Trade plate vehicle movements in Gillingham, Medway

The A2, the M2 and getting around Medway

The A2 is the old main road through the town, while the M2 lets longer drives bypass it, with junction 4 serving Gillingham and Rainham. The A289 is the northern relief road towards the tunnel and the Isle of Grain. When the M2 closes, traffic floods the A2 through Chatham, so we agree a date with you instead of promising a same day slot.

The High Street, Brompton and the streets down towards the Strand are tight. Twydall, Hempstead, Gillingham Pier and the yards towards Hoath Lane are all approached differently, and Luton here means the Medway district, not the Bedfordshire town. Give us the street and full postcode and the driver will go straight to the car.

Chatham, Rainham, Rochester, Strood, Sittingbourne and Maidstone are all close by. A hop from Rainham into Gillingham is one job and a run from Gillingham to Glasgow is another. Gillingham station is on the North Kent line, with trains to London Victoria, St Pancras and Ramsgate, which gets our driver home after a one way delivery.

Auction collections from Wilsons Maidstone and BCA Paddock Wood

There is no auction site in Medway, so most Gillingham buyers collect from Wilsons Auctions Maidstone or BCA Paddock Wood. BCA Crawley lies further west if that is where you bought.

Maidstone and Paddock Wood are separate sites, so tell us which one has your car. We confirm release before a driver is sent, then bring the car home by the M2 or the A229. Our page on auction collection after release covers the paperwork. Please note that a salvage lot cannot be driven home on trade plates.

Medway dealers, business park vans and customer handovers

A typical booking is a Medway independent sending a car to a group site in Maidstone or Dartford, or a part exchange heading to Paddock Wood once it is legal to drive. Fleet vans come off units on Gillingham Business Park, and each one needs a valid MOT before we can take it.

If a customer in Twydall is expecting their car at home, our driver delivers it to the door, with no trailer on Pier Road. Terraced streets near the estuary and industrial parks off the A2 need different details, so add a named contact at each end. Find out what happens on site transfers and retail handovers.

Avoiding a wasted run across ME7

Add the estate, any barrier details and the name of the person meeting us. That way the driver will not head to Hempstead Valley when the car is at Gillingham Pier, or to the station when it is waiting at Wilsons Maidstone. A slow Dartford crossing does not stop an auction's storage clock, which is one more reason to book with the right details.

A short trip from Rainham gets the same full record as a long one. Condition and photos are taken at collection, the receiver signs at handover and both proofs arrive together by email.

Booking your Gillingham movement

We need the vehicle to be roadworthy and legal to drive, with a valid MOT if it is old enough to need one. Plates and insurance are on us: motor trade road risk cover applies from collection until delivery is signed. If a driven move is wrong for your vehicle, we will say so and point you to a transporter.

Learn how a driven trade plate movement works and how we plan UK jobs from Glasgow.

Give us the registration, both postcodes and the dates you want and the instant quote does the rest, or phone 0141 459 1302. Prefer the phone? Call 0141 459 1302. Our office is at 48 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1BP.