Van Hire Croft

Croft is a village of narrow lanes and open farmland just north of Warrington, close enough to the depot that collecting a vehicle yourself takes only a few minutes. Van hire Croft starts at Tilley Street by the Cockhedge Shopping Centre entrance in the centre of town, and our van hire in Warrington fleet of more than seventy vehicles means you can choose by the lane as well as by the load, which matters more here than it does in most places.

A Short Run For Van Hire Croft

The A574 south brings you almost directly to us and takes very little time, which means a small job can be collected, completed and returned inside half a day rather than needing a full booking. The A573 through Winwick is the quieter alternative when the A574 is slow. Because the run is so short, Croft customers have more flexibility than most about when they collect, and an early start is usually the easiest way to get the awkward part of a job done before the roads fill.

Village Lanes And Turning Space

Verge condition changes considerably through the year. After sustained rain the ground either side of these lanes will not carry the weight of a loaded van, and a wheel dropped off the metalled surface is not easily recovered without help. Staying on the road is the rule here rather than a preference.

Where a property sits on a corner, the turning arc matters more than the frontage width. A van that fits the space in a straight line may not swing into it, and once committed there is often nowhere to go but forward. Looking at the junction rather than only the parking spot is the check worth making, particularly on the lanes where hedgerows limit visibility.

The lanes around Croft, Southworth and towards Kenyon are narrow with hedgerows tight to the carriageway and very few passing places. Width is not usually the problem; turning space is. A lane can be perfectly driveable along its length and offer nowhere at all to turn a long vehicle round at the end of it, and reversing a loaded van several hundred metres with limited rear visibility is a genuinely unpleasant way to spend a morning. Looking at the approach on a map before the day avoids nearly all of it.

Van Hire Croft For Paddock And Smallholding Loads

There is a lot of paddock and smallholding land around the village, and the work reflects it. Fencing, feed, timber, gates and equipment collections are common, and they are heavy and awkwardly shaped rather than bulky. An open bed handles that far better than an enclosed body, and the flatbed dropside van loads from any side without anything having to be lifted over a lip. It also means you are not trying to protect an interior lining from soil, sharp edges and wet timber on the way home.

Agricultural Traffic And Seasonal Timing

Deliveries into the village follow the same logic. Where you are dropping rather than collecting, confirming somebody will be there to receive the load matters as much as choosing the vehicle, because there is nowhere convenient to wait with a van on these lanes while a key is found or a gate unlocked.

Farm traffic uses these roads heavily at both ends of the growing season, and meeting a tractor and trailer on a narrow stretch means somebody reverses. In a loaded van that is harder than it sounds, so allowing extra time through spring and autumn is sensible, and taking the wider route where one exists is usually worth the few additional minutes. Verges here are soft after sustained rain and will not hold the weight of a loaded vehicle, so staying on the metalled surface matters.

Property Access And Choosing A Size

Neighbours are worth a quick word where a lane is single track. A van parked across a gateway for an hour is far less contentious if somebody knows why it is there, and it occasionally produces the offer of a yard or a wider verge that makes the whole job easier.

The newer housing around the village generally has driveways and reasonable road width, where a long wheelbase high roof van handles most of a family move in one or two loads. The older cottages and the properties set back down lanes are the opposite proposition entirely. Gateposts are worth measuring rather than judging by eye, since several were built for a different era of vehicle and the gap is narrower than it looks from the road.

What You Need At Collection

Bring your photocard driving licence and a DVLA check code generated online shortly before you travel, since the code expires. All our vehicles are 3.5 tonnes gross or under and drive on a standard category B car licence. Most require no deposit. We are open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4pm and closed on Sunday, and there is free secure parking at the depot for the car you leave with us while the hire is out.

Booking Ahead For Van Hire Croft

Short notice bookings usually work given the distance, though the larger vehicles are committed first at month end and over bank holiday weekends. Selected vehicles reserved at least two weeks ahead carry a ten per cent discount, explained on our van hire special offers page. Short and long term hire are both available and European cover can be arranged on request. Customers along the A574 often pair a job here with van hire Culcheth.

Describe the lane and the load and we will tell you honestly which vehicle will get down it. Call the depot on 01925 396 222.