A van-sized job between Wakefield units, shops and sites

The business parks along the motorways, Wakefield 41 at Carr Gate by M1 junction 41, Calder Park at Durkar by junction 39 and Europort beside junction 31 of the M62, are built around goods-in doors and booked slots. A van fits into that easily, as long as the booking reference and the delivery window come with the job. If your consignment is a couple of pallets' worth of boxes, a machine part or a run of display stands, one Transit is the right size. Twenty pallets is a haulier's job, and we will say so.

The city centre is the other half. Much of the shopping area around Trinity Walk and The Ridings is pedestrianised, so a delivery to a shop there is worked from the nearest road and finished with a trolley. Tell us how your unit takes deliveries, whether there is a rear door, a service yard or just the front, and any time the centre management sets. Give a phone contact at the shop as well, so the driver can ring from the road if the service door is shut.

How a business run in Wakefield is set up

Send the collection and delivery addresses, the goods-in window and any booking reference, and a fixed price comes back before the day
Load space is 3.4m long, 1.3m between the wheel arches and 1.7m high, which takes boxes, long lengths and small pallets of goods
Several drops can go into one booking, ordered around the windows at each end
At Wakefield 41 or Calder Park, give the unit number and which side goods-in is on, not only the name of the park
For a unit in Trinity Walk or The Ridings, say whether deliveries go through a service yard or the shop front, and any hours the centre sets for them
Open 7 days, 8am to 8pm, which suits shops that want stock in before they open

Wakefield business addresses and what each one needs

Wakefield 41 Industrial Park, Carr Gateunits by M1 junction 41 that work to booked goods-in slots, so the reference matters more than the address
Calder Park, Durkaroffices and business units by M1 junction 39, where kit or stock moves between sites
Wakefield Europort, M62 J31a large rail-linked warehousing estate where small consignments go to the firms on its parks
Trinity Walk and The Ridingsretail units in a mostly pedestrianised centre, finished on foot from the nearest road
Outwood and Stanleynorth of the city near the M62, where a trade or home-based business may have only a drive or the street to load from

Van runs for Wakefield firms, in and out of the city

Wakefield estate to Leeds or Bradfordstock moved between units, one load out and a return load if needed
Wakefield to Castleford, Pontefract or Normantondrops across the wider district combined into one booking
Bradford to Wakefieldabout 35 to 45 minutes by the A650 through Tingley, or the M62 and M1

What sets the price of a business job in Wakefield

The number of drops, the waiting time at goods-in and the size of the load set a fixed price for the run, with no travel surcharge for Wakefield. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Business & Trade Deliveries in Wakefield: your questions

We only need a van now and then. Is that worth booking?

Yes. Each run is booked when you need it and priced before the van sets off. If the same route comes up again later, send it again and it is quoted the same way.

Can you deliver into a shop in the pedestrianised part of the centre?

Yes. We stop on the nearest street a van can legally use and take the goods in on a trolley. Tell us about any delivery hours or rear access your unit has and we will time it to fit.

Can you take a pallet?

A small pallet can go in, but there is no tail lift, so it is loaded by hand or broken down into boxes. If your goods only move on a full-size pallet with a forklift at each end, a pallet network is the better fit.