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Anchor Van Centre With more than 30 years experience supplying the highest quality new and used vans, Anchor Vans is proud to be the biggest dealer of used vans in the UK and has won the prestigious Motor Trader UK Van Dealer of the Year award two years running. All used vans are available to purchase via phone with our Customer Care Pack including free delivery within 150 miles.

We have a great range of options for national delivery and regularly joke that we must be the biggest used van dealer in Scotland! All pre-owned vans bought with our Customer Care Pack go through a thorough pre-delivery inspection and refurbishment programme carried out by our team of fully qualified and highly skilled technicians.
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Established in 1989 Anchor Vans ltd is a family business founded by Graham Joyce B.Sc F.I.M.I. Graham has over 35 years experience in the motor industry and, prior to starting Anchor Vans Ltd, was the Managing Director of a major BMW franchise.
We have an extensive Ford Approved service centre specialising in servicing all makes and models of cars and vans. Our fully qualified technicians are trained to the highest standards and complemented by our state of the art 15 bay workshop. We provide Ford warranty repairs and fixed price servicing as well as unbeatable independent prices for all makes and models, and our MOT technicians are certified to carry out MOT's on all cars and vans up to 3500kg gross vehicle weight.
All of our used vans benefit from a thorough pre-delivery inspection and our refurbishment programme. We pride ourselves on our first class vehicle preparation. Consequently, if we have missed something we want to pay for it, not you! After the first 3000 miles or 3 months (which ever is sooner) our return-to-base cover expires.
Our dedicated team of professionals are on hand to give you all the help and advice you may need in purchasing your next van. For any query no matter how small, please call us on 0118 9710 230 or 07836 278 544. Our phones are manned 24 hours a day every day. If you are struggling to find what you are looking for our team can easily help you navigate through our online showroom to find the van that best suits your needs.
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Clive Ferneyhough
Jun 16, 2022
I have just sold my VW shuttle to Anchor Vans & am very impressed by their service & professionalism. Especially Sebastion who was very polite & professional & was prepared to collect my van very early (8am at my house) after a 2hour drive. Also Greg, who dealt with all the negotiations and could not have been more helpful with his pleasant & professional attitude. I would wholly recommend anyone to go to Anchor Vans to buy or sell your vehicle.
David Germain
Jun 16, 2022
Do you have alot of spare time? Do you have alot of spare time? Do you have alot of cash? interested in building vans from scratch? then anchor van is the place for you! Starter pack 10.000 you will need at least a further 10.000 to complete the project. If you don't have extra cash don't B bother and buy a brand new one elsewhere save yourself time and headache
Mandy Buckner
May 14, 2022
My husband bought a Ford Transit Connect from Anchor vans and the service we received was outstanding from start to finish. When we arrived we was greeted with a friendly smile from a gentleman called Peter. He was very helpful and had great knowledge of the van we was interested in, nothing was too much trouble. We went in to purchase the van and saw Steve, he helped work out the best financial deal for us. Yesterday the van was delivered to us by Tony, very friendly man who made sure we was happy with everything. I would certainly recommend Anchor Vans.
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Apr 25, 2022
I recently bought a Citroen Relay with the 3 months warranty as standard, within a few thousand miles the brakes were grinding and the clutch was squealing when it was put in, I emailed Aaron with the issues and he told me that it's a return to base warranty so I would have to bring it down abs they would fix it. I dropped the van off and they informed me that the brake discs had a lip on them so they shaved it off so this would resolve that issue but they couldn't find any issue with the clutch or make the clutch make the noise I was reporting (I have provided video evidence of the clutch issue).

I picked my van up, and nothing had changed with the van, the brakes were the same and the clutch continued to make the same noise, even though I was informed that they have taken to clutch out and inspected it with nothing wrong with it. I have been chasing them for an update to the issues for 2 weeks but I keep getting fobbed off, terrible service warranty not worth the 250.
Megan Rose
Feb 23, 2022
DONT WASTE YOURE TIME! my parents called up to try find a 9 seater vehicle. The guy said yes they have one in stock. My parents arraged a time and date (today) and drove all the way to Reading (about a hour or so drive). only to get there to be met with RUDE customer service and come to find out the sales rep lied, it wasn't a 9 seater AT ALL!. Waste of time, money and fuel.

He TRIED to call my father a lier by saying he asked for a 8 seater when he asked for a 9 minimum. The sales rep then checked his notes and found out he was in the wrong. Absolutely awful customer service and STUPIDLY OVER PRICED. Best off going to the actual ford/vw etc dealers.
Sarah K.
Feb 19, 2022
Extremely poor attitude! Was sent here by Anchor vans saying they may be able to arrange commercial purchase through a business. I was skeptical but went to enquire anyway, met by a staff who didn't bother to come down the stairs and spoke to me from above. Stated if they sold to me, something WILL go wrong and I WILL claim it from them under consumer rights. There's no need to speak to customers like that and just shows how unreliable the vehicles you sell are. Avoid if you can, they're not worth your money or time
Ravi Bashood
Feb 19, 2022
We brought a van from here a while ago and unfortunately we had to sell it of due to the van was breaking down which was surprising as we only do about 5-10 miles a day. Never buy a van from here again!
Arsalan Adal
Sep 15, 2021
Purchased a Ford transit custom from anchor vans, the van is great, had a cosmetic issue with the van from delivery but Simon from anchor vans were very reasonable and gave me different options, one of them being to contribute towards the cost of getting rid of these marks which I am happy with. The delivery driver John was very good and patient even though I got stuck in traffic on the way to derby to meet for collection and was nearly an hour late John was still very polite and helpful.
Colin X.
Sep 07, 2021
How a garage should be. Competent, friendly, helpful and fair priced. Love this place - not something I've ever said about a garage before.
Pramul G. Pai
May 03, 2021
Great and friendly service. Went for annual check up and to start the roadside assistance for my fiesta as part of my ford service plan. They thought it was a booked for service but quickly changed and accommodated me to complete the inspection while I wait.
Mark B.
Feb 14, 2021
I put a deposit for a 15 plate citroen relay down and agreed with Carl to exchange today at my house. The delivery man was very polite and helpful but that is where it goes down hill im afraid. The van is 6 yrs old and has only covered 20k miles and when you are spending 13k and taking a day off work you expect the van to have been checked and be ready for work.

In just 10 minutes i found the following faults. 1. The sat nav face unit was missing. 2. The reversing camera was upside down. 3. The right rear door was badly out of line and letting water in. 4. The rear interior lights were not working. 5. The cable on the sliding side door was loose so once open you could pull the door handle to then close it.

I rejected the van and carl has agreed to get these faults fixed for next weekend as i can't afford to take another day off. No mention of any compensation. This obviously now has me doubting if the van has infact had a service as promised. Avoid ANCHOR VANS at all cost
David S.
Apr 14, 2015
Phoned up about pre registered transit vans on their web site which have been advertised for weeks, turns out they advertise the vans but don't have any in stock, clearly don't update web site very often, when asked for a quote for a new van was told they would get back to me! still waiting over a week later. company are either to busy or basically cant be bothered! when you get that level of customer service at beginning why bother!
Mike W.
Jan 30, 2014
The sales staff were very friendly and happy to help with all my questions regarding the Ford connect & VW caddy range of vans before my purchase. However some work carried out on the van pre sale was dodgy and very poor indeed.
Qype User Angela
Sep 03, 2013
Anchor vans are ok for prices but don't expect any customer services. We have purchased a number of vans from them because of the price but there have been loads of other problems. Should probably try to use another supplier for the next van. They really are NOT trained in customer services so don't expect anything other than a rude salesman.