Two banks and one bridge: planning a Tadcaster house move
A move inside the town often means crossing the Wharfe. A family leaving a semi on Golf Links Crescent for a bigger house on Auster Bank Road comes down Stutton Road into the centre, picks up the A659, crosses Tadcaster Bridge and heads out along Commercial Street and York Road. It is a short drive, but the main road carries buses and shop traffic, so the first load leaves after the morning rush and the beds go in last, ready to come off first.
On the estates the loading itself is straightforward. The closes off Stutton Road, Leeds Road and Wighill Lane are residential streets away from the through traffic, so the van can pull in near the front door while beds and flat-pack wardrobes are taken apart upstairs. The older terraced rows near the centre, on Westgate, Station Road and West Mount, are harder, because a front door can open straight onto a busy pavement; give the house number and the van waits in the nearest side street.
Getting both Tadcaster addresses ready for the van
- Say which bank of the Wharfe each address is on, so the crossing is planned
- Start after nine to miss the school run at Tadcaster Primary Academy on Grange Avenue and Riverside School on Wetherby Road
- On Westgate, Kirkgate or Chapel Street, name a side street where the van can stand off the one-way A659
- After heavy rain, look at the road by the bridge the evening before; those streets flooded in 2015 and again in 2022
- Strip the beds and empty the wardrobes so they can come apart straight away
LS24 estates and terraces where a house move starts or finishes
- Calcaria Road and Calcaria Crescentsemis south-west of the centre, reached from Stutton Road
- Golf Links Avenue and Golf Links Crescentfamily houses in the closes off Stutton Road
- Auster Bankeast-bank semis reached from York Road
- Grange Avenue and Grange Roadhomes round the primary academy, busy at school times
- Westgate and West Mountterraces near the centre, loaded from a side street
Moves into, across and out of Tadcaster
- Bradford → Tadcaster33 miles on the M62, M1, A1(M) and A64, 45 to 55 minutes
- Golf Links → Auster BankStutton Road into the centre, over the bridge, then out along York Road
- Tadcaster → YorkYork Road to the A64, then the A1036 into the city, about 10 miles
Rooms, stairs and the river crossing: what sets a Tadcaster house move price
The number of rooms, the stairs at each end, how far the van stands from the door and the distance between the two houses set one figure, fixed before the day and already covering the run out from Bradford. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
House Removals in Tadcaster: your questions
We are moving from one side of the river to the other. Will it be one trip?
For a two-bedroom house it often is, as the load space is 3.4m long, 1.3m wide and 1.7m high. A full three-bedroom semi may need a second run over the bridge, and you are told which before you book.
Will you take our beds apart?
Yes. Beds and flat-pack wardrobes are dismantled at the old house and put back together at the new one as part of the job.
Can you move us on a Sunday?
Yes, any day from 8am to 8pm. A Sunday keeps clear of the Thursday market and the weekday school traffic in the middle of town.
What happens if Tadcaster Bridge is shut on moving day?
The van goes round by the A64 bypass bridge south of town instead. That adds a few miles, and the price you agreed stays as it was.