How much does it cost to move a static caravan?

People move static caravans for three reasons: the site fees have gone up too far, they have found a park they prefer, or they have bought a caravan privately and need to get it to a pitch. In every case the move costs more than the haulage, because the caravan has to be lifted off one pitch, driven as a wide load and set up again at the other end. Here is how the costs break down in 2026.

Transport costs by distance

A specialist static caravan transporter’s published price guide, read in October 2026, gives these typical figures for a standard single-unit caravan:

Width matters as much as distance. A 12 ft wide caravan costs roughly a fifth more per mile than a 10 ft one, because it needs a wider trailer and more escort arrangements, and a twin-unit lodge travels as two halves on two lorries, so it costs about double.

The extras on top of haulage

• De-siting: disconnecting gas, water, electricity and drainage, lowering the caravan off its blocks and winching it onto the trailer. Typically £300 to £1,200 depending on access.
• Re-siting: the reverse at the new park, including levelling, blocking, anchoring and reconnection. Priced in the same range, often by the receiving park’s own team.
• Crane hire: needed where a caravan cannot be winched straight onto the trailer, such as a tight pitch, a wall or a slope. £400 to £1,200 for a half-day lift.
• Storage: if the new pitch is not ready, transporters and some parks charge weekly storage.
• Siting fee at the new park: many parks charge to connect a caravan brought in from elsewhere, and some charge a one-off “bring-on” fee on top.

The paperwork for a wide load

A static caravan is an abnormal load. Under the rules summarised in GOV.UK’s aide memoire for hauliers, a load wider than 2.9 metres needs the police notified two clear working days in advance, and a load wider than 3.5 metres also needs an attendant or escort vehicle. Standard 10 ft caravans are just over 3 metres wide and 12 ft caravans just under 3.7 metres, so almost every static move needs notification and most 12 ft moves need an escort. Reputable transporters handle this, and it is part of why a move cannot be booked for tomorrow. Councils such as Lincolnshire, which has the country’s biggest concentration of parks around Skegness and Ingoldmells, publish how notifications work on their roads.

Will the new park take your caravan?

This is the question to settle before you price anything. Parks that accept caravans bought or sited elsewhere are known as “bring-on” parks, and many parks do not allow it at all: they sell caravans themselves and only pitch what they sell. Those that do allow bring-ons usually set a maximum age, often 10 to 15 years, require the caravan to meet current safety standards, and charge a siting or connection fee.

Get the acceptance in writing, with the pitch number, before you book a transporter. A caravan that arrives at a park which then refuses it is a very expensive problem.

What happens to the decking

Decking does not travel with the caravan. The deck is a separate structure on the pitch, it is wider than the trailer once you include the balustrade, and the receiving park has to approve it like any new deck. You have three options:

1. Leave it. Some sellers include the deck in a sale on the pitch, and some parks will buy it or allow the next owner to take it over.
2. Sell it. Dealers and installers buy uPVC decks, dismantle them and collect. They quote per deck; see pre-owned and ex-display decks for how that market works.
3. Take it with you. A uPVC or composite deck on a steel or aluminium frame can be dismantled, moved and re-fitted, usually with a few new boards and fixings. Installers charge for the dismantling and the re-fit by the day, plus transport. Timber decks rarely survive a move, and the new park may not allow timber anyway.

Whichever you choose, check the new park’s separation rules before you plan where the deck goes. Holiday site licence conditions, such as East Lindsey’s for the Skegness coast, keep caravans 6 metres apart and require 4.5 metres of clear space between a veranda, ramp or steps and the neighbouring caravan, so a deck that worked on one pitch may need a different layout on the next. Our guide to static caravan decking covers the layouts.

A worked example

A 36 x 12 ft caravan moving 60 miles from one coastal park to another, with a wrap-around uPVC deck:

• Haulage, 12 ft wide, with police notification and escort: about £1,500 to £2,400
• De-site and re-site, no crane needed: about £800 to £1,800
• New park siting fee: varies, often several hundred pounds
• Deck dismantled, moved and re-fitted with new fixings: a day each end for a two-person crew plus transport, so typically £900 to £1,800

Call it £4,000 to £6,500 before the new park’s fees, or £3,000 to £4,500 if you sell the deck and start again. Compare that with the site fee saving over the years you plan to stay, and the move either makes sense or it does not.

Before you book

• Written acceptance from the new park, with the pitch number and any age or standard conditions.
• Two transport quotes that state width, escort and notification costs.
• Who de-sites and re-sites, and whether the parks insist on their own teams.
• What the new park allows on decking, in writing, before the old deck comes down.

If the deck is coming with you, or you need a new one at the other end, tell us the new park’s postcode and we will find a caravan decking installer who already works there.