24-hour vehicle recovery and transport across England
Tell us where you are.
One call reaches the depot that covers your road, not a call centre selling your job on. A Langford truck and a Langford driver are on the way while you’re still on the phone.
Cars, vans, motorcycles and light commercials.
Motorway, A-road, home or multi-storey.
Booking ahead
Moving a vehicle across England?
Non-runners, auction collections, prestige and classics. Postcode to postcode, priced in seconds.
No email needed to see the price. Fixed once quoted, held for 7 days.
England-wide, around the clock — our own trucks, our own drivers, no brokers.
Transparent pricing
See exactly what you’re paying for.
Drag the distance and change the vehicle. Nothing is hidden behind a callback, and every part of the number is itemised.
Estimated total
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including VAT
Illustrative figures based on our published rate card. Your quote is fixed once we have both postcodes.
Booking a transport job
Four steps, about two minutes.
No callback to find out the price, no haggling, no surprise fees at the kerb. The number you see is the number you pay.
Two postcodes
We plot the run on real roads and price it by the mile, not by guesswork.
Tell us the vehicle
Size and condition decide which truck and which equipment we send.
Pick your slot
Flexible, three days, next day or same day. Deposit secures it.
The driver calls
The day before collection, from the mobile that will be at your gate.
When it goes wrong on the road
A truck, not a booking agent. We answer, we dispatch, and the driver who rings you back is on our payroll.
- Breakdown recovery
- Accident and insurance recovery
- Jump start and battery
- Wrong fuel drain
- Roadside tyre change
When it needs moving properly
Open or covered, one car or six, collected from a driveway, a compound or an auction hall.
The fleet
The right truck, not the nearest one.
Sending a spec lift to a seized four-wheel-drive wastes everybody’s evening. We match the equipment to the job before the driver leaves the depot.
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Tilt-and-slide flatbed
The default for a car that can’t drive. Nothing touches the road on the way.
Up to 3.5t · single vehicle
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Spec lift wrecker
Tight car parks, underground bays and roadside lifts where a bed won’t fit.
Kerbside · rapid lift
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Covered transporter
Fully enclosed for classics, supercars, show vehicles and fresh paint.
Enclosed · strapped and chocked
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Multi-car transporter
Dealer stock moves, auction runs and fleet rotations in one trip.
Up to 6 vehicles
Coverage
Twelve depots. One company.
Every recovery and every transport job runs on a Langford truck. Ring at three in the morning and the person who answers can tell you which driver is coming and where they are right now.
Check the response time for your postcode
What people say
Judged on the worst night, not the best.
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Placeholder rating — connect your real review source
Head gasket went on the M6 near Stafford at half eleven at night. Booked at 23:40, on the bed by 00:15. The driver rang me twice on the way so I knew exactly where he was.
Placeholder name
Breakdown recovery · M6 J14
We move forty-odd cars a month out of Manchester. Langford quote online, invoice monthly, and I have never once had to chase a driver. That is genuinely rare in this trade.
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Trade account · dealer group
A 1972 E-Type from Norfolk to Devon, covered transport. Strapped properly, photographed at both ends, delivered on the day they said. Worth every penny of the difference.
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Classic transport · NR to TQ
Before you ring
The questions we get at 2am.
How quickly can you actually get to me?
Our average across England is under 45 minutes from the call being answered. On a motorway with a depot nearby it is often half that. When you ring, we tell you the honest ETA for your location before you commit — not an optimistic one.
Is my vehicle insured while you have it?
Yes. Every vehicle we carry is covered by £2m goods in transit insurance, and we hold £5m public liability. Ask for the certificates and we will email them straight over — no vetting, no delay.
What if the car won't roll or steer?
Say so when you book. Seized wheels, no steering or accident damage means we send a tilt-and-slide bed with skates and a winch rather than a spec lift. It costs a little more because it takes longer, and the price you see online already includes it.
Do you charge extra for congestion, ULEZ or airport fees?
No. Congestion charge, ULEZ, clean air zones, airport drop-off and parking are all inside the quoted price. The figure you agree is the figure on the invoice.
Can you collect if I can't be there?
Yes, provided someone can release the keys and the vehicle is accessible. We photograph the vehicle at collection and delivery so there is a clear record of its condition at both ends.
Do you work with garages and dealers?
A large part of what we do. Trade accounts get 30-day invoicing, priority slots, bulk pricing on multi-car movements and a named contact rather than a general line.
Broken down, or planning ahead?
Either way you are talking to the company that owns the truck.