International Removals to and from Gijon and Oviedo
Gijon and Oviedo removals rest on a low-emission zone that Gijon was still building in 2024, a port whose listed lines are containers only and councils whose move rules we could not read.
A few short questions. Nothing is sent until you check and confirm.
What can we say about moving to Gijon or Oviedo?
Less than for most Spanish cities, and this page says so at the start. We could not read a moving, parking or zone page from either council. Gijon’s site loaded as an empty shell, and Oviedo’s would not open for us, which we did not try to get round.
What we did read is Gijon’s own account of its low-emission zone to the national ombudsman, the Gijon port authority’s list of regular lines and the Asturian entry in the state holiday list. Customs relief on belongings is on our customs page for removals to Spain.
Where had Gijon’s low-emission zone got to?
It was delayed. The national ombudsman’s resolution (opens in a new window) records the council’s reply of 8 January 2024: it had won a grant from the 2021 ministry call, all works were started, and the planned end date of December 2023 had slipped. It had asked the ministry on 30 November 2023 for a 12-month extension and had suspended the contract to take account of a change of government, the new state law and a new, wider perimeter.
The council then expected part of the work to finish in June 2024 and the rest in the last quarter of 2024. We found no later official text, so we cannot say whether a Gijon zone has been approved, where it lies or whether removal vehicles need an entry. Separately, a gazette notice of 24 November 2021 (opens in a new window) approved an air-quality protocol for pollution episodes in west Gijon, and we found no removal rule in it.
For Oviedo we read nothing. Ask the Oviedo council whether it has a zone, from what date, and how a removal vehicle is classed.
Does the Gijon port list a ferry to Britain?
On the port authority’s page of regular lines (opens in a new window) it names six regular lines but lists five, all container services, and says the port links its hinterland in Asturias and Castile and Leon with ports worldwide. The page names no ferry to Britain and mentions no ro-ro service, so we cannot name a sea route into Asturias from it.
Ask your removal company whether the load comes by road through France, by a ferry into another northern port or by container, and who delivers the last stretch to a flat in either city.
What should you ask the councils?
Put the same short list to Gijon and Oviedo, and to Avilés and Siero for the points their pages leave open. Which office takes a request for a lorry to stand outside a flat, and online or in person? How many working days ahead must it be filed? How many days must signs stand, and who supplies them? What is the fee? And does your street lie inside any restricted or low-emission area?
Gijon and Oviedo are two municipalities. A permit from one does not cover the other, so name the town in your enquiry.
What do Avilés and Siero publish?
Each has a council of its own, so a permit from Gijon or Oviedo does not cover it. Populations are from INE, 1 January 2025.
- Avilés (75,915), west of Gijon, has an electronic-office procedure for occupying the road with site equipment, removals and other temporary uses. You state the area, the time and the reason, and the page says no legal deadline is set for the answer. We could not read a reliable fee.
- Siero (52,997), beside Oviedo, regulates moves in article 33 of its traffic ordinance. A move outside a loading zone needs a responsible declaration, and the reserved space must carry portable R-308 signs marked “reservado mudanza” at least 48 hours ahead, reported to the Local Police. The beneficiary pays for the signs.
To the west, A Coruña has its own council page with a separate permit, so check it before assuming the Asturian rules apply.
Which Asturian holiday falls in 2027?
In the state list of 2027 holidays (opens in a new window), 8 September is the Día de Asturias, a Wednesday in 2027. Offices and shops across Asturias may be closed, so ask before booking a delivery that day. We have not read either council’s local holidays.
Where are the neighbouring guides?
To the east, Santander has a page with the port authority’s listed services to Plymouth, Portsmouth and Cork, and Bilbao has a zone page. To the south, Valladolid covers Castile and Leon, which the Gijon port page names as its hinterland, and to the west Vigo covers Galicia. The Spain hub names the other regions that still lack a guide.
Questions about moving to or from Gijon and Oviedo
Does Gijon have a low-emission zone?
In its January 2024 reply to the national ombudsman the council said the project was delayed, with parts expected in 2024.
We found no later official text, so ask the council.
Does the port of Gijon have ferries to the UK?
The port authority’s page of regular lines lists container lines only and names no ferry to Britain.
Ask your removal company how the load will travel.
Do Gijon and Oviedo share one permit?
No.
They are separate municipalities with separate councils, and we could not read either council’s move or zone page, so lead times and fees are unconfirmed.
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