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.
"Being our 3rd international move and having bad experiences using cheaper companies we chose Acorn as 1) recommendation 2) Mid range pricing. they ..."
"If you are looking for an efficient, professional, friendly and caring removal company, you will find it with Excalibur. I first emailed Andy on a ..."
"Had a very positive experience with them , really on the ball , great communication and efficient , would totally recommend ..also reasonable rates..."
"Brilliant 5 star FRIENDLY and professorial removal service. Used them on few occasions for Local and Europe move. A++ SERVICE.. Would definitely..."
"This was an international move in conjunction with a shipping agent in the Caribbean. We have used Renmer twice for international removals, exporti..."
"I came across MND Bros when they quoted lowest for my house move from London to Edinburgh and I have used them every single time I've needed to mov..."
"The best removal company! Perfect attitude, helpful and very good solutions for everything. Amazing quality service. I would recommend to my friend..."
"Everything was done so quickly and efficiently, I'm very happy and impressed. Very professional and friendly from the outset. They really did ta..."
"I would definitely recommend grays removals they were very professional,took very good care of my items the staff are very polite & work very hard,..."
"We had quotes from multiple companies and we chose friendly movers because they came out cheaper and they also added packing materials as part of t..."
"The move went great. Was told £70 per hour or £320 for 5 hours It was exactly 5 hours and we got charged £350 Called Andrew and was offered a re..."
"CM Removals were extremely hard working and professional. They cared about how they moved things and checked where items should go. They had to tak..."
"Phil & his team were helpful from making first contact. We had some large, heavy furniture. A large sea kayak. Lots of fragile stuff. A real mix..."
"I have used Mega Removals to move my old couch to my mother's house in Brent and they did a very good job. Before finding Mega Removals I have call..."
"Cannot thank ABC enough for stepping in after being let down by Abbeywood. Not only did they take on the dates for two weeks later but they agreed ..."
"We had purchased a new office and were planning to shift to the same within a couple of days. My staff were skeptical about managing to make the mo..."
"I want to say how impressed I was with Removals France and their excellent team of highly skilled movers. Moving, as everyone probably knows, is a ..."
"From Adrian, Paula and Legs and his crew the service we received was fantastic. Communication was great and we had many date changes which Abbeywoo..."
"We recently had the pleasure of working with Maidmans Moving & Storage for our office relocation and we couldn't be more impressed with the level o..."
"Thanks to the company for a quick and high-quality move to a new office on Grosvenor Rd. The movers coped with the work in two hours... Friendly an..."
"The company was very responsive in answering queries turned up exactly on time. They took all our stuff and it was executed very well - would def...."
"We asked Smarts to quote on our move from Ruislip to Biggleswade. They arrived promptly as agreed and gave us great advice on packing while looking..."
"Can you imagine how much stuff is accumulated over 20 years; I tell you what I never considered myself to be a hoarder until I decided to move. The..."
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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