Removals in Greenwich, from the World Heritage Streets to the Peninsula Towers

Parking a removal van in SE10: the council bay suspension

Most residential streets in SE10 are inside a controlled parking zone, and the only reliable way to hold space for a van outside a house is a parking bay suspension from the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The council’s own figures at the time of writing:

• apply at least 10 working days before the day the bay is needed;
• £66.40 per bay per day, plus a £66.40 administration fee that is not refunded;
• a resident who is moving house can ask for a second bay, and it is free on the first day of the suspension (both bays are charged from the second day);
• a cancellation costs 20% or £66.40, whichever is more, and must be made before the day before the suspension starts;
• if the council approves the application it puts up signs showing the date and the reason.

The details are on the council’s apply to suspend a parking bay page. We apply as the removal company, so the bay is in place for our van, and the cost is in your fixed price. Ten working days is two calendar weeks once the weekends are counted, and more over a bank holiday, so we ask for the date as soon as exchange is in sight. If completion is still moving, our guide to parking suspensions on moving day explains how to time the application.

The second bay is worth asking for on most SE10 house moves. One bay holds a Luton, but a three- or four-bedroom house in Westcombe Park often needs the van and a second vehicle, and a second bay on the first day costs nothing extra. On a two-day job we weigh the second day’s charge for both bays against simply finishing in one long day.

When someone parks in the suspended bay

This happens. The council says plainly that it cannot stop people ignoring the signs and cannot remove illegally parked vehicles; it can issue a penalty charge notice, and the vehicle is reported to its Customer Services on 020 8921 4339. So our crew arrives early enough to see the bay before the van needs it. If a car is in it, we report it, then load from the nearest legal space, which on most old-town streets means a longer carry rather than a lost day. That risk is the reason we do not price an SE10 move on the assumption that the van will stand at the door.

Crossing the river: the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel charge

Many Greenwich moves go north, to Canary Wharf, the Royal Docks or further into east London, and the quickest road is through one of the two tunnels from the Peninsula. Since 2025 both the Blackwall Tunnel and the new Silvertown Tunnel are charged, per crossing and in both directions, from 06:00 to 22:00 every day, with a higher peak charge on weekdays from 06:00 to 10:00 northbound and from 16:00 to 19:00 southbound. TfL raised the charges on 21 September 2026. At the time of writing, a large van pays £2.60 per crossing off peak on Auto Pay and £6.80 at peak or when paid by phone or online; the current figures are on TfL’s tunnels charge page.

A single move can pay more than once, because the van crosses north loaded and usually comes back south empty, and each crossing is charged. We plan the loading so the loaded crossing falls outside the peak window where we can, and the charge goes into the fixed price. Greenwich is also inside the London-wide ULEZ, which our vans meet; our guide to ULEZ and the Congestion Charge for removal vans covers what applies if your move continues into central London.

Town-centre streets, market days and the park

The old town around the Cutty Sark, Greenwich Market and the gates of Greenwich Park is busy with visitors on most days and busiest at weekends, and its streets work as a one-way loop. A move on Nelson Road, King William Walk or Greenwich Church Street is planned for an early weekday start, when the pavements are clear enough to carry furniture across them. Further up the hill the streets are quieter, but they are steep, and a piano or a range cooker going down Crooms Hill is a job for the full crew rather than two people.

On the Peninsula the timing problem is different. North Greenwich station and The O2 draw large crowds on event nights, so for an evening or late-afternoon move in one of the towers we check the venue’s calendar before agreeing the start time with the building.

Getting the van in: the A102 and the stations

The A102 Blackwall Tunnel Approach runs north through SE10 to the tunnel mouth on the Peninsula, between East Greenwich and the riverside towers. Vans reach the old town along Creek Road from Deptford or Trafalgar Road from Charlton, and reach the Peninsula from the A102 junctions. If you are travelling separately on the day, Greenwich station has Southeastern trains and the DLR, Cutty Sark is on the DLR, Maze Hill and Westcombe Park are on the Southeastern line, and North Greenwich is on the Jubilee line. We give you the arrival time at the new address so you can be there with the keys.

Packing, storage and timing

For a move inside a booked lift window, packing the day before is what keeps the job on time; our packing service boxes kitchens, books and glassware so move day is spent loading. For the old town, the limit is usually the stair rather than the time, and there the flat removals crew takes beds and wardrobes apart before they go anywhere near the banisters.

Where completion dates do not line up, or where work on a listed house runs over, we can collect on the agreed day and deliver from storage later, with the second bay suspension booked for the delivery date.

Send us the street name or the building name and the date, and we will come back with the bay or lift arrangement, the route and one fixed price.