The Pennine drive comes first: timing an urgent Wigan job
Before anything is collected, the van covers 65 to 80 minutes of M62 and M61 from Bradford. A free diary means it sets off as soon as you have rung. The full postcode helps too, because a pick-up in Whelley or Scholes sits on the road in from the M61, while Pemberton or Robin Park means crossing the centre first.
Once loaded, the routes out of Wigan are short. The M61 and M60 lead into Manchester, the A577 and M58 run west to Liverpool and Southport, and the A49 joins the M6 for Preston and Warrington. Trade counters such as Screwfix on Rosebridge Way or Jewson on Victoria Street are handy places to collect a missing part for a site, and it travels strapped in an otherwise empty van.
What to have ready when you ring about a Wigan run
- Pick-up and drop postcodes, and the latest time it can arrive
- Names and mobile numbers for whoever hands it over and whoever receives it
- Rough size and weight, or a photo, so it can be strapped properly
- For a builders' merchant, the order reference and the trade account it sits on
- Whether the drop has a goods door or shuts for lunch
Urgent pick-ups across Wigan, from Rosebridge Way to Pemberton
- Wigan Trade Park, Rosebridge Waytrade units east of the centre near Central Park
- Victoria Street and Queen StreetJewson and Travis Perkins, south of the centre
- Lamberhead Industrial Estateunits in Pemberton, off Ormskirk Road
- Westwood Business Parkoffices on the former power station site south of the centre
- Wigan town centreoffices and shops by Market Place, reached from a side street where loading is allowed
Wigan courier runs to Manchester, Liverpool and Preston
- Wigan → Manchesterthe A6 and M61, then the M60 and M602, about 23 miles
- Wigan → Prestonthe A49 north to the M6, about 19 miles
- Bradford → Wigan51 miles first, 65 to 80 minutes, before the collection
Distance, item and deadline: pricing a Wigan same-day run
How far it goes between pick-up and drop, how big it is and how tight the deadline is decide the figure, which you are given before the van leaves Bradford. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Same-Day Courier in Wigan: your questions
Can something go from Wigan to Liverpool today?
When the diary allows. Ring with both postcodes and the deadline; if the van is free it collects in Wigan and takes the A577 and M58 west.
How quickly can the van reach Wigan?
It starts in Bradford, 51 miles away by the M62 and M61, so count 65 to 80 minutes from Bradford before the pick-up, and more if the motorway is slow.
Is there anything the van will not carry?
Yes: hazardous goods, live animals and chilled or frozen goods. Most else, from a single envelope to boxed stock or lengths up to 3.4m, is fine.