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How to Find Your Removal Company in Halifax

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Smartphone displaying the Compare My Move removals form.

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Tell us about your move

Enter your move details so we can match you with the right local removal companies in Halifax for you.

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Smartphone showing Compare My Move removal company match results.

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Compare & choose your removal company

Choose the moving company that's right for you based on price, services and reviews.

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Removal worker lifting a sofa.

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Let your Halifax movers handle the heavy lifting

Your chosen company handles the transport, and unloading, saving you time and effort.

Smiling couple relaxing on a sofa after moving home.
Smiling couple relaxing on a sofa after moving home.

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Settle into your new home

Relax knowing your belongings have been moved safely by trusted professionals.

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Why Book Your Removals with Compare My Move?

Top picks in Halifax

Top picks in Halifax

We connect you with the right movers for your needs, not just the nearest.

Reviewed and reliable

Reviewed and reliable

Easily connect with top-rated, fully verified professionals right at your fingertips.

Last minute? No problem

Last minute? No problem

If you need a quick turnaround, we’ll find firms that can meet your timeframe.

Local expertise

Local expertise

Our removal companies know the city’s unique moving challenges inside out.

What's Involved in a Removal Service?

Archive Icon Packing & preparation
Archive Icon Packing & preparation
Person sealing a cardboard box with tape.
  • Optional professional packing service
  • Supply of boxes, wrapping, and tape
  • Dismantling of furniture if needed
  • Labelling of boxes for easy unpacking
  • Access planning and parking permit advice where required
Calendar icon On moving day
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Calendar icon On moving day
Couple sitting on floor, surrounded by moving boxes.
  • Floor, doorway and bannister protection
  • Careful loading of boxes into the van
  • Protective covers for fragile items
  • Specialist handling for special items, like pianos or antiques
Truck icon Transport
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Transport
Two movers carrying boxes from a van outside a modern building.
  • Safe delivery to your new home
  • Goods-in-transit and public liability insurance
  • Short-term or long-term storage available if needed
  • GPS-tracked vehicles for added security
Unarchive icon Unloading
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Unloading
Smiling mover unloading cardboard boxes from a removals van.
  • Unloading into the rooms of your choice
  • Reassembly of furniture and large items
  • Removal of packing materials
  • Final placement checks

Areas We Cover in Halifax

  • Skircoat Green
  • Savile Park
  • Ovenden
  • Illingworth
  • Pellon
  • Mixenden
  • Siddal
  • Boothtown
  • King Cross
  • Warley Town
  • Shibden
  • Copley
  • Holmfield
  • Highroad Well
  • Lee Mount
  • Mount Tabor
  • Wheatley
  • Stump Cross
  • Thrum Hall
  • Bank Top

Why Customers In Halifax Trust Us To Move Home

Recent reviews from people who moved home in Halifax
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Based on 19 customer reviews of our Halifax removals companies.

Join Halifax Customers Already Booking Their Move

Elizabeth G
Only removals requested

Moved within Halifax

Tim S
1 extra service requested

Moved from Halifax to St-Albans Moved from Halifax

C N
Only removals requested

Moved within Halifax

Marie M
Only removals requested

Moved within Halifax

Brett C
1 extra service requested

Moved within Halifax

Teresa K
3 extra services requested

Moved within Halifax

Karen A
2 extra services requested

Moved within Halifax

Lee R
1 extra service requested

Moved from Halifax to Liverpool Moved from Halifax

Beth
1 extra service requested

Moved within Halifax

Pankaj K
Only removals requested

Moved from Halifax to Wakefield Moved from Halifax

Niamh
Only removals requested

Moved from Halifax to Leeds Moved from Halifax

Stephen W
Only removals requested

Moved within Halifax

Kayleigh-Emma S
Only removals requested

Moved within Halifax

Michaela R
Only removals requested

Moved within Halifax

C
Only removals requested

Moved from Halifax to Brighton Moved from Halifax

Murugan K
Only removals requested

Moved from Halifax to Crewe Moved from Halifax

Janet
1 extra service requested

Moved from Halifax to Bradford Moved from Halifax

Claire G
1 extra service requested

Moved within Halifax

John R
1 extra service requested

Moved from Halifax to Bradford Moved from Halifax

Samantha
Only removals requested

Moved within Halifax

Halifax's Best Moving Companies

Proven and reliable

Proven and reliable

Our companies have experience completing hundreds of Halifax home moves.

Highly-rated by customers

Highly-rated by customers

We collect feedback after moves, run regular mystery shops, and remove movers that don't maintain top ratings.

Verified & insured

Verified & insured

Every firm is verified for trading history and reviews, and must carry Goods in Transit and Public Liability insurance.

Halifax specialists

Halifax specialists

Our removal companies know the city’s unique moving challenges inside out.

1,175
Removal jobs completed in Halifax

Our Halifax Moving Trends

November most popular month
Bradford most popular destination
376 last minute moves
Packing top add on

Types of Home

Items We Move Most

3,878 plants moved
3,290 beds moved
1,763 sofas moved
1,998 TVs moved

How We Keep Things Safe

552 pre-move surveys
14,100 boxes packed
73 miles of packing tape
2,233 KG of bubble wrap

Things to Know Before Your Halifax Move

Book an early slot if you’re moving into Halifax’s pedestrian zone

Cheapside, Corn Market, part of Crown Street, Russell Street and Southgate sit inside Halifax’s pedestrian area, where vehicle access is restricted through the middle of the day. If you’re moving into a flat above Southgate, Woolshops or the town-centre core, the safest plan is usually the first slot of the day, before access tightens and you end up carrying in from further out. When you get quotes, send your movers the exact entrance and nearest legal stopping point so they can plan the unload around the access window rather than working it out on the day.

Don’t send a tall van to Broad Street Plaza

Broad Street Plaza is the kind of car park that catches people out because the height limit is far too low for most standard removal vans. If your building manager or landlord suggests meeting there, flag it when comparing Halifax removal companies rather than assuming it will work. Open-air options such as High Street or Mulcture Hall Road are usually much more practical for taller vans and bulky furniture, especially if the move may take longer than expected.

Avoid Tubwell Row if your move is near the bus station

Tubwell Row and Prebend Row are part of Halifax’s main bus-station setup, so they are poor places for a removal van to stop, even briefly. If your move is near the town centre or the bus station side of it, agree a legal stopping point on a nearby street or in an open-air car park before move day. That gives your moving company a cleaner plan than trying to unload beside bus stands or on a route that stays busy all day.

Check the roadworks map if you’re moving through Bull Green or Orange Street

Halifax has had repeated town-centre highway changes and ongoing roadworks, and Calderdale’s live map is the best place to check what is actually happening close to your date. If your move depends on Bull Green, Orange Street or the roads around the centre after dark, do not rely on the route looking the same as it did last week. Send your movers the exact entrance and best approach when you get quotes, then recheck the roadworks map shortly before move day in case a closure or diversion has changed the plan.

Start early in Siddal, and check parking properly in Skircoat and Savile Park

These parts of Halifax all slow moves down, but for different reasons. In Siddal, steeper terraces, tighter bends and parked cars can make it harder for a van to get close to the house. Around Skircoat Green and Savile Park, the challenge is often longer drives, split-level homes and tighter parking near busier roads. If that sounds like your move, send photos of the frontage, slope and nearest stopping point when you get quotes so the removal company can judge whether they need a different van setup, extra time or a better place to stop.

Check the fixture list if you’re moving near The Shay

When FC Halifax Town or Halifax Panthers are at home, roads around Skircoat Road and Shaw Hill become much busier around kick-off. If your move is near The Shay, it is worth checking the fixture list before you lock in the time. If there is a clash, mention it when comparing movers so they can steer you towards a quieter slot rather than sending the van into matchday traffic.