A local driver who knows Borough Market, the tight medieval lanes off Borough High Street and the flats above the railway viaduct.
Borough is one of the oldest parts of London south of the river, a knot of medieval streets in SE1 wrapped around the famous Borough Market beneath the railway viaduct at London Bridge. The market draws food crowds all week, the Victorian pubs and the George Inn coaching yard hint at its long history, and Borough High Street has been a route into the City since Roman times. Today it's a dense mix of period flats, modern apartments around the viaduct, and conversions tucked into the narrow lanes off the High Street.
The moves here are shaped by those tight streets: a one-bed shifted off Borough High Street, a flat cleared near Union Street, a sofa carried up a conversion behind the market, or a studio move close to London Bridge station. The same vetted driver handles your Borough move door to door, every item travels under goods-in-transit insurance, and we hold a 5.0 rating on Google. The rate is fixed whatever the lane: £30 per hour plus £1.50 per mile, a £50 minimum and no hidden fees.
Borough is genuinely tight. Borough High Street is a busy, bus-heavy through-route with red-route stretches where you cannot stop, and the medieval lanes around the market, places like Stoney Street, Park Street and Bedale Street, are narrow, often cobbled and packed with market traffic. The area around London Bridge station and the viaduct gets congested with pedestrians and deliveries, so timing the carry matters here more than almost anywhere in the borough.
Borough sits inside the central Congestion Charge zone, so the £18 daily charge applies, Monday to Friday 07:00–18:00 and weekends and bank holidays 12:00–18:00, and we'll factor that into your quote transparently if your move falls in those hours. The area is inside the ULEZ too, but our vans are fully ULEZ-compliant, so there's no emission surcharge on top. We plan the nearest legal stopping point off the High Street and hand-carry through the lanes. Give us the address, floor and access when you book and we'll have the kerbside plan sorted.
Borough's housing is a tight blend: Victorian and Georgian flats and conversions in the lanes off the High Street, modern apartments built around the railway viaduct and London Bridge, and some warehouse-style conversions near Union Street and Southwark Street. The older flats mean steep, narrow stairs and tight communal doorways; the newer apartments usually have lifts but long corridors and concierge access to plan.
For the conversions we dismantle beds and wardrobes and hand-ball sofas and mattresses down the awkward stairs, protecting the period communal areas as we go. For the modern blocks we book the lift, bring trolleys for the corridor distance and protect the lobbies. The narrow medieval lanes mean we plan the carry route carefully. Flag the floor, any stairs and whether there's a lift when you book.
The Borough moves we run most, all on a single honest rate.
Looking at the wider area? Borough sits within Southwark, our borough page covers more neighbourhoods we move across Southwark.
All of Borough in SE1: the lanes off Borough High Street, the streets around Borough Market and the viaduct like Stoney Street and Park Street, and the modern flats near London Bridge and Union Street. Wherever your Borough move is, it's the same driver and the same pricing.
Yes. Borough sits inside the central Congestion Charge zone, so the £18 daily charge applies Monday to Friday 07:00–18:00 and weekends and bank holidays 12:00–18:00. We factor it in clearly if your move falls in those hours. Our vans are ULEZ-compliant, so there's no emission surcharge on top.
Yes, carefully. The medieval lanes like Stoney Street and Bedale Street are narrow, cobbled and busy with market traffic, so we plan the nearest legal stopping point off Borough High Street and hand-carry through. Tell us your date and we'll time the load around the market crowds.
That's much of our Borough work. The Georgian and Victorian conversions in the lanes have steep, narrow stairs and tight communal doorways. We dismantle beds and wardrobes, hand-ball sofas and mattresses up by hand, and protect both your furniture and the period communal walls with blankets.
Often, yes, especially for a single item or a smaller flat. We're open Monday to Saturday, 08:00 to 19:00, and same-day and next-day slots are usually available. Call 07550 145313 with your addresses and what's moving for the earliest slot we can offer.