Man with a Van Preston

Man and van in Preston, from Bradford

Man With Van Long Wheelbase is one driver and one Ford Transit long wheelbase van, based in Bradford, 63 miles from Preston (75-90 minutes by road). Jobs in Preston are quoted as one fixed figure, agreed before we set off, with the drive already in it.

Moving in Preston: what to know first

North-east of the centre, Deepdale is mostly terraced housing. Streets such as Plover Street, Goldfinch Street, Kingfisher Street and Linnet Street are cobbled rows of houses. Plungington, north-west of the centre, was built as working-class terraces in the late 1880s and later partly rebuilt, and its southern end, nearest the campus, is shared student housing. The van stops on Deepdale Road or Plungington Road, or at the end of the row, and the trolley covers the rest.

Fulwood, to the north, has Victorian villas, the Nooklands cul-de-sac of larger houses and the 1970s Longsands estate, with Royal Preston Hospital and Fulwood Barracks among them. Ashton-on-Ribble mixes terraces between Lane Ends and Ashton Park with bigger houses towards the docks. Riversway, the old Preston Dock basin, is now flats and houses around the marina. Ingol, Tanterton and Cottam to the north-west are newer estates of semis with drives.

The centre is a web of one-way streets: Fishergate, Church Street and Lancaster Road run one way, Friargate is mostly one way, and Ring Way carries traffic around them. Winckley Street and Harris Street are laid in setts. The car park above the bus station has a 2.03m height limit, and the van is about 2.5m tall, so it loads from the street and stays out of the multi-storeys.

Parking and access in Preston

On-street parking in Preston is run by Lancashire County Council, which suspends a bay for £32 per 6 metres per day with eight working days' notice online. The car park above Preston bus station has a 2.03m height limit on levels 1 to 6, and the van is about 2.5m tall, so it loads from the street instead.

• Deepdale side streets such as Plover Street, Goldfinch Street, Kingfisher Street and Linnet Street are cobbled rows of houses.
• Fishergate, Church Street, Lancaster Road and Fylde Road are one way and Friargate mostly one way, with Ring Way taking traffic round the centre.
• Ribbleton sits between the A59 New Hall Lane and the B6243 Longridge Road, and both roads into the centre are often congested.
• Around the campus, Moor Lane, Walker Street and Fylde Road are one way, and student halls line Moor Lane, Pedder Street and Leighton Street.
• Deepdale Shopping Park is on the A5085 Blackpool Road beside the Preston North End stadium, so deliveries on a match day are better timed away from kick-off.

Local details checked 25 October 2026.

Man and van services we offer in Preston

Across PR1 and PR2 the van does house removals in Preston, student moves around the University of Lancashire campus, sofa delivery from Deepdale Shopping Park, flat moves at Riversway and in the centre and Marketplace collection from terraces and estates, at one fixed price agreed before the van leaves Bradford.

Every service we offer in Preston

All 11 of our services run in Preston, each with its own page covering how that job actually works here.

Parts of Preston we cover

Avenham, Frenchwood, Fishwick, Deepdale, Moor Park, Holme Slack, Plungington, Maudland, Adelphi, Ashton-on-Ribble, Tulketh, Lane Ends, Riversway, Ribbleton, Moor Nook, Fulwood, Sharoe Green, Cadley, Longsands, Brookfield, Ingol, Tanterton, Cottam, Lea, St Matthew's, and everywhere in between. If your street isn't listed, it's almost certainly still covered.

Common Preston routes

• Preston → Bradfordthe A6 to the M65, the M61 to the M60, then the M62 east and the M606, about 63 miles
• Preston → Blackpoolthe A6 north to the M55, then west into Blackpool, about 19 miles
• Preston → Manchesterthe A6 to the M65, the M61 south, then the M60 and M602, about 35 miles
• Preston → Lancasterthe A6 to the M55, then the M6 north to the A6, about 22 miles

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Preston

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 25 October 2026 against:

• Preston (Wikipedia): population 147,835 at the 2021 census; areas including Ashton-on-Ribble, Avenham, Deepdale, Fishwick
• University of Lancashire (Wikipedia), formerly the University of Central Lancashire: renamed with Office for Students approval in December 2024, rebrand by September 2025
• University of Lancashire accommodation: Preston halls Roeburn, Ribble, Whitendale, Derwent, Douglas and Pendle, flats of four to seven
• Roeburn Hall: Pedder Street, on the west side of the Preston campus; 60 en-suite flats of 4 to 7 people; 42-week tenancy
• Deepdale (Wikipedia): a predominantly urban area of terraced housing, with the Holme Slack estate and detached homes to the east
• Plungington (Wikipedia): north-west of the city centre; working-class terraced housing from the late 1880s
• Fulwood (Wikipedia): Victorian buildings; larger Victorian houses in the Nooklands cul-de-sac; Longsands developed from the 1970s
• Ashton-on-Ribble (Wikipedia): largely suburban with large houses bordering the renewed docklands
• Ribbleton (Wikipedia): between the A59 New Hall Lane and the B6243 Longridge Road, both often congested into the centre
• Lancashire County Council, parking bay suspension: £32.00 per 6 metres per day; eight working days' notice online, 14 for a postal application
• Lancashire County Council, Preston bus station car park: pay and display on levels 1 to 6, about 600 spaces, open 24 hours, height restriction 6ft 8in (2.03 metres)
• Preston City Council, bulky household waste collection: a paid collection of large household items such as beds, mattresses, settees and carpets
• OpenStreetMap: street map, road data and driving routes
• postcodes.io (ONS data): postcode, ward and parish lookups for PR1 2PD, PR1 1JN, PR1 6TA and PR1 6QY