By Jessica Ryan
Updated: May 18, 2026
6 min read
Reviewed by Martin Pаnауоtоv
Quick Answer: The moving costs from Reading to London averages from £333 to £952 depending on how much you’re moving, how big is your home, your approximate move date, and whether you do the packing yourself or the movers do that for you. For immediate price estimate you can request a moving cost estimate.
In this post, we will lay out everything you need to know for your upcoming move to London. After careful research we've gathered data on rough moving costs based on feedback from people that have moved the route recently. We have also selected removal companies with positive feedback that perform moves from Reading.
Moving 41 miles is no joke. Here's what you need to know.
Hiring a removal company to move your entire home is a big deal.
We’ve researched over 1200 removal companies, cross-referencing customer reviews, and ensuring that they are legally registered businesses to find you the best long distance removing companies in the industry.
If you’re moving a 1 bedroom home worth of stuff or more, these are the best full service removal companies based on our research.
"Simply brilliant service from Chris and his team, from first visit and quote, through to keeping contact and on to the removal itself. His colleag..."
"First class service from start to finish did a full pack and move for us at a reasonable cost. all expensive furniture wrapped and protected and sh..."
"Paul and his team were great, a friendly and efficient team. Nothing was too much trouble for them and they were still smiling after an extremely l..."
"From the moment I called Van Girls, the process was straightforward and the help and guidance excellent. Emma and Hannah turned up just ahead..."
"After a few months of being messed around by solicitors and estate agents we finally managed to get a move date but at very short notice. Aylesbury..."
"Their Luton’s can't take more than 1,000 kg load, their van are single axis, unsuitable to take the 3.5 tonne weight of a home removal! They need t..."
"Excellent first class service. They packed all my goods with extreme care as it's were their own things. Their professionalism and attention to all..."
"What can I say about these guys and gals! Absolutely amazing from start to finish! Lindsey and Lauren in the office were like agony aunts to me, I ..."
"Top, team. Nothing was too much trouble. Took great care with everything. Very, very professional with a very friendly personal service. I could no..."
"I am so pleased I used Derhams to come and collect me from West Berkshire and move my home and possessions to our new home near Chard. 4 vans and a..."
"Lee and Curtis were great. They arrived on time and were very careful with the packing of my mother's furniture which included a treasured piano. T..."
"I consider Stockwell Removals to be the best house removal company out there. They are surely going to be on my most preferred list whenever I deci..."
"We shifted to our new home just two days ago. Soho Removals helped us a lot. My husband and I were worried as hell as to how we would make it throu..."
"We moved our furniture from Spain to UK whilst in Covid lock down so was unable to oversee the move. Company were professional when they first quot..."
"I can think of nothing but praise for F.A. Jones and Son. They did a sofa swap from Shoeburyness to Harwich for me. They were very polite, and punc..."
"We recently used Instamove for packing and removals from Southport to Wirral. Alan and his team have been great throughout the process of packing ..."
"I chose to use Comprehensive Removals after sourcing quotes from 3 other companies. While Comprehensive was competative I was impressed by their fo..."
"Fine up to removal day. They were a van short, left loads of stuff behind on day 1 - after 2 more goes they still left 15 items in the house, which..."
"I am so happy with the moving services from this company so I decided to write a few words of praise in regards to the work they did. Everyone was ..."
"The EMM personnel were without exception polite, friendly and very helpful. The job was assessed promptly on site with the follow up quote arriving..."
"Best moving company! All the movers were on time, friendly, and gently handled all of our boxes. We had 250 boxes and they made it look like a bree..."
"On short notice I enquired about availability of a pick up within the hour. I had a confirmation immediately by email, followed with a call from th..."
"This is our third time utilizing their service. We've consistently found them to be highly professional, meticulously organized, and adept at secur..."
If you’re just trying to ship a few items, here’s a list of our recommended services for small moves.
We went through all moving reviews in this route and the cost of those moves to calculate these historical average moving costs. We estimate that a move like that could cost around £333 - £952. These rough estimates are based on the average distance of 41 miles between the cities.
Take note that these average removal costs may vary from the prices you may get if you contact full service Reading removals for a quote, since these costs are rough estimates and the final removal costs may vary.
Other pricing factors include:
To move from Reading to London, a professional moving company will cost between £333 and £952. The cost to move a 1 bedroom home will range around £250 and £383, for 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom moving costs are expected to be between £482 and £803. For larger homes that are 4 bedrooms or more you are looking at £666 to £1,095.
Select from the best removalists in England that will move you from Reading to London. See the best rated man and a van companies that perform long distance moves within the United Kingdom and will transport you safely to London. Make sure to fill in the free moving cost estimator to have multiple Reading based removals competing for your business and safe big on the final cost.
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