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Chelmsford Removals Company for the Local Area
Are you looking to relocate to Chelmsford? Moving home is not something we do on a regular basis with there often being a few years between each move.
As such, we can often lose sight of the number of belongings we accumulate on the way and come time to relocate there is lots to organise.
This is where enlisting the services of a reliable removals company is crucial.
White & Company are a family-owned business with over 151 years’ servicing the Chelmsford community.
We offer a tailor made, reliable and professional service at a competitive price.
Our trained crews have tackled all sorts of challenges and can wrap, pack and transport your personal belongings with minimum fuss and delay.
Should you require it, White & Company can offer storage of some or all of your effects also.
We have 19 secure storage facilities across the UK, offering clean, modern, easily accessible storage provision.
We serve many towns around Chelmsford. To find out more about how we can get your dream move underway don’t hesitate to give us a call today for a free home survey and quotation.
About Us
White & Company has 19 branches spread across the UK from the Channel Islands to Scotland and a network of industry partners.
This extensive relocation network allows us to supply the perfect removal solutions no matter where you’re moving.
Through hard work, commitment, and excellent service, we are now one of the industry’s largest removal companies.
We have 265 specialist vehicles, fully trained and security-cleared removals staff and 19 storage locations across the UK.
Why Move to Chelmsford?
On the 14th of March 2012, Chelmsford achieved city status, the only place in Essex to achieve this feat.
Chelmsford is credited as the ‘birthplace of radio’. The opening of the world’s first radio factory back in 1899 by Guglielmo Marconi, sees Chelmsford continuing to pioneer its way into the history books to this day.
Airwaves aside, the recent boom in house building has bolstered the town’s prospects as a commuter belt city of choice.
Combining suburban community life with idyllic countryside escapes, Chelmsford is a mere 35-minute commute to London Liverpool Street Station by rail.
Whist the city is not crime free, according to CrimeRate Chelmsford is considered the safest major town in Essex.
It has become a popular location with downsizers and disgruntled London renters. Also attractive to families, Central Park situated in the city centre, has pleasant riverside walks and good cycle lanes.
Hylands Park hosts annual music festivals which see people from all corners of the country flock to the Essex countryside for the thrill of mud, beer, and good music.
The city centre has been subject to a serious face-lift in recent years. It now offers a wide range of shops and amenities.
Moulsham Street showcases many fine old buildings and independent shops, and the indoor market has a good mix of stalls including a butcher and a cheese shop.
There are also lots of second-hand and vintage stalls, some of which have been trading for over 800 years.
With good schools, excellent amenities and viable transport links for work, Chelmsford is a rapidly expanding city with excellent prospects while retaining that close village feeling and strong a sense of community.
It is a superb all-rounder and one of the best places to live if you want everything on your doorstep.
Chelmsford Schools & Education
Chelmsford has a good assortment of infant, primary and secondary schools.
Its two prestigious grammar schools, King Edward VI Grammar School and Chelmsford County High School for Girls have excellent local reputations.
Most state schools in the area have been judged as ‘good’ by Ofsted with Beehive Lane Community Primary and Chancellor Park Primary School, being rated as ‘outstanding’.
Anglia Ruskin University and Chelmsford College is the main provider of further education in the city.
For more information on researching and finding the best schools in the Chelmsford area consult the following School Guide.
Things to Do in Chelmsford
Chelmsford is a bustling city with no shortage of things to do to suit people of all ages.
There are three swimming pools, an ice rink and two golf clubs.
For a touch of retail therapy, there are two indoor shopping centres and a weekly market.
The city’s centre has a wide range of pubs, clubs and restaurants. OpenTable recommends Bills Restaurant & Bar awarding it with a 4½ star rating.
For activities to keep the children occupied visits to Marsh Farm Animal Park and the Call of the Wild Zoo are a must with all sorts of activities for little ones to enjoy.
Dotted over the city are 20 open green park areas to explore where you can walk, cycle and picnic.
Chelmsford Property Prices
The city offers a mix of properties from new waterside apartments which overlook the rivers Can and Chelmer to Victorian homes found on Mildmay Road, south of the city centre.
With homes closer to the centre of the city being the most expensive, if you have a tight budget, Chelmsford is surrounded by some reasonably priced areas.
Plus, there are a number of beautiful villages offering a more rural lifestyle and fascinating histories. East Hanningfield, Tillingham, Battlesbridge, Bickacre, Great Leighs and Hanfield Peveral are just a few to mention.
When it comes down to the most popular location in the town, it is hard to beat those situated close to outstanding schools and the local railway station.
Popular Places to Live near Chelmsford
- Aythorpe Roding
- Bicknacre
- Boreham
- Boyton Cross
- Chignal Smealy
- Cold Norton
- Danbury
- East Hanningfield
- Felsted
- Ford End
- Fryerning
- Galleywood
- Great Baddow
- Great Leighs
- Great Waltham
- Hatfield Peverel
- Highwood
- Howe Green
- Ingatestone
- Little Baddow
- Little Leighs
- Little Waltham
- Margaretting
- Mashbury
- Pleshey
- Rettendon
- Roxwell
- Sandon
- Stock
- Woodham Ferrers