Man and Van Norwich
TowManVan covers Norwich from £35 an hour, working the Cathedral Close and the Golden Triangle's Victorian terraces through UEA and the Research Park, out to Costessey, Thorpe St Andrew and South Norfolk. A single item or a student room is small van work; a full flat or house needs a medium or Luton instead.
Book through the TowManVan app and a Norwich price is confirmed before an operator sets off, starting at £35 an hour with a two hour minimum. Note that a medium van is the safer choice for a Cathedral Close address given the Erpingham Gate's 3.8 metre height limit, since a fully loaded Luton cannot reliably clear it. The city centre, the Golden Triangle, UEA, Costessey and South Norfolk are all within a 21 minute target. Track the operator live and pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay once the job is done.
NR1 Cathedral Close 3.8m Erpingham Gate access managed, NR2 Golden Triangle Victorian terrace specialists, NR4 UEA 17,000 students, Norwich Research Park researcher relocations. Vetted operators - targets 21 minutes.
Services in Norwich
Fixed upfront prices. No membership fees. Live operator tracking across every postcode in Norwich.
Small Van
A UEA Ziggurat room, a single item pickup, or a Golden Triangle terrace clearance all suit this size. Two hour minimum, first 15 miles included in the rate.
Medium Van
Angel Road terraces through to Costessey semis, most one and two bedroom Norwich moves fit one trip, and it clears the Cathedral Close height gate comfortably. Driver included, stairs never billed extra.
Luton Van
Eaton and Thorpe St Andrew's larger properties, plus long runs down the A11 to Cambridge or London, need this size. Tail lift fitted as standard throughout.
DBS-Checked Driver
Enhanced DBS, DVLA check, ID and insurance verified. Every operator.
Goods-in-Transit Cover
All operators carry goods-in-transit and public liability insurance.
Man and Van in Norwich - What You Need to Know
Cathedral Close and the Erpingham Gate
Norwich Cathedral Close is a 44 acre medieval precinct entered through a handful of historic gates, and the main vehicle route through the Erpingham Gate on Tombland has an effective clearance of around 3.8 metres. A standard Transit or medium van passes under comfortably, but a Luton loaded to its full box height cannot reliably clear it, so medium van is the safer choice for a Cathedral Close address unless alternative access has been arranged with the Cathedral Chapter first.
The Golden Triangle's Victorian terraces
NR2's Golden Triangle, the wedge between Earlham Road, Dereham Road and Unthank Road, is Norwich's most sought-after terraced housing, two-up two-down and larger Victorian rows built for the city's Victorian workforce and now mostly let to UEA staff and postgraduates. Frontage paths are narrow and many rear passages only take a single file, so a wardrobe or sofa often needs careful angling rather than a straight carry through.
UEA's Ziggurats and student turnover
The University of East Anglia's Brutalist Ziggurat halls above Earlham Lake house first-year students, and the annual move out of them each June into shared houses across the Golden Triangle and Eaton produces one of Norwich's sharpest moving peaks, mirrored by the September intake filling the halls again. These are almost always small van jobs, light loads but narrow campus access roads that are worth confirming before a booking rather than assuming clear access.
Norwich Research Park's international staff
The Research Park on the edge of the UEA campus in NR4 brings together the John Innes Centre, the Quadram Institute and several thousand researchers on fixed-term contracts, many arriving from or leaving for London, Cambridge or overseas institutions. These moves are often long-distance rather than local, and booking well ahead of a contract's end date is worth doing since the same June turnover that affects students also clusters around the academic year here.
The medieval lanes around Castle Quarter
The narrow lanes threading between the Castle Quarter and the market are some of the oldest streets in England still in everyday use, and several are pedestrianised or restrict vehicle access to specific hours. A van serving an address down one of these lanes usually has to park on the nearest through street and carry the load the last stretch on foot, so confirming the exact approach in advance saves time on the day.
Angel Road and Catton's terraces
NR3 Angel Road and Catton hold a mix of Victorian terraces closer to the city and more spacious semis further out toward Sprowston, generally straightforward for a medium van though the older streets nearer Angel Road itself keep the same narrow frontage paths seen across much of inner Norwich. Parking is usually available without a permit scheme here, which makes loading simpler than in the Golden Triangle just across the river.
Thorpe St Andrew and the Yare crossings
NR7 Thorpe St Andrew sits along the River Yare east of the city, and the river crossings here can add a few minutes to a job depending on which side of the water a move starts and finishes on. The area itself is mostly comfortable suburban housing with driveways, so once past the crossing a Luton has no trouble getting close to most addresses.
Costessey and the southern bypass
NR5 Costessey sits west of the city near the Norwich Southern Bypass, and its mix of established streets and newer estate development gives a Luton generally easy access once off the bypass itself. The bypass is the route most crews use to move between Costessey and the western postcodes without cutting back through the city centre, which matters on a job with more than one stop in a day.
South Norfolk's market towns
NR14 Loddon and NR18 Wymondham sit further out into South Norfolk, market towns with a period High Street core surrounded by newer estates, and families upsizing from a Norwich terrace or an Eaton semi into a bigger South Norfolk property are a regular route for a Luton booking. The extra distance from the city is built into scheduling rather than price, so flexibility on timing helps on these longer jobs.
Norwich postcodes we cover
Same fixed price across every area. No postcode surcharge.
Own a recovery truck or van in Norwich?
We are signing up operators in Norwich ahead of the 1st of November 2026 launch. Early drivers get first call on jobs in their area.
You keep 90 percent
Ten percent platform fee in year one. No weekly subscription, no lead fees, no bidding against other drivers for the same job.
Work when you want
Accept or decline every job. No shift rotas, no minimum hours, no penalty for turning work down.
Paid for real costs
Congestion charge, skates, extra passengers and heavy loads are all priced into the job, not absorbed by you.
Takes about 3 minutes. You need a valid licence, insurance and vehicle documents.
Questions, answered
Everything about pricing, coverage and response times in Norwich.
Last updated August 2026.
Book a Man and Van in Norwich
Fixed price. NR1 Cathedral Close height gate access managed. NR2 Golden Triangle Victorian specialists. UEA student moves. Norwich Research Park. All NR postcodes.
Download free
Android is live now. iOS is still in Apple's review queue. No membership, no annual fee and no account charge: you only pay when you book a job.
Book securely
The fixed price is shown before you confirm, not after the work. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay are handled in-app, so no cash changes hands at the kerb.
Track the driver
Once a job is accepted you see the driver's name, vehicle and live position on the map, with an arrival time that updates as they travel.
Every operator is DBS checked, insured for hire and reward, and rated after each job. Prices are fixed before dispatch, never quoted as a range.
Own a van or recovery truck? Take jobs through the same appNo subscription · No callout fees · Free to download