down from the road. Will you still deliver?

Yes. We park at the closest legal point, often the top of the hill, and carry from there, which is how the gorge-side streets work for everyone. Tell us the number of steps and whether anything turns sharply, and we will bring the trolley and plan the carry rather than discover it on the day.

Can you deliver on market day?

We can, but not onto the Market Place itself between half seven and three on a Wednesday. For a central address that day we come first thing before the traders set up, or shuttle from Chapel Street or Conyngham Hall. Anywhere on Aspin, Eastfield or Scriven is unaffected.