A local driver who knows Cheapside's shopping street beside St Paul's, the tiny medieval lanes like Bow Lane and the offices around One New Change.
Cheapside is one of the City of London's oldest and best-known streets, running east from St Paul's Cathedral towards Bank, in EC2. Once the City's great medieval marketplace, the name survives in the lanes around it, Bread Street, Milk Street, Honey Lane, and today it is a lively mix of shops, the One New Change retail centre beside the cathedral, offices, and the narrow alley of Bow Lane with its bars and lunch spots. A handful of upper-floor flats and converted buildings mean there is a residential side to it too.
The moves here are a City blend: a clearance or office move around One New Change, a small flat shifted above the lanes off Bow Lane, a desk relocated near Gresham Street, or a single item collected close to St Paul's. The same vetted driver runs the whole job, goods-in-transit insurance covers every load, and we hold a 5.0 rating on Google. Pricing is plain: £30 per hour plus £1.50 per mile, a £50 minimum and no hidden fees. Cheapside sits inside the Congestion Charge zone (£18 a day), and we know its rules, so it is built into your quote rather than sprung on you.
Cheapside and its lanes are classic tight City access. Cheapside itself carries buses and has loading limits, while the medieval lanes off it, Bow Lane, Bread Street and Milk Street, are slim and often pedestrianised, deep inside the City's security cordon. The area around One New Change and St Paul's draws shoppers and tourists, so weekday and lunchtime congestion is real, and we plan moves to quieter early starts or the weekend where we can.
All of Cheapside sits inside the Congestion Charge zone: £18 a day, Monday to Friday 07:00-18:00 and weekends and bank holidays 12:00-18:00. We build that into your quote from the start and never add it as a hidden surprise. Cheapside is inside the ULEZ too, but our vans are fully ULEZ-compliant, so there is no emission surcharge in EC2. Tell us the building and floor and we will plan the nearest legal loading point and the best time to load.
Cheapside is more commercial than residential. Many jobs are office moves and clearances around One New Change and the lanes, in buildings with single commercial lifts and tight stairwells. The residential side is upper-floor flats and conversions above the shops and lanes, usually reached by narrow stairs and a shared street door from the pavement.
For office work we plan around the lift and loading window, bring trolleys, and protect floors, lifts and any listed finishes. For flats above the lanes we find the nearest legal kerb, hand-carry from there, dismantle beds and wardrobes that will not turn on the stairs, and protect the communal areas with blankets. Flag whether it is an office or a flat, the floor and the lift access when you book, and we will size the job correctly.
The Cheapside moves we run most, office and home, all on one honest rate.
Looking at the wider area? Cheapside sits within the City of London, our borough page covers more neighbourhoods we move across the City of London.
All of the Cheapside area in EC2: the street itself beside St Paul's, the medieval lanes off it like Bow Lane, Bread Street and Milk Street, One New Change, and the offices around Gresham Street. Same driver and pricing wherever your Cheapside move is.
Yes. Cheapside is inside the Congestion Charge zone: £18 a day, Monday to Friday 07:00-18:00 and weekends and bank holidays 12:00-18:00. We know the City's rules, build the charge into your quote up front, and never add it as a hidden surprise on the day.
Bow Lane and the lanes off Cheapside are slim and often pedestrianised, deep inside the City's security cordon, so we plan the nearest legal loading point on Cheapside or a neighbouring street and hand-carry from there, timing it to avoid the weekday loading bans.
No. Cheapside is inside the ULEZ, but our vans are fully ULEZ-compliant, so there is no emission surcharge on your move in EC2. The only central charge is the daily Congestion Charge, which we account for honestly in your quote rather than adding it on afterwards.
Often, yes, for a single item, a small flat or a modest office, subject to access and any building lift bookings. We are open Monday to Saturday, 08:00-19:00. Call 07550 145313 with your address and what is moving and we will find the earliest slot we can do.