StorageMart - Norwich
Vulcan Road North, Norwich ENG
0808 304 2467- Parcel Delivery Acceptance
- Drive-in Loading Bay
- Packing Supplies
- Elevator
- Indoor Storage Units
- Convenient Access Hours
1st Month FREE*
Starting at £60.96
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Vulcan Road North, Norwich ENG
0808 304 2467
Canary Way, Riverside, Norwich, NR1 1WY
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FindStorageFast tracks live pricing across every Norwich self storage facility we list. The rates below are the current lowest available — checked February 2026. Prices move with availability, so if you see something that works, it's worth reserving sooner rather than later.
| Unit Size | Starting From | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Small (25–75 sq ft) | £60.96/month | StorageMart — Vulcan Road North |
| Medium (75–200 sq ft) | £182.88/month | StorageMart — Vulcan Road North |
| Large (200+ sq ft) | £310.36/month | StorageMart — Vulcan Road North |
| New Customer Promotion | 50% off up to 8 weeks | Big Yellow — Canary Way, Riverside |
Matching unit size to what you're storing: A small unit (25–75 sq ft) is right for a student flat's worth of belongings, a bedroom's furniture, or boxes of archived business files. Medium units (75–200 sq ft) handle a full one-bedroom flat comfortably. Large units (200+ sq ft) are what you need for a two or three-bedroom house — particularly useful when removals timings don't line up and you need somewhere solid to bridge the gap.
Unsure what size to go for? Our storage unit size guide breaks it down room by room with practical examples.
We currently work with two self storage facilities in Norwich. Between them they cover the city well — one north, one central — and both have strong track records with residential and business customers across Norfolk.
StorageMart's Norwich site sits on Vulcan Road North near its junction with Diamond Road, less than a mile from Cromer Road and a short drive from Norwich International Airport. It's a substantial indoor facility — 45,000 sq ft of storage space across more than 30 unit sizes, from small lockers up to 800 sq ft. Three covered drive-in loading bays, freight lifts, wide internal corridors, and trolleys on hand make moving bulky items genuinely straightforward rather than a workout. Access runs 6am to 10pm daily. The facility also offers uncovered outdoor vehicle storage and workshop units to rent, which makes it a practical option for trades businesses operating out of north Norwich. StorageMart's 1st month free offer applies to select units — worth confirming availability on the size you need when you call.
Big Yellow's Norwich branch sits on Canary Way in the Riverside development, making it the most centrally located self storage option in the city. Big Yellow is one of the UK's largest operators and their Norwich facility runs to their standard high spec: 24/7 security monitoring, in-store packing supplies, dollies and carts available, and units ranging from 10 sq ft up to 400 sq ft and beyond. Their current new customer offer — 50% off for up to 8 weeks — is one of the better introductory promotions available in Norwich right now. Starting rates aren't published on their listing page, so call ahead to confirm pricing on the unit size you're considering.
Where you store matters more than people expect. Both facilities serve the whole city, but if you're making regular trips — collecting stock, retrieving seasonal items, or accessing equipment — the drive time adds up. Here's how our two Norwich self storage facilities serve the city's main areas and who uses them most.
Norwich city centre is one of the most complete medieval urban environments in England — the Norman castle, the Cathedral, cobbled Elm Hill, and the market that has traded in the same spot since the 12th century. It's also a genuinely lived-in neighbourhood: Victorian conversions behind the Cathedral Quarter, newer Riverside flats, and a dense mix of studio and one-bedroom properties where storage space is almost never adequate.
Big Yellow on Canary Way serves this area directly and is the natural first call for city centre residents. It handles households storing furniture during renovations, belongings between lets, and contents during the gap between a sale completing and a purchase being ready — which in Norwich's active property market comes up more often than people plan for. The 50% off new customer offer makes it a low-risk starting point for anyone using self storage for the first time.
Served by: Big Yellow, Canary Way | Promotion: 50% off up to 8 weeks | Best for: Flat residents, between-let storage, removals bridging, city centre households
The Golden Triangle — roughly between Unthank Road, Newmarket Road, and Earlham Road — is the most consistently sought-after part of Norwich. Victorian and Edwardian terraces with period features, independent shops along Unthank Road, strong schools, and a community feel that holds its value across most market conditions. What those houses don't have is storage space. They were built in an era when households owned a fraction of what they do today, and the floorplans reflect that.
Big Yellow Riverside serves the Golden Triangle and sees a steady mix of the kinds of customers these streets produce: families mid-renovation (Norwich's period housing is in a near-constant cycle of loft conversions and kitchen extensions), professionals between house moves using it as a bridge during completion gaps, and home-based small business owners keeping stock and equipment out of their living space without paying commercial warehouse rates.
Served by: Big Yellow, Canary Way | Best for: Period property owners, families, home-based businesses, house movers
The University of East Anglia campus west of Norwich is one of the UK's most architecturally striking — Denys Lasdun's Ziggurats, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, and a student body of over 15,000. Much of that student population lives off-campus in the streets around Earlham, Eaton, and Bowthorpe, which means their storage needs extend well beyond the campus boundary.
Both StorageMart and Big Yellow handle UEA student storage and it's one of the most predictable demand patterns either facility sees. Each May and June, students finishing their academic year need somewhere for their belongings — and a six-hour journey home isn't the answer. Small self storage units from £60.96/month work well for this, and many students split one unit between two or three flatmates to bring individual costs down further. International students at UEA tend to store year-round rather than ship belongings back between terms. Either way, book in April. Leave it to June and unit choice narrows fast and promotional pricing tightens.
Served by: Both facilities | Starting from: £60.96/month | Best for: UEA students, international students, academic staff, study abroad periods
Norwich University of the Arts occupies a cluster of historic buildings in the city centre — Duke Street, St George's, and the Print Studio sit at the heart of the area around St Benedict's Street, Pottergate, and Cow Hill. It's one of England's most concentrated creative quarters: independent galleries, design studios, food businesses, and vintage shops in streets that haven't changed much in layout since the medieval period. NUA itself is consistently ranked among the UK's leading specialist arts universities.
Big Yellow Riverside serves NUA students and the broader creative community around St Benedict's. Large-format artwork, printmaking materials, photography equipment, and sculpture all need somewhere between projects — when a studio lease ends, a graduation show closes, or a commission delivers and the next hasn't started. Studio space in Norwich is expensive and limited. Self storage has become a practical part of how working artists and recent NUA graduates manage their practice without the overhead of permanent studio rental.
Served by: Big Yellow, Canary Way | Best for: NUA students, working artists, photographers, creative businesses
Old Catton, Hellesdon, and Upper Hellesdon form the broad residential band north of the city between the outer ring road and Norwich International Airport. These are well-established owner-occupier areas — post-war semis, 1970s and 80s detached houses, newer estates — with solid schools and good ring road access. People move here and tend to stay, which means homes accumulate over the years and eventually the loft, garage, and spare room stop being enough.
StorageMart on Vulcan Road North is the natural choice for this part of the city. It's the closest indoor facility to Old Catton and Hellesdon, and it's equipped for exactly the kind of storage north Norwich households need — three covered drive-in loading bays and freight lifts that take the effort out of moving large appliances and bedroom furniture. Families use it during loft conversions, extensions, and full-room refurbishments. Businesses on and around the airport industrial estate use StorageMart for stock, archived documents, and equipment at rates well below what commercial premises cost.
Served by: StorageMart, Vulcan Road North | Starting from: £60.96/month | Best for: North Norwich families, trades businesses, airport area employers, long-term household storage
Eaton and Cringleford are comfortable, leafy south Norwich neighbourhoods — larger detached and semi-detached houses, good school catchments, and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital a short drive away. The NNUH is one of Norfolk's largest single employers, and the staff it draws to south Norwich — junior doctors rotating between NHS trusts, clinical researchers on fixed-term placements, overseas staff on short-term contracts — are among the most consistent self storage users in the area.
Both facilities reach south Norwich, though Vulcan Road is a longer drive from Eaton than Riverside is. Families here use storage during the house moves and renovation projects that south Norwich's larger properties tend to generate. The between-removals window is particularly relevant for this area — when your sale completes before your purchase is ready, a month or two of self storage is almost always the simplest and cheapest solution, and far less disruptive than renegotiating completion dates.
Served by: Both facilities | Best for: NNUH and NHS workers, south Norwich families, between-removals storage, house sale bridging
The biggest variable in your monthly storage cost is unit size, and getting it wrong in either direction costs you. Oversizing means paying for floor space you don't fill. Undersizing means a second trip to upgrade — and often having to unpack and repack everything in the process.
As a working guide: a 25 sq ft unit handles a student flat's worth of boxed belongings or a bedroom's furniture. A 50 sq ft unit fits a one-bedroom flat's contents including soft furnishings. A 75–100 sq ft unit is right for a two-bedroom house clearance or a renovation project. Anything above 150 sq ft starts to be business territory — stock, equipment, or whole-household storage for a major move. If you're unsure, describe what you're storing when you call StorageMart or Big Yellow. Both are used to helping customers size accurately and have every reason to get it right.
StorageMart Norwich is accessible from 6am to 10pm daily. Big Yellow Riverside runs similar hours. That covers early starts, late evenings, and weekend access without any premium. Full 24/7 access exists but costs extra — and before paying for it, it's worth asking honestly whether you'll ever turn up between 10pm and 6am. Most people won't. The exceptions in Norwich tend to be NHS staff finishing overnight shifts at the NNUH, small business owners dispatching at irregular hours, or tradespeople who start before 8am. For everyone else, extended standard hours are more than enough.
StorageMart Vulcan Road North offers uncovered outdoor vehicle storage for anything that doesn't fit on a residential street or driveway. Norwich's inner permit zones make keeping a second vehicle, a campervan, or a classic car at home difficult in many postcodes. Seasonal storage is the most common use case: motorcycles over winter to avoid road salt, campervans from October through March, classic cars kept off damp streets. The Norfolk Broads are close — if you have a small boat or sailing equipment, it's worth asking StorageMart directly about boat storage options at Vulcan Road.
UEA and NUA between them bring around 17,000 students to Norwich, many living off-campus in private rented accommodation across Earlham, Eaton, the Golden Triangle, and the streets west of the city centre. That creates one of the most consistent storage demand spikes we see in our network — a sharp rise each May and June as academic years close and students need somewhere for their belongings that isn't a long journey home.
StorageMart handles the majority of Norwich student storage, with units from £60.96/month. A 25–50 sq ft unit holds a typical student flat's contents, and splitting one unit across flatmates cuts the individual monthly cost to something genuinely manageable. International UEA students tend to store year-round rather than shipping internationally between terms — it's simpler and cheaper. Book before April for the best combination of unit availability and access to 1st month free promotions. Wait until June and you'll be choosing from what's left.
Storage prices in Norwich follow a predictable rhythm and booking at the right point in the year makes a real difference.
April to September is peak season. Academic year endings, the spring and summer house moving season, and general decluttering and renovation activity push both facilities toward capacity. Promotional pricing tightens, unit choice narrows, and you have less room to negotiate. Moving in June or July? Book three to four weeks ahead — or accept whatever's available on the day.
October to March is consistently better value. Students return or graduate, house moves slow, and both StorageMart and Big Yellow are more competitive. StorageMart's 1st month free tends to apply to more unit sizes in this window. Big Yellow's 50% off promotion is more widely available. If timing is flexible, autumn and winter bookings in Norwich reliably deliver better deals than the equivalent in peak season.
One local detail worth knowing: Norwich City FC home matches at Carrow Road affect traffic and parking throughout the Riverside area on match days. If you're moving items in or out of Big Yellow on Canary Way on a Saturday, it's worth a quick check of the Canaries' fixture list. The access road gets congested and it's an easily avoidable frustration with a bit of forward planning.
Norwich's housing stock explains most of it. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces that define the Golden Triangle, Eaton, and the inner suburbs were built long before anyone expected a household to own this much. They have character, period detail, and almost no built-in storage. Newer Riverside and city centre flat developments have compact footprints by design. Even the larger post-war semis in Old Catton and Hellesdon start to feel tight once a family has been in them for a few years and the loft is full.
Beyond the housing itself, Norwich has specific groups who use self storage regularly and purposefully. UEA and NUA students storing between terms, during study abroad placements, or when moving from student accommodation into private renting. NHS clinical staff at the NNUH rotating between trusts, taking research placements, or working overseas on fixed contracts — self storage gives them somewhere reliable for household contents during those transitions without committing to long-term solutions. Families in the Golden Triangle and south Norwich mid-renovation, which in a city of Victorian and Edwardian stock means it's always happening somewhere on every street. Creative professionals managing materials and artwork between projects. And anyone in the between-removals gap — a completion window that doesn't align — where a month or two of storage is the cleanest way through.
We've compared storage prices and availability in Norwich for years. Use the facility pages to check current pricing, or browse both operators side by side to find the right fit for your location, unit size, and timing.
