France → London
Removals from France to London
Moving to London from France? From a Paris apartment or a stone house in the Dordogne to a new home in the capital — a move planned end to end and carried by one team, with the customs and the London access handled.
France is the most travelled of our European routes into London, and for good reason — the crossing is short and the connection is strong. We bring people back for work and family, students and returnees, and couples who tried the French dream and are heading home to the capital. What ties those moves together is wanting the whole thing handled properly, so that arriving in London feels like the easy part.
A move from France to London is a road move with a careful city finish. We survey your home first, pack it with proper materials, and drive it north — so the same people who wrapped your things near Bergerac are the ones who carry them into your new London flat. That continuity is the point.
What we move
Full households, mostly — the furniture, the kitchen, the books and the things that make a home yours. We handle the awkward and the precious with particular care: pianos, antiques, artwork, wine and garden pieces have all made the trip. If you’re only bringing part of a home to London — a flat’s worth rather than a house — a shared load lets you send what matters without paying for a whole van you don’t need.
The route
From your home in France it’s across the country to the north coast — the A26 and A1 down from Paris, the A10 up from the south-west, or the A6 and A7 from Provence and the Rhône — to a Channel crossing at Calais, by Eurotunnel shuttle or the Dover ferry. On the English side it’s up the M20 and M2 to the M25, and then into London itself. We plan the crossing and the London approach around the realities of the road, and for a deep-countryside collection we work out the last narrow lanes before we set off.
Customs and paperwork
Since Brexit, bringing a household from France into the UK means clearing customs — and that’s the part we manage for you. Belongings going to your main UK home qualify for a recognised process, and the move runs on a detailed, valued inventory together with the transit and customs documents that carry your goods across the border. We prepare all of it with you, explain what each form is for, and take the load through the crossing correctly. It’s the piece people dread most, and the piece we most want to take off their hands.
Why move to London
London pulls people back for the obvious reasons — the work, the culture, being near family and friends again — and for the practical ones, from schools and universities to the sheer connectedness of the place. Coming from France, the capital can feel fast after a gentler pace, so we make the move itself the calm part: a careful pack in France, a planned run, and a London arrival where the permits, the ULEZ and the lift booking are already sorted. You settle in; we handle the rest.
France → London
Moving from France to London — your questions
How do removals from France to London work?
We survey and pack your home in France, load a van, and drive north to a Channel crossing — usually the Eurotunnel or the Dover ferry from Calais — then up the M20 and M2 to the M25 and into London. One team stays with the move from your French door to your new London one, so your belongings aren’t handed between depots on the way.
Do you collect from all of France?
Yes. We bring households to London from Paris and the Île-de-France, the Loire and the Dordogne, Brittany and Normandy, and down from Provence and the Côte d’Azur. Rural French properties are common, so we plan the first few miles out of a village as carefully as the motorway run north.
What about customs, importing a home to the UK?
For belongings you’re bringing to a new main home in the UK there’s a recognised process, and the move runs on an itemised inventory plus the transit and customs documents. We prepare that with you and route the load through the crossing properly — you won’t be left filling in forms at the port.
Can I send a part-load rather than a whole van?
Yes. If you’re not filling a lorry, a shared load — your goods travelling with other moves heading to London — is often the sensible choice on a long corridor. A dedicated load runs to your own schedule instead. We’ll explain which suits what you’re moving.
Which part of London can you deliver to?
All of Greater London — north, east, south, west and central. The London finish is planned around wherever you’re headed, including ULEZ, any parking permit or bay suspension for the van, and the lift or loading-bay booking at a flat or mansion block.
How long does a move from France to London take?
It depends on where in France you’re starting, the crossing, and whether your goods travel as a dedicated or shared load. Rather than promise a figure we can’t hold, your written quote sets out an estimated window once we know the detail of your move.
We deliver to all of Greater London — north, east, south, west and central — and collect from right across France, from Paris and the north to the Dordogne, Brittany and the Mediterranean south.
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Moving from France to London?
Tell us where in France you’re leaving from and where in London you’re headed, and we’ll send a clear, written quote — route, load type and customs included.