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.
"We them once for a house move in NW London and they were offered a good service (but pricey). We then decided to use them again for a 2nd move but ..."
"1 - the quote was received and paid for but the day before the moving date the company called to ask for MORE MONEY!? despite the move being discus..."
"I got a message on the day telling me that the Van was in for an MOT and they wouldn't be on time. It then turned out that the van failed and they ..."
"I scheduled PODS to take my personal belonging from Ashland Oregon to Roseville California. PODS scheduled pick up on Wednesday December 16 and to ..."
"I booked a Man and Van with SuperVans (http://www.supervans.co.uk/) well in advance and their man never showed up. Quite ironic since their FAQ on ..."
"Extremely poor service all round! Never showed up! Doesn't answer calls or emails. Made by booking 4 weeks in advance, reconfirmed 4 days before pi..."
"Richard double booked us the first day. We took it to just be a miscommunication so spoke to our landlady and asked to stay on for a few days past ..."
"Arrived on time, full removal. Took out insurance. After a day, notice washing machine not working, when checked it was not plugged in, however als..."
"I just relocated for a new job, I got several quotes from different removal companies. One of them is called the somerset removal company. They giv..."
"Worse choice we made with our house move, the price seemed good but alas we found out why. Full of promise and keen to show us all insurances in pl..."
"Awful pallet service! No replies at all despite several emails and phone calls! Booked a pallet through Palletways, all went smoothly until the pa..."
"We moved house, got the keys late and they charged us an extra £250. We then moved out again to put our belongings into storage while the house wa..."
"DO NOT USE MONKEY 38 - AWFUL AND UNPROFESSIONAL!! Furniture damaged during removals, fridge dented, lampshades broken, upholstery torn and damaged..."
"We used ‘west london removals‘ two times and last time we have rented a storage with them for some furniture and few boxes with personal stuff. Aft..."
"The person in charge is Richard. I agreed with him to pack my stuff and make the removal initially to a storage and then to the new property. This ..."
"Did a great job overall, quite expensive at £1,400 for a medium van load (owner packed) but I wanted to support local business here in Cumbria. On..."
"Choosing a removal company can be a stressful experience in itself, but Thomis Reed really helped us through this part of the process, the lady who..."
"Im so upset this company the company is not only rude but for weeks I be asking for a receipt for what I paid out I paid 290 for removals and the c..."
"Our friend organised & paid for these guys to pick up our sofas as they were having them. They were clearly rushing to get the sofas out & wrecked..."
"Found this company through a Google search. They never saw fit to do a proper survey, all done online. On move day truck was too small to take all ..."
"We used Daddy Removals to move house recently which was a big mistake. The two men turned up an hour late, with a 2004 van which was far from t..."
"Never had such a bad experience..We moved from France to England hence 2 partial loads by AFS removals Boxes were missing. Boxes were squashed. ..."
"Where do I start? Initially appeared to be good. Agreed on a fair price over the phone. Specified exactly how many items we had. Was sent boxes to ..."
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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