Name: Man With Van Long Wheelbase
Address: Bradford, West Yorkshire, GB
Telephone: +447856457501
Price range: ££

St James on the bypass, the cliff-top core on foot

St James Business Park on Grimbald Crag Road, St James Retail Park off the bypass, the Manse Lane industrial estate and the Chain Lane retail area hold most of the town's commercial work, and they are genuinely easy. All were built around vehicles, none needs you anywhere near the gorge, and junction 47 of the A1(M) is about four miles away. A unit number and a goods-in window is all we need for those.

Kirkgate, Waterside and the cobbled Water Bag Bank are the opposite kind of address. Steep, narrow and partly setted, with no off-street access at riverside and castle-side premises, so a delivery means a carry up a flight of stone steps from the nearest legal stopping point. The Wednesday market then takes the Market Place from half past seven until three, removing the only realistic loading space in the centre for the day.

What Knaresborough business deliveries usually involves

St James Business Park, Manse Lane and Chain Lane all take a LWB van at the door, and none of them require going through the town centre
Wednesday market runs 7.30am to 3pm across the Market Place, so central retail drops go in before it opens or after it clears
Market Place gives a free first hour but the spaces are gone by mid-morning, so town-centre jobs are worked early
High Bridge and Low Bridge are the only two crossings of the Nidd in town, so one closure sends the whole round the long way about
Riverside and castle-side premises have no off-street access, so we quote a carry up steps rather than pretend it is a drop at the door

Where in Knaresborough we work

St James Business Park, Grimbald Crag Roadthe town's main business park, reached straight off the A59 bypass
St James Retail Parkretail units on the bypass with service access well away from the historic streets
Manse Lane industrial estatelight industrial and trade units, the usual address for stock and materials
Chain Lane retail areashops with parking around them, far simpler than a Market Place delivery
Market Place and High Streetindependent retail and offices, workable on any day but Wednesday
Kirkgate and Watersidegorge-side businesses where the last stretch is on foot down steps

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Knaresborough and the surrounding HG5 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Knaresborough runs

Bradford → Knaresborough22 miles on the A658 through Apperley Bridge and Pool-in-Wharfedale, 40 to 55 minutes
Knaresborough → Harrogatea few minutes along the southern bypass, natural to pair onto one run
St James Business Park → Market Placean estate collection and a town-centre drop, timed around the market

What it costs

Knaresborough deliveries are priced on the drops and the time on site, with market day and the gorge-side carries built into the booking rather than charged for afterwards. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Knaresborough from Bradford, and you get the price before we set off, not after. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Frequently asked questions: business deliveries in Knaresborough

Can you deliver to St James Business Park?

Yes. Grimbald Crag Road is easy for a Transit Long Wheelbase, with room to turn and doors to back up to. It is also four miles from junction 47 of the A1(M), so it is one of the quicker addresses in the area to reach. Send the unit and the goods-in window.

Can you deliver to a Market Place shop on a Wednesday?

Not to the door between 7.30am and 3pm, because the market has the whole space. We either come in before the stalls go up, come back after three, or park at Conyngham Hall or Chapel Street and barrow the stock in. We will tell you which when you book.

Do you charge extra to come up from Bradford?

No. Knaresborough sits inside our covered area and there is no travel surcharge. The 22 miles on the A658 are built into the fixed price we agree before the job, so what you are quoted is what you pay whether the drop is on the bypass or in the old town.