Moving to Spain from the UK
Whether you’re retiring to the Costa del Sol, relocating for work in Barcelona, taking a Madrid posting or committing to island life in Mallorca, this is where a British move to Spain begins. We run the UK–Spain corridor in both directions — collecting from anywhere in Britain and delivering across the whole of Spain.
Since the UK left the EU, moving to Spain takes more planning than it once did — but it remains one of the most popular relocations Britons make, and the removals corridor between the two countries is as busy as ever. This page is the overview: the regions we serve, the routes we run from UK cities, and the practical shape of a move from Britain to Spain.
We handle removals from the UK to Spain as a single managed journey — professional packing at your British address, overland transport through France and into Spain, customs formalities for your household goods, and delivery to your new Spanish home. For the Balearics we coordinate the onward ferry too. And because the corridor runs both ways, we also bring households back: removals from Spain to the UK are the same careful job in reverse.
Removals to every corner of Spain
Our featured regions cover where most British movers head — but the same corridor reaches inland towns and villages across the country, from Galicia to Granada.
Removals from the UK to Costa del Sol
The Costa del Sol is where the British move-to-Spain story most often begins. A ribbon of coast running west from Málaga through Torremolinos, Fuengirola and Marbella to Estepona, it pairs a genuinely warm winter with an airport that keeps the UK an easy hop away — which is exactly why so many families keep the connection to Britain alive rather than severing it.
Explore Costa del SolRemovals from the UK to Costa Blanca
The Costa Blanca has drawn British movers for decades, and it is easy to see why: some of the driest, sunniest weather in Europe, a coastline that shifts from the pine-clad coves of the Marina Alta to the salt-lake flats around Torrevieja, and towns where you can live comfortably in English while you find your Spanish feet.
Explore Costa BlancaRemovals from the UK to Balearic Islands
The Balearics ask a little more of a move — there is a sea crossing at the end of it — but for many people that is precisely the appeal. Island life sets its own pace, and Mallorca in particular has grown into a year-round home for a large, settled international community rather than a summer-only escape.
Explore Balearic IslandsRemovals from the UK to Barcelona & Catalonia
Barcelona pulls a different crowd from the sun-coast retirement move: professionals relocating for work, families after a big cosmopolitan city that still has the beach twenty minutes away, and people who simply fell for Catalonia on a visit and decided to stay.
Explore Barcelona & CataloniaRemovals from the UK to Madrid
Madrid is the move for people going to Spain for the life of a great European capital rather than the beach. It is a confident, high-energy city — grand boulevards, world-class galleries, a restaurant scene that runs past midnight — and it draws professionals, families and students in roughly equal measure.
Explore MadridUK pickup cities we run to Spain
Your move doesn’t have to start in a big city — we collect from towns and villages too — but these are the origins we run most often on the Spain corridor.
From your UK door to your Spanish home
- 01 Deciding Before you commit
- 02 Planning Booking it in
- 03 Packing & Shipping The move itself
- 04 Arriving Landing in Spain
- 05 Settling After the van leaves
Guides to moving to Spain
Moving to Spain from the UK: the complete guide
Read Paperwork, decodedSpanish residency and visas after Brexit: what Britons need to know
Read Choosing your movePart-load vs full-load removals to Spain: which is right for you?
Read Getting move-readyPacking for a move to Spain: what to bring and what to leave
Read Finding your SpainChoosing where to live in Spain: coast, city or country
Read After you arriveSettling in Spain: your first steps after the van leaves
ReadLet’s get your move to Spain moving
Tell us your pickup and destination, and roughly what you’re taking. We’ll come back to talk it through.