London → France
Removals from London to France
The shortest Channel crossing — out of London on the M20, Dover or Eurotunnel to Calais, then the French autoroute network to wherever you are headed.
The route
Why this move
from London.
France is the most straightforward European move from London. The London end is the part we obsess over — a collection timed around your street, your building and the capital’s loading constraints, day or night — and from there the route is simple: the M20 down to the coast, Dover or the Eurotunnel shuttle across to Calais, and the French autoroute network out to your destination. Paris is a short onward leg; Lyon and the Rhône valley are a clean motorway run; the Riviera and Provence are the long, sunlit tail of the route.
The people we move to France from London split into two rough camps. There are the working relocations — a Paris posting, the La Défense finance world, the tech and creative scene around Lyon — and there are the lifestyle moves south, to the Var and Alpes-Maritimes coast around Nice, Cannes and Antibes, or the farmhouse in the Dordogne. Because we are set up for urgent and out-of-hours work in London, we can collect at whatever hour suits the building and the street, then run the Continental leg with the same crew.
Since Brexit, a move to France means a customs declaration rather than a simple drive-through, and we handle that side plainly. A transfer-of-residence relief covers your used household goods on a genuine move, filed against your French address and a detailed inventory. You look after the French-side registration; we look after the paperwork that carries your belongings across. Nothing is left to be “sorted at the border”.
Where we deliver
Destinations across France.
Paris & Île-de-France
Professional and finance relocations. Haussmann apartment blocks are the usual access puzzle — lift size and courtyard access decide the plan, so a few photos of the French end help as much as the London one.
Lyon
Tech, pharma and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes belt. Presqu’île and Croix-Rousse access varies; the residential outskirts are straightforward.
Nice & the Riviera
Lifestyle and second-home moves along the Côte d’Azur — Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Menton. Hillside villa approaches are common and best flagged early.
Marseille & Provence
The Mediterranean port and the Provençal hinterland, with Aix-en-Provence family moves the mainstay.
Bordeaux & the south-west
Wine-country and rural moves, including Dordogne and Lot farmhouses down unmade lanes — worth noting access for the lorry.
Lille & the north
The closest French cluster to Calais — a quick onward leg and routine access across the Hauts-de-France.
Customs, handled
No “sort it
at the border.”
France is outside the UK, so a move now needs a customs declaration on both sides. We prepare the UK export side before the vehicle leaves London and the French import side for arrival. Transfer-of-residence relief covers used household goods on a genuine change of residence, filed against your French address proof and a signed inventory. You complete the French residency registration and any carte de séjour; our paperwork supports the customs relief rather than filing the residency application for you.
Worth thinking about
The access at the London end and the hour it needs to happen — a tight street, a lift booking or a red-route loading window often means an evening or early collection, which we can do.
The French destination’s access — a Paris apartment lift, a Riviera hillside approach or a rural lane can all need a smaller transfer vehicle for the final stretch.
Whether you are making a clean change of residence — the transfer-of-residence relief rests on a genuine move, and the address proof you can provide shapes when the customs side closes.
London to France — questions
Good to know.
Can you collect in London out of hours for a France move?
Do you handle the French customs paperwork?
Eurotunnel or the ferry?
Can you move just a few rooms to France, not a whole house?
Moving from London to France?
Tell us what’s moving and when the London end needs to happen. We’ll come back with a clear written quote for the whole door-to-door job.
Get a quote