Trade plate vehicle movements in Eastleigh and the Itchen valley

Reaching Eastleigh from junction 12 of the M3

Most of our drivers arrive at junction 12 of the M3 and come in on the A335, which links Winchester to the north with Southampton to the south. Work from the Southampton side often comes up the A27, and the B3037 runs out to Bishopstoke. Queues at junction 12 and a wet Friday on Leigh Road are part of Hampshire life, so we agree a collection time with you rather than promise a same day slot.

An SO50 postcode covers more than the town centre. Bishopstoke, Fair Oak, Boyatt Wood and Velmore all sit nearby, and Chandler's Ford and Hedge End are separate places again. Tell us the exact street and village and the driver will go straight to the right door.

Short hops and long runs are booked the same way. A car collected on Chickenhall Lane and delivered to Boyatt Wood is one job, and so is a car collected in Eastleigh and delivered to Glasgow.

Auction collections from BCA Westbury and BCA Camberley

There is no auction compound in Eastleigh, so local buyers usually collect from BCA Westbury in Wiltshire or BCA Camberley in Surrey. If your lot is at Manheim Saltash we can still collect it, though that is a long run from Cornwall rather than a local pickup.

We confirm with the auction house that your lot has been released before a driver sets off up the M3, so nobody waits at a locked gate. Here is how auction collection after release works. Salvage vehicles cannot travel on trade plates and need a transporter.

Dealer transfers and fleet vans from Chickenhall Lane

Eastleigh independents regularly send stock to group sites in Winchester and Southampton, and part exchanges head to BCA Westbury once they are legal to drive. Fleet vans come off Chickenhall Lane, the SO50 industrial estates and the units out towards Bishopstoke, and each one needs a valid MOT before we can move it.

A retail handover is a different job from a site transfer. Your customer on a terrace off Leigh Road or a house towards Velmore gets a driver arriving in their new car, with no trailer parked across the street. Our page on site transfers and retail handovers explains the difference.

Because we move single vehicles, your car never sits waiting for a transporter to fill its deck. A named contact and any barrier code on the booking keep a yard collection quick.

Getting the details right around the Precinct and Leigh Road

The High Street, Market Street and the roads around the Precinct are tight, so a clear address and a legal place to stop make all the difference. Put the estate name, the barrier code and the person meeting the driver on the quote, and a Chickenhall collection will never be sent to the town centre by mistake.

When the drive is done, Eastleigh station on the South West Main Line gives our driver an easy way home. Southampton Airport Parkway sits a stop further south, and we pick whichever station suits the delivery.

Booking an SO50 movement with OVM

Every vehicle must be roadworthy and legal to drive, with a valid MOT where one is required. Cars, light vans and electric vehicles are all welcome, but we cannot take HGVs or non runners. Our motor trade road risk insurance covers the vehicle from collection until it is signed for, and you get photos, condition notes and the delivery signature together in one emailed report, even on a short run from Bishopstoke to Velmore.

The full detail is in how a driven trade plate movement works and how OVM covers the UK from Glasgow. For a price, enter the registration and both postcodes for an instant quote. OVM is the trading name of OVM Ltd, registered in Scotland as SC834621.