Back stairs off the High Street, and the run into the Dales

Flats over the High Street and Sheep Street shops are reached from the rear yards and the ginnels behind, up steep back staircases with no lift anywhere in the building. Everything comes down those stairs by hand. Add the general market on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and the loading bays on the street itself have gone by the time the stalls are up, so we either start before they set up or book you for a clear day.

Out from the centre it gets easier. Gargrave Road and Aireville are 1930s to 1970s semis and detached houses with drives, which is where most families trading up from the terraces end up. Getting there sometimes means a humpback canal bridge around Coach Street with a tight turn on the approach, so we pick the way in rather than following a satnav that does not know how long the van is.

What Skipton house removals usually involves

Market days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and the High Street is closed outright for the Christmas market and the car show
High Street and Sheep Street flats load from rear yards and narrow ginnels, with steep back stairs and no lift
Coach Street, Cavendish Street and the Town Hall car parks take the overflow when the High Street bays are gone
Terraces off Broughton Road and Water Street are narrow, parked both sides and have no off-street loading
Canal crossings near the basin are narrow humpback bridges with tight approach turns for a long van

Where in Skipton we work

High Street and Sheep Streetshop-over flats reached from back yards, steep staircases and no lift
Broughton Roadgritstone terraces with parking both sides and nowhere to load off-street
Gargrave Road and Airevillesemis and detached houses with drives, the usual trade-up from a central terrace
Greatwood and Horse Closelarge post-war and housing-association estates with room to get the van close
Carleton and Embsayvillage addresses just out of town, straightforward loading, narrower lanes
The canal basinnewer apartment conversions where the bridge approach needs thinking about

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 to BradfordA629 then the A650 down through Keighley, Bingley and Shipley, thirty-five to fifty minutes
Skipton to Keighleythe short leg of the same road, a common move for people coming down the valley
High Street flat to Gargrave Roadback stairs at one end, a driveway at the other

What it costs

A Skipton move is priced on the size of the load and the hours on site, with market days and back-staircase flats the things most likely to add time. 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: house removals in Skipton

Can you move me out of a flat above a High Street shop?

Yes, and it is a job worth planning. Access is from the rear yard and up a steep back staircase with no lift, so we allow proper time for the carry and aim for a non-market day, or an early start before the stalls go up on Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday.

Is Skipton too far from Bradford for you?

No. It is around twenty miles up the Aire Valley and inside the area we cover, so there is no travel surcharge. It takes thirty-five to fifty minutes depending on the traffic through Keighley, and that is built into the fixed price before you book.

Can you move furniture on to a village outside Skipton?

Yes. Runs out to places like Carleton and Embsay are normal work. The lanes are narrower and there is less room to turn a long van, so we agree where it can realistically stop and barrow the last stretch if we have to.