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Fleet and van washing in Stevenage

Stevenage has had an industrial area since the Development Corporation zoned Gunnels Wood between the railway and the A1 in the 1950s, and today it holds everything from GSK's research campus and Airbus's satellite halls to the courier depots and trade yards that keep the town running. Every one of those sites has vans, and every van is a sign for the business written on the side. Yikes keeps them legible, washed where they park, through vetted local washers from the Yikes Network who bring water and power and work through the whole list in one visit.

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Key facts

Fleet washing in Stevenage

What it costsEach van is priced by its size when you add it, small to minibus, and the total is on screen before payment.
A whole fleetPut every vehicle on the same booking; the washer does them in a single visit and photographs each.
WhereGunnels Wood yards, depot gates, staff car parks, site compounds, the driver's own drive or court.
How oftenEvery two weeks outside while the gritters are running, monthly once they stop, cabs on alternate visits.
Who turns upA vetted washer who lives locally and works through the Yikes Network. Yikes handles the booking, the payment and the receipt.
For the officeA single receipt naming every vehicle, plus the wash report with the photographs.

What is included

Fleet and van washing: the options

Essential ExteriorWash, dry and shine: the quick outside wash, priced by vehicle size.
Essential Inside & OutExterior wash, wheels, glass and tyres, plus an interior vacuum and wipe down.
Deluxe Inside & OutA deeper clean inside and out, with every surface covered and protected.

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Where the vans are

Gunnels Wood, the Gateway and the garage courts

Gunnels Wood and the Pin Green estate

The yards along Gunnels Wood Road, Cavendish Road and the Pin Green industrial area are the fleet end of town: couriers, builders' merchants, facilities contractors and the pool cars of the big employers. A washer comes to the yard, the vans are added to one booking by size, and the Essential Exterior on each keeps the liveries readable through a winter on the A1(M). Cabs get the Essential Inside & Out every other visit, which is cheaper than losing a driver to a cab nobody wants to sit in.

The Station Gateway and the town centre sites

The £1bn Station Gateway began on the Oval on 30 January 2026, the indoor market is being turned into a college campus, and the town centre is a building site for the rest of the decade. Site vans here carry cement dust in the air and mud at the gate, and the Deluxe Exterior, with its deeper wheel and arch clean, is the right fortnightly wash rather than the Essential. A compound with no tap is fine; the washer brings the water.

The sole trader's van in a Radburn court

Stevenage is a town of terraces with garage courts behind them, and the plumber in Chells or the electrician in Shephall parks the van in the court, not on the road. That is where it gets washed: the driver books it like any other wash, the business pays, and the photographs go to the phone that booked. The borough now fines verge parking in most New Town neighbourhoods, so the court or the drive is where the van needs to be anyway.

How it works

The yard's postcode, a list of vans, one payment

The person who looks after the vans is the person who books. On the booking page, the yard's postcode goes in first and the page confirms that a Network washer covers it; then each van is added with its size, a window is chosen, and the whole lot is paid for in one go. A long wheelbase van takes longer than a Caddy and is priced accordingly, with every size shown on screen before the card goes in. On the day the washer turns up with their own water and their own power, so a compound with neither is no obstacle, and takes a before and an after of every vehicle. Accounts get a single receipt naming each van; the fleet manager gets the photographs, which settle the argument when a driver insists the dent was there last week.

Hertfordshire's gritters are out from October until the end of April, which makes the two weekly outside wash a six month commitment rather than a single tidy up; through the summer a monthly visit holds the line. A standing plan across more than one yard is explained on the fleet page. A single van just gets booked. Since the clocks went back on 25 October, the 10am window is the one that has the fleet finished before the drivers come back for the afternoon runs.

How it works

How a wash works in Hertfordshire

Book onlinePick your clean and a two-hour arrival window between 10am and 6pm, up to four weeks ahead. Same prices as the rest of London.
A local washer takes itA vetted washer from the Yikes Network who works your patch. They bring water, power and kit, and sort their own parking.
Before and after photosYour washer checks in at the car and photographs it before and after, so you have a record without being there.
Your wash reportA text the moment it is done, with the photos, your receipt and a link to rate the wash or book the next one.

The fleets we wash in Stevenage

A courier yard on Gunnels Wood Road: fortnightly Essential Exterior on every van, cabs monthly, the 10am window.
Site vans at the Station Gateway: Deluxe Exterior every fortnight for the arches and sills.
Pool cars at a Gunnels Wood campus: Essential Inside & Out monthly in the staff car park, with the site's permission.
A sole trader in a Chells garage court: the driver books it for the court, the business pays.
A minibus at a Pin Green school or club: Essential Inside & Out before the term's trips.
A van going back to the lease company: the End of Lease clean, photographs included.

More on this: fleet cleaning plans and every Stevenage neighbourhood we cover.

See it in action

Real washes, real streets

An SUV being washed at the roadside by a Yikes washer — A Yikes wash at the roadside. Water and power come with the washer.

Yikes Car Wash live on GB News: washing cars through the hosepipe ban. The video loads from YouTube only when you press play.

See the latest washes. Before and afters, new areas and the team on the road, on our Instagram.

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Van and fleet washes in Stevenage

Pick your clean, members save 20 percent

Essential Exterior, per van

£40 (£34 members)

Outside only, the two weekly wash; bigger vans are priced up a little.

Deluxe Exterior, per van

£61 (£49 members)

Wheels and arches done deeper, for vans that live on sites.

Essential Inside & Out, per van

£67 (£49 members)

Outside wash with the cab vacuumed and the touch points wiped.

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The prices above are for a small car; each van is priced by size on the booking page before you pay.

What's on locally

What's happening in Stevenage

Updated 25 October 2026

The Station Gateway works have run on the Oval since 30 January 2026, with at least 1,000 homes to come. Site vans there want the Deluxe Exterior for the arches. (Construction.co.uk: deal signed for Stevenage Station Gateway)
Hertfordshire's gritters are on standby until the end of April. The fortnightly outside wash starts now. (Hertfordshire County Council: gritting the road)
Verge and footway parking is now fined in Broadwater, St Nicholas, Martins Wood, Pin Green, Bedwell, Chells, Shephall and Bandley Hill. Vans get washed in the court or the yard, not on the verge. (Stevenage Borough Council: verge parking)

Stevenage questions

Good to know

There is no tap at our Gunnels Wood yard. Is that a problem?

No. The washer carries water and power on board and only needs space to get round each van.

Is there a limit on vans per visit?

Not in practice. Every vehicle goes on the booking and the washer works down the list. A fleet of dozens is better set up as a plan, which the fleet page explains.

Can pool cars be done in a staff car park on the campus?

Usually, with the site's say so; most of the big employers allow it in a marked area. Give the site contact in the notes when you book.

The vans come back from the Gateway site caked in mud. Where should they be washed?

On the hardstanding by the gate if there is one. The Deluxe Exterior gets the arches and sills clean wherever the van is parked.

Where do the photographs go?

To whoever booked. A driver booking from home gets them on their own phone; an office booking the yard gets them at the office.

Do Stevenage prices differ from London?

No. The same booking page and the same price by vehicle size everywhere, and Members Club knocks 20 percent off.

Do you need my water or electricity?

No. Your washer brings water, power and all the kit, so there is nothing to connect or set up. A flat, a terrace, a drive or a village street all work.

Do I need to be in?

Not for an outside only wash, as long as the car is where you said it would be and the washer can reach it. For anything that includes the inside, someone needs to unlock the car.

Who will wash my car?

In Hertfordshire your wash is done by a vetted local washer from the Yikes Network. You book and pay through Yikes at the usual prices, the washer checks in at the car and takes before and after photos, and your receipt and wash report come from Yikes.

Do you wash vans and larger vehicles?

Yes. Vans and larger vehicles cost a little more because they take longer, and the booking page prices it for you. For several vehicles at once, see our fleet page.

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Where our local facts come from

We check local details against council, TfL and other official sources before we publish them. Parking rules change, so always check the sign at your bay.

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