Units, goods doors and shop fronts: business drops in Wigan
On an estate the drop itself is quick: the van backs up to the unit door, the goods are trolleyed in and someone signs. What slows them is not knowing where to go, so send the unit number and a contact who will be there. At Martland Park, around Challenge Way, the Heinz factory and its national distribution centre cover a large site, so the exact unit and entrance matter more than the postcode.
Shops in the middle of Wigan are different. Market Place and parts of Standishgate and Wallgate are pedestrian, so a delivery to a shop there goes from a side street where loading is allowed, and Wigan Council issues £70 penalties where it is not. The van carries what one person can move with a trolley and straps, up to 3.4m long, and loads go only where the business can take them in by hand.
Unit numbers and contacts: booking a Wigan business delivery
- Give the unit number, the estate name and the contact who will receive it
- Say whether goods go in through a roller door, a side door or the shop front
- List the items with rough sizes and weights, as everything is moved by hand
- For a town-centre shop, name the side street where the van should stop
Wigan estates and trade parks that take deliveries
- Lamberhead Industrial Estate, Pembertonunits off Ormskirk Road on the west side of town
- Enfield Business Park, Pembertonbusiness units near Lamberhead Green
- Westwood Business Parkoffices on the former Westwood power station site
- Martland Park and Heinz, Kitt Greenthe council's employment site around Challenge Way
- Wigan Trade Park, Rosebridge Waytrade units east of the centre near Central Park
- Sovereign Enterprise Centreindustrial units close to the town centre
Business runs across Wigan and out to Manchester or the M6
- Bradford → Wigan51 miles by the M62 and M61, 65 to 80 minutes
- Lamberhead → WestwoodOrmskirk Road and Wallgate, then Pool Street, about 3 miles
- Wigan → Warringtonthe A49 to the M6 south, about 14 miles
Items, access and stops: a Wigan business delivery price
The number and size of the items, how they go in at each end, and the miles between the pick-up and the drop decide the price, fixed before the van leaves Bradford. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Business Deliveries in Wigan: your questions
Can you move stock from a Lamberhead unit to a shop in the centre?
Yes. Send the unit number, the shop address and which side street serves it, and the stock is loaded at Pemberton and trolleyed into the shop.
Can you collect from the Heinz site at Kitt Green?
Only where goods are handed over at a door by hand. Give the exact entrance and the contact, as the site is large.
Can you deliver office furniture to Westwood Business Park?
Yes. Desks and chairs are carried in to the office, and new flat-pack desks are delivered in their boxes.