Moving help for Coventry
Short guides to the parts of a Coventry move that the booking form can't tell you about: where the van can stop, what the ring road and bus gates mean for a van, when students move, and which van a home needs.
Parking a van in Coventry
Coventry's resident permit zones, how daily visitor vouchers work, why students in shared houses can't get them, and how to ask the council to suspend a bay for moving day, with the fee and the notice it needs.
Student move dates, Coventry and Warwick
Coventry University's semester and block calendars and Warwick's three terms for 2026 to 2027, the two September rushes ten days apart, and how much van a student room needs.
The ring road and city centre by van
Nine junctions close together, the red junction signs, the bus gates that fine vans as well as cars, and the city-centre streets that are permit-only in the daytime.
Which van for a Coventry home
Medium, Large or Luton for a terrace in Earlsdon, a 1930s semi in Styvechale, a house on a post-war estate or a city-centre flat, and when a second person saves money.
The guides are written for people moving in, out of or around Coventry, and for students going between the city, the Warwick campus and Leamington. Each one ends with the council or university page it was checked against, so you can see the source and check nothing has changed since.
If your question isn't here, email [email protected] with your two postcodes and what you're moving. When you're ready, the booking form lists the drivers who cover your route.
Your card is held, not charged, until the driver accepts. The rest is paid to him on the day.