Junction 31, the Europort traffic and the miners' terraces

Asda, Haribo, Warburtons, Muller and Royal Mail all run out of the estates at that junction, and when their shifts change the A655 backs up. On a local job that is an annoyance. On a long-distance one it is the difference between reaching Birmingham in daylight and not, so the collection time gets set around the shifts rather than around the clock.

At the house end, the long rows of late-Victorian miners' terraces off the High Street are unrestricted parking, permanently full and parked both sides. A Transit with 3.4 metres of load behind it often cannot get within carrying distance unless the kerb has been coned off the night before. It is worth the trouble, because once the van is loaded it runs straight through to the new address with one driver and nothing transferred.

What Normanton long distance & nationwide usually involves

Miners' terraces off the High Street and Wakefield Road are unrestricted and permanently full, so we either start very early or ask you to cone the kerb the night before
The High Street and Market Square are narrow with no off-street loading behind the shop frontages
Altofts is reached on narrow lanes running down towards the Calder and the Aire and Calder Navigation, with tight turns and little room to reverse a long van
Shift changes at the Europort and the Normanton Industrial Estate back up the A655, which is why a long-run departure is booked around them
3.4m by 1.3m by 1.7m of load space is a flat or a small terrace in one trip; a modern four-bed on one of the 1990s estates is a two-load conversation, better had before the date is set

Where in Normanton we work

High Street and Market Squareminers' terraces and flats over the shops, the tightest loading in the town
Altoftsolder cottages and newer detached stock down towards the Calder, narrow lanes and a planned turn
Snydale and Woodhousepost-war and modern estate housing with drives, far quicker to load for a long run
Newland and Hopetownquiet residential streets a couple of minutes from the A655 and the junction
Wakefield Europortwarehouse and transport staff relocating to or away from a job at the gate
Eurolink 31, Mildred Sylvester Waybusiness stock and equipment going out to a branch elsewhere in the country

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Normanton and the surrounding WF6 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Normanton runs

Normanton → London or the South Eastonto the M62 at junction 31 and south; loaded early it is one long day
Normanton → Bristol or the South Westusually an afternoon collection and a next-morning delivery rather than unloading at midnight
Bradford → Normanton → the North Eastthe van comes down the M606 and M62 to load, and is back on the motorway within minutes

What it costs

The distance, the size of the load and whether the kerb outside is workable on the day are what set the price, and the figure is fixed before we set off. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Normanton from Bradford, and you get the price before we set off, not after. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Frequently asked questions: long distance & nationwide in Normanton

How early do you need to start a long-distance collection in Normanton?

Earlier than you would expect, and it is the parking rather than the driving. The terraced streets are unrestricted and full by evening, so we either arrive very early or ask you to cone the space the night before. Once the van is on the right kerb the rest of the day runs to plan.

Do you charge extra because of the Europort traffic?

No. There is no surcharge for anything about where you live. What we do instead is book around the shift changes, because sitting on the A655 with a full load at the wrong time costs an hour you would far rather spend arriving in daylight at the other end.

I'm moving for a warehouse job down south. Can you take a single room's worth?

Yes. Plenty of our long runs are one room, a bed, a sofa and a stack of boxes, and you pay for the space and time it actually takes rather than for a full van. It still goes on once, stays on, and comes off at your new address with nothing handled in between.