About Us
Back in 2005 we set out to offer affordable van removals and professional man and van hire services to people needing to shift small loads over long distances in the UK. Early on we aimed our services at just students. We called the service Student Movers and started moving the nations students.
Through the years we grew from strength to strength.
After years battling against a very seasonal student moving calendar and having secured an excellent reputation and client base we knew we had to diversify to offer our van removals and professional man and van hire services to everyone not just students. So between 2012 and 2013 we ran a trial website to research the sort of work we could generate through a more mainstream van removals or professional man with a van business.
In 2013 we re-launched our entire business as Emrys Removals. This saw great success, creating growth in the more mainstream young professional moves market.
Unfortunately the Pandemic years destroyed what progress we had made and after years of trying to keep a vastly reduced service going, in 2025 the plug was pulled and Both Student Movers and Emrys Removals closed their doors for the last time on the 5th April 2025.
What Did ’emrys’ Mean?
Emrys is the Welsh translation of the second name of Merlin the wizard in Arthurian legends. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures. Geoffrey combined existing stories of Myrddin Wyllt (Merlinus Caledonensis), a North Brythonic prophet and madman with no connection to King Arthur, with tales of the Romano-British war leader Ambrosius Aurelianus to form the composite figure he called Merlin Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin Emrys). He is allegedly buried in the Broceliande forest, near Paimpont in Brittany. (we don’t do France)
Why did we Choose Emrys?
Here at Emrys Removals we love a bit of Magic or Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Outlander even the BBC’s Merlin series we love it all and Merlin had just come to it’s 2012 climax when the new business name was being conjured up deep in the heart of Emrys Towers. Maybe we were influenced by that or maybe we’d always liked the word, nobody is quite sure, but it just worked and the rest is history!
Where are we Today?
We are now very sadly closed. We thank all of our wonderful customer new and old for their incredible support over the years, I could name a few favourites, I could name a few famous names who’ve used us and I’ve been to some amazing places meeting amazing people. From the bottom of my heart,
Thank you
Matt Welch, Former Owner Operator
