Weavers' cottages, winding stairs and the flat-pack question

Almost nothing large is sold on the valley floor. Canteen Mill and Salford Industrial Estate, Nanholme Mills and the units on Industrial Street are workshops and trade premises, and the market is where a lot of the second-hand pieces change hands. Most deliveries therefore start somewhere else: a warehouse collection down the A646, a private seller in Mytholmroyd or Hebden Bridge, or a shop in Halifax or Bradford.

Getting it in is the part worth thinking about. Weavers' cottages have long mullioned windows and stairs that wind twice in a stone shaft, and over-and-under houses put your flat two floors above or below the only place a van can stop. Flat-packed goes up in boxes without an argument. Assembled furniture sometimes needs feet or doors off, and occasionally it genuinely will not go. We would rather say so before you buy.

What Todmorden furniture & large item transport usually involves

The A646 along the valley floor is the only sensible approach and it closes in heavy rain, with the Hebden Bridge stretch shut for over a day during Storm Bert, so a wet week can move a slot
Low rail and canal bridges around Gauxholme and Walsden restrict the southern approach, so we come in along the valley from Halifax rather than under them
Market days fill the market ground and the streets around it, so an early start or a different day is easier for a long load
Side lanes up to Lydgate, Cornholme, Mankinholes and Lumbutts have hairpins a long-wheelbase van cannot swing in one go, so the last half-mile takes its own time
Delivering a new bed or sofa? The old one can come out with us on the same visit. We do not clear whole houses, garages or gardens

Where in Todmorden we work

Canteen Mill and Salford Industrial Estatetrade and workshop units for a local collection before the delivery leg
Nanholme Mills and Robinwood Mill, Burnley Roadmill premises where the goods door, not a shop front, is the way in
Walsden and Gauxholmethe southern end of town, where the low bridges decide which way we approach
Cornholme and Lydgatesteep single-track climbs, so the item usually finishes the trip on the trolley
Shade and Brook Streetvalley-floor terraces close enough to the centre to load from the road, market days excepted
Todmorden Town Hall and the market groundcentral drops where kerb space disappears once the traders are set up

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Todmorden and the surrounding OL14 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Todmorden runs

Bradford → Todmordentwenty-one slow A-road miles the length of the Calder Valley; no summit to cross, but allow the best part of an hour
Halifax or Sowerby Bridge → Todmordenshop collection down the valley and a delivery up it, normally one trip
Todmorden → Walsden or Cornholmea table or bed frame moving a couple of miles within the town when someone trades up

What it costs

What drives a Todmorden price is the time the job takes, meaning the slow valley road, the carry at the door and whether anything has to come apart, rather than the mileage itself. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Todmorden 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 Todmorden

Can you fit a Todmorden delivery in on the same day?

Often, but it is worth knowing the run from Bradford is twenty-one miles of single-carriageway A646 with no motorway alternative, so this job takes a decent chunk of the day. If we are already at this end of the valley it is straightforward. If not, next-day is the safer booking.

Will a three-door wardrobe get up the stairs in a weavers' cottage?

Sometimes. Stairs in that stock wind in a stone shaft and the landing is the pinch point, not the front door. Measure the narrowest turn and send a photo before you buy. Flat-packed almost always goes up, a built wardrobe may need doors and feet off, and a few simply will not turn.

Do you take the old furniture away?

Yes, when you want it gone. The old sofa, bed or appliance goes out as the new one comes in, on the same visit, and old appliances are taken to a household waste recycling centre. We are not a clearance or waste service though, so we cannot empty a property or a garage.