West Midlands to Europe
European removals from the West Midlands
When a move doesn’t stop at the coast, we don’t either. Household removals that leave from anywhere in the region to four European countries — planned as a route pair, from your West Midlands door to the new address abroad.
A European move is really two moves joined together: the careful West Midlands part — packing a home in Birmingham or the Black Country — and the long road part that follows, down to the Channel and across the Continent. We keep both in the same hands. One friendly team surveys and packs your home, loads the van, and stays with the move to the far end, so nothing’s handed to a stranger at a depot halfway there.
Most of our European work runs by road. Out of the region you’re quickly onto the M6 and M42, down the M40 or M1 to the M25, and on to Dover or the Eurotunnel at Folkestone, then onto the Continental motorways to your destination. It’s a route we plan properly — crossings, driving hours, and where a shared load joins others heading the same way — rather than something we improvise.
And while the West Midlands is home, the corridors we run also pick up along the way. If your move begins near London, Manchester, Bristol, Nottingham, Leicester or Birmingham, it can join the same route abroad — handy for families who’ve already part-moved, or who are leaving from another city.
Where we go
Four countries, four route pairs
Removals from the West Midlands to France
Paris, the Dordogne and the south — out on the M40 or M6 to the Channel, then onto the autoroutes.
Read the France route →Removals from the West Midlands to Italy
The lakes, Tuscany and Rome — a planned road move across France and over the Alps.
Read the Italy route →Removals from the West Midlands to Spain
The Costas, Valencia and Madrid — a long, well-run run south through France.
Read the Spain route →Removals from the West Midlands to Portugal
Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve — the western route across France and Spain to the coast.
Read the Portugal route →Customs, paperwork and the part people worry about
Since Brexit, moving a home into the EU means customs, and that’s exactly the part we take off your hands. For personal belongings going to a new main residence there’s a recognised relief, and the process runs on an itemised inventory plus the transit and customs documents that carry your goods across the border. We prepare that paperwork with you, explain what you need to sign and why, and route the load through the crossing points properly. You won’t be left working out a customs form at a French péage.
Timing depends on the route, the crossing and whether your goods travel as a dedicated or a shared load — your written quote sets out an estimated window rather than a promise we can’t keep. What stays constant is the care: the same wrapping, the same inventory and the same team, from a West Midlands hallway to a home in France, Italy, Spain or Portugal.
Start here
Planning a move to Europe?
Tell us where in the region you’re leaving from and where you’re headed, and we’ll send a clear, written quote — road route, load type and customs, all set out.