New College leavers and the September run to halls
Most New College leavers who go on to a degree leave town, and a first-year room is a small load: a duvet, a desk lamp, a few boxes, kitchen basics, a bike. It takes up a fraction of a long wheelbase van, so two friends heading to the same city can share one run and split the fixed price. Halls usually hand out arrival slots, and the van is booked to your slot, not the other way round.
Pontefract has three stations, and Monkhill has direct trains to Leeds, but a train with a suitcase, a bike and a box of pans is hard work. The van goes straight from your door to the hall entrance. Leeds is up the M62 and M1, Sheffield is down the A1 or M1, and Huddersfield is west on the M62. The June run home is the same in reverse, and the load has nearly always grown.
Planning a student move from Pontefract
- Find out your hall's arrival or leaving slot first, then book the van around it
- Use bags and small boxes; a single room rarely fills more than a corner of the van
- If a friend is going to the same city, give both addresses and both pick-up points in Pontefract
- A bike travels with its wheels on, strapped to the van wall
- For a summer gap between tenancies, book your own self-storage unit near the university and the van runs your things to it
Where Pontefract student moves begin and end
- New College, Park Lanethe sixth form college in town, where most leavers start their planning
- Carletonfamily homes near Carleton High School, loaded from the drive
- Prince of Wales estatenewer houses where a first-year room is loaded from the cul-de-sac
- Leedshalls and shared houses up the M62 from junction 32
- Sheffieldtwo universities south, by the A1 and M18 or the M1
Student runs out of Pontefract
- Pontefract → Leeds hallsthe M62 from junction 32, then the M1 and M621, about 16 miles
- Pontefract → Huddersfieldwest along the M62 past Bradford's junction
- Bradford → Pontefract25 miles to collect, the M606 and M62, 35 to 50 minutes
How a Pontefract student run is costed
The size of the room's load and the distance to the university city set a student move, fixed before the van sets off; two students to one city share it. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Student Removals in Pontefract: your questions
Is there a university in Pontefract?
No. New College on Park Lane is a sixth form college, and Carleton High School and the King's School stop at 16. Degree students move to Leeds, Sheffield, Huddersfield, York or further.
Can my friend and I share one van?
Yes, when you are both bound for one city and want the same moving date. Two pick-ups in Pontefract and two drops at the far end go on one booking, priced once.
Can you bring my things home in June and back in September?
Yes, as two separate bookings. If you would rather leave them near the university over summer, rent a self-storage unit there; the business has no storage of its own, but the van can run things to and from yours.