Moving in, out of or across Scotland
Every council area in Scotland, from the Borders to Shetland, with 232 towns and the postcode areas that cover them. Find yours and get a price for moving from it, within Scotland, to England or overseas.
Council: The Highland Council
Main towns
Inverness, Fort William, Aviemore, Nairn, Dingwall, Thurso, Wick, Portree, Ullapool, Kyle of Lochalsh, Grantown-on-Spey
Postcode areas
Distances are long and many roads are single track with passing places, so a Highland move is planned around the drive as much as the load.
Council: Moray Council
Main towns
Elgin, Forres, Buckie, Lossiemouth, Keith, Fochabers, Dufftown
Postcode areas
Council: Argyll and Bute Council
Main towns
Oban, Helensburgh, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Rothesay, Inveraray, Tobermory
Postcode areas
Many of its islands are reached only by vehicle ferry, mostly from Oban, which is booked for the lorry in advance.
Council: Orkney Islands Council
Main towns
Kirkwall, Stromness, St Margaret's Hope, Dounby
Postcode areas
Reached by vehicle ferry from Scrabster, Gills Bay or Aberdeen.
Council: Shetland Islands Council
Main towns
Lerwick, Scalloway, Brae, Sumburgh
Postcode areas
Reached by the overnight vehicle ferry from Aberdeen.
Council: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Main towns
Stornoway, Tarbert, Balivanich, Lochmaddy, Castlebay
Postcode areas
Reached by vehicle ferry from Ullapool, Uig on Skye, or Oban.
Council: Aberdeen City Council
Main towns
Aberdeen city centre, Dyce, Bridge of Don, Cults, Bucksburn, Torry, Old Aberdeen
Postcode areas
Aberdeen has a Low Emission Zone in the city centre.
Council: Aberdeenshire Council
Main towns
Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Stonehaven, Ellon, Westhill, Banchory, Huntly, Turriff, Portlethen, Banff
Postcode areas
Council: Angus Council
Main towns
Arbroath, Forfar, Montrose, Carnoustie, Brechin, Kirriemuir, Monifieth
Postcode areas
Council: Dundee City Council
Main towns
Dundee city centre, Broughty Ferry, Lochee, West End, Stobswell, Menzieshill
Postcode areas
Dundee has a Low Emission Zone in the city centre.
Council: Fife Council
Main towns
Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, St Andrews, Cupar, Leven, Rosyth, Inverkeithing, Burntisland, Cowdenbeath, Anstruther
Postcode areas
Council: Perth and Kinross Council
Main towns
Perth, Crieff, Blairgowrie, Pitlochry, Kinross, Auchterarder, Aberfeldy, Dunkeld
Postcode areas
Council: Stirling Council
Main towns
Stirling, Dunblane, Bridge of Allan, Callander, Killin, Bannockburn
Postcode areas
Council: Clackmannanshire Council
Main towns
Alloa, Tillicoultry, Alva, Dollar, Tullibody, Clackmannan
Postcode areas
Council: Falkirk Council
Main towns
Falkirk, Grangemouth, Bo'ness, Larbert, Stenhousemuir, Denny, Polmont
Postcode areas
Council: City of Edinburgh Council
Main towns
Edinburgh city centre, Leith, Portobello, Morningside, Stockbridge, Corstorphine, Newington, Bruntsfield, Marchmont, South Queensferry, Currie
Postcode areas
Edinburgh has a Low Emission Zone in the centre, and much of the city lives in tenements and Georgian flats up a shared stair with no lift.
Council: East Lothian Council
Main towns
Musselburgh, Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, Prestonpans
Postcode areas
Council: Midlothian Council
Main towns
Dalkeith, Penicuik, Bonnyrigg, Loanhead, Gorebridge, Mayfield
Postcode areas
Council: West Lothian Council
Main towns
Livingston, Bathgate, Linlithgow, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, West Calder
Postcode areas
Council: Glasgow City Council
Main towns
Glasgow city centre, West End, Merchant City, Partick, Hyndland, Finnieston, Shawlands, Dennistoun, Govan, Pollokshields, Cathcart
Postcode areas
Glasgow has a Low Emission Zone in the city centre, and tenement flats up a shared close are the usual Glasgow home.
Council: East Dunbartonshire Council
Main towns
Bearsden, Milngavie, Kirkintilloch, Bishopbriggs, Lenzie, Torrance
Postcode areas
Council: West Dunbartonshire Council
Main towns
Clydebank, Dumbarton, Alexandria, Balloch, Old Kilpatrick
Postcode areas
Council: Renfrewshire Council
Main towns
Paisley, Renfrew, Johnstone, Erskine, Linwood, Bishopton, Lochwinnoch
Postcode areas
Glasgow Airport is in Renfrewshire, beside Paisley.
Council: East Renfrewshire Council
Main towns
Newton Mearns, Giffnock, Clarkston, Barrhead, Busby, Eaglesham
Postcode areas
Council: Inverclyde Council
Main towns
Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Kilmacolm, Wemyss Bay
Postcode areas
Council: North Lanarkshire Council
Main towns
Motherwell, Wishaw, Airdrie, Coatbridge, Cumbernauld, Bellshill, Kilsyth, Shotts
Postcode areas
Council: South Lanarkshire Council
Main towns
Hamilton, East Kilbride, Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Lanark, Carluke, Blantyre, Larkhall, Biggar, Strathaven
Postcode areas
Council: North Ayrshire Council
Main towns
Irvine, Kilwinning, Saltcoats, Ardrossan, Largs, Stevenston, Brodick, Millport
Postcode areas
The Isle of Arran and Great Cumbrae are in North Ayrshire, reached by vehicle ferry.
Council: East Ayrshire Council
Main towns
Kilmarnock, Cumnock, Stewarton, Galston, Darvel, Dalmellington
Postcode areas
Council: South Ayrshire Council
Main towns
Ayr, Troon, Prestwick, Girvan, Maybole
Postcode areas
Council: Dumfries and Galloway Council
Main towns
Dumfries, Stranraer, Castle Douglas, Annan, Lockerbie, Kirkcudbright, Newton Stewart, Gretna, Moffat
Postcode areas
Ferries to Northern Ireland sail from Cairnryan, near Stranraer.
Council: Scottish Borders Council
Main towns
Galashiels, Hawick, Peebles, Kelso, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Melrose, Eyemouth, Duns
Postcode areas
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A postcode area covers many towns and can cross a county or council boundary, so an area can appear under more than one council area. Your council is decided by your address, not your postcode.
Buying and selling in Scotland works differently from England. Once the missives are concluded the bargain is binding, and it fixes a date of entry, which is your moving day. The keys are released at settlement on that date, so the move is booked around it.
A great many Scottish homes are tenement flats up a shared stair, often with no lift. The floor, the turn of the stair and how far the vehicle is from the close door decide the crew size more than the amount of furniture does.
Scottish flats are often addressed by position. In Edinburgh, 2F1 means second floor, first door; in Glasgow, 1/2 means first floor, second flat. Give your mover the exact position, because a building number alone leaves a crew knocking on the wrong door.
Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Edinburgh each enforce a Low Emission Zone in the city centre, and a vehicle that does not meet the standard is issued a penalty charge. Ask your mover whether their lorry complies before booking a city-centre move.
Much of the Highlands is reached on single-track roads with passing places, and the islands by vehicle ferry. Deck space for a removal lorry is booked in advance, and the move is planned around the sailing and the weather, not the other way round.
Buying a home in Scotland means Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, collected by Revenue Scotland, not Stamp Duty. Its bands are different, so a budget worked out in England needs working out again.
We move households across Scotland, between it and the rest of Great Britain, and overseas. Tell us the address at each end and what you are taking, and we will come back with a price. How an international move works, and why the exchange rate can cost more than the removal.
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By the date of entry in the missives, the contract between buyer and seller. Once the missives are concluded the date is binding, which makes it easier to book a mover than in England, where the completion date is often not fixed until the week before.
They give the flat's position in the building. The Edinburgh style, 2F1, is second floor, first door. The Glasgow style, 1/2, is first floor, second flat. Give your mover the full position as well as the street number.
Only if it does not meet the zone's standard. Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Edinburgh all enforce one in the city centre and issue penalty charges to vehicles that do not comply, so ask your mover before booking a move in or out of a city centre.
Yes. The lorry crosses on a vehicle ferry, which is booked with the move, and the day is planned around the sailing. Orkney, Shetland, the Western Isles, Skye, Arran and the Argyll islands are all reached this way or, for Skye, by the bridge.
No. Scotland has Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, collected by Revenue Scotland, with its own bands. Check Revenue Scotland's calculator rather than an English one.
Each council area shows its main towns, not every village. Type your postcode into the finder and it will find your area from the first letters, or go straight to the quote form. We move to and from anywhere in Scotland.