Removals from London
to your Spanish address

How does a move from London to Spain run?
— collection, crossing, delivery

London is our highest-volume corridor on the UK→Spain route. We collect from every London postcode within the M25 — central (W1, SW1, EC, WC), inner (N, NW, E, SE, W), and outer (the suburb-zone ring through Bromley, Croydon, Kingston, Hounslow, Enfield, Barnet, Harrow, Bexley). Our surveyor visits in person at your London address regardless of postcode.

The London → Spain route runs predominantly via Eurotunnel from Folkestone, then south through France into Spain. For Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearics we enter at La Jonquera via the Lyon corridor. For Madrid, Andalusia and the Costa del Sol the western line through Bordeaux to Irún is normally shorter. For Galicia, Asturias, the Basque Country and northern Castile-León, Irún or the Portsmouth → Bilbao and Plymouth → Santander direct ferries usually make more sense.

Onward, our regular London-to-Spain runs reach Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, the Costa del Sol (Málaga, Marbella, Estepona), Costa Blanca (Alicante, Benidorm), Costa Brava (Girona coastal towns), and the Balearic Islands via Barcelona ferry. London to the Costa del Sol is a well-travelled corridor, given the size of the British retirement community in Andalusia. London-to-Madrid serves the corporate and professional moves; London-to-Barcelona serves a mix of professional and lifestyle relocations.

The paperwork side from London is straightforward for our team: the UK export declaration on the way out, and the Spanish import declaration claiming transfer-of-residence relief with the Agencia Tributaria. London households moving to Spain often have additional considerations we have built familiarity with: art and gallery pieces, wine cellars, vintage furniture from the central London market, and substantial second-home or partial moves into existing Spanish properties (the half-move scenario where customs filing needs to reflect a household that already has goods at the destination). Spanish customs like documentation, so bring more paperwork rather than less.

Collection logistics in London are their own discipline. Each borough runs its own parking-suspension process, and red routes are managed by Transport for London, so a kerbside bay outside a Kensington mansion block and one on a Hackney side street are booked through different offices. The London Lorry Control Scheme restricts heavy goods vehicles on many residential roads at night and at weekends, so London loadings are planned for the daytime working week. The Low Emission Zone covers almost all of Greater London for lorries, and the ULEZ covers every borough for vans, which is why the vehicles we send into London meet both standards and no emissions charge is added to your quote. Mansion blocks and portered buildings often want a certificate of insurance and a booked goods-lift slot before they will let a crew in, and we ask for those rules at survey.

Common questions
about moving from London to Spain

• Which London postcodes do you collect from for a move to Spain?

  Every London postcode within the M25: central, inner and outer. Our surveyor visits your London address before the move, and the same address is where the crew loads for Spain.

• What route does a London move to Spain take?
• How often do you run from London to the Costa del Sol?
• Can you collect from a central London apartment with permit-restricted access?
• How long does a move from London to Spain take?
• Can you move me from London to the Balearic or Canary Islands?

Further reading

The detail behind this route, written for Spain moves specifically.

• Brexit and UK-Spain moves What changed and what it means for your move
• Customs declarations UK to Spain The UK export declaration and the Spanish transfer-of-residence relief, explained
• Cost of moving UK to Spain What shapes the figure — and what to budget for beyond the move