50 Moving Away Messages For Friends And Neighbours

Moving away messages

Moving away cards are harder than leaving cards. There is no new job to congratulate, just distance you did not ask for.

Fifty messages below, from light to genuinely heartfelt, including moving abroad and children moving schools.

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Short moving away messages

  • Same friendship, new postcode.
  • Going to miss you enormously.
  • Good luck with the move - keep in touch.
  • New town, lucky them.
  • Distance changes nothing important.
  • Off on an adventure. Send photos.
  • Not goodbye, just further away.
  • Wishing you a brilliant new chapter.
  • The door here is always open.
  • Safe travels and settle in well.

Moving away, from a friend

  • I am genuinely gutted and genuinely pleased for you. Both at once.
  • You have made this place better for years. It will be quieter without you.
  • I will still ring you about nothing at all.
  • First visit is booked in my head already.
  • Thank you for years of last minute plans.
  • Wherever you end up, you make friends fast. Lucky them.
  • This friendship has survived worse than a motorway.
  • Go and be brilliant somewhere new.
  • You are only a train ride away, and I will take the train.
  • Missing you starts now.

Moving abroad

  • New country, new life, same you. Go and enjoy it.
  • Brave move and a brilliant one.
  • Send pictures of everything, especially the food.
  • Time zones are a nuisance, not an ending.
  • Wishing you an easy landing and a soft first month.
  • Have the adventure, keep the friends.
  • We will be over before you have unpacked.
  • Go well. Come back sometimes.
  • The first six months are the hardest. Then it is home.
  • Excited for you and slightly jealous.

Neighbours moving away

  • Best neighbours we could have asked for.
  • Thanks for years of parcels, plant watering and chats over the fence.
  • The street will not be the same.
  • Whoever moves in has a lot to live up to.
  • Good luck in the new place - you deserve a lovely one.
  • Thanks for being the kind of neighbour everyone hopes for.
  • Do pop back and say hello.

For a child moving away or changing school

  • New school, new friends, same brilliant you.
  • You are going to be great at this.
  • It feels big now. It will feel normal soon.
  • Your old friends are still your friends.
  • Be yourself and the rest sorts itself out.
  • Good luck on your first day in the new place.
  • We will miss you at the school gates.
  • Write to us and tell us everything.

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How to write it so it lands

  • Name one thing you will actually miss. Specific beats sentimental.
  • Put a date on the visit. It turns the card into a plan.

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Frequently asked questions

What do you write for someone moving away?

Say what you will miss specifically, then make one concrete promise - a visit, a call, a date in the diary. Vague 'keep in touch' rarely happens.

Is a moving away card the same as a leaving card?

A leaving card marks leaving a job; a moving away card marks leaving an area. The tone is more personal and less about work.

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