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Courier Service Cardiff
One vehicle for your job and an honest collection time before you book. Then it is driven direct, day or night: across the city and the Bay, out along the M4 to Newport, Bridgend and Swansea, or over the bridge to Bristol, Birmingham and London.
From £35 including VAT · Open 24 hours, 365 days a year · Goods-in-transit insured · DBS-checked drivers
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Same Day Courier Cardiff
Search for a courier in Cardiff and most of what comes back is a national network's location page: a form, a call centre, and a driver found wherever the network can find one. What we offer is simpler to describe. One driver and one vehicle are assigned to your job, the collection time is agreed with you, and the vehicle goes from your door to theirs with nothing else on board.
Our same day courier Cardiff service runs that way whether the drop is in Penarth, at the Heath, in a studio in the Bay or at the far end of the M4.
How Our Same Day Courier Service Cardiff Works
- 01 · Pickup, drop, deadline Two postcodes in the quote form gives you the price in seconds; or ring 07300 832129 and tell us what it is and when it must be there.
- 02 · A collection time you can rely on We have drivers based in Wales, so a Cardiff collection is handled by someone already in the country rather than a van sent from London. The time is worked out from where in Cardiff you are and where that driver is at that hour, and given to you before you commit, not after.
- 03 · One vehicle to the door Nothing else is loaded. No depot, no hub, no second van, no overnight hold.
- 04 · Signed for, and you are told Tracked on the road; a name and a time sent to you as soon as it is handed over.
Same Day Delivery Cardiff: The M4, the A48 and the Bay
A same day delivery in Cardiff is governed by three roads. The M4 between junctions 29 and 33 carries everything in and out of the city and slows at the Coryton and Culverhouse Cross ends in the peaks; the A48 and Eastern Avenue take the cross-city traffic and the trading estates; and the roads into the Bay narrow quickly once the centre is busy. We plan the collection around where those are at the time you book rather than quoting a time that assumes empty roads.
Match Days and Event Days: Collecting Around the Stadium
Cardiff is unusual among UK cities in having its national stadium in the middle of the shopping streets. On an international, a cup final or a concert night the roads around it close hours before kick-off and stay closed after, Westgate Street and the bridges fill, and the Bay and the stations take the overflow. None of that is a surprise if you look at the fixture list, so we do, when you book. We agree a collection point the driver can reach, the time the closures allow, and whether the job should move before the roads shut or after they reopen. Hospitality stock, merchandise, broadcast kit and the paperwork that follows an event all move on those days; what changes is the planning, not the price.
Next Day Delivery Courier Cardiff
Book a next day delivery courier Cardiff job when tomorrow is soon enough: we collect in Cardiff today, one driver takes it to any UK address tomorrow, and because the run is planned rather than dropped into the middle of the day it usually costs less than same day. Our next day and overnight courier service →
If it has to be on a desk in London or Manchester when the office opens, the overnight version collects in Cardiff in the evening and is driven through the night, so it is waiting at reception rather than still on the M4.
Cardiff courier prices
Courier Companies Cardiff: Our Real Prices
Of the courier companies Cardiff businesses find online, very few will put a price on the page. Ours is here: a dedicated vehicle, one job, the same figure at midnight as at midday, no account and no minimum. If what you are sending is small and can wait a few days, a parcel network will be cheaper and we will tell you so when you ring.
Our rate
Prices include VAT and are based on one-way mileage (collection to delivery). This is our entry rate for a car or small van — larger vehicles are priced higher, and we'll always confirm your exact price before you commit.
What that works out at
| Distance | 10 mi | 25 mi | 50 mi | 100 mi | 200 mi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | £35 | £54.50 | £87 | £152 | £282 |
Indicative, VAT included, car or small van. Longer or heavier jobs and out-of-hours work are quoted individually.
Distance
The one-way mileage from your collection postcode to the delivery address.
Vehicle
The rate below is for a car or small van. Larger vans, Lutons and 7.5t are priced higher.
Urgency
A dedicated same-day run, or a scheduled next-day or timed delivery.
Price list
Courier Prices From Cardiff: Nearby Towns, London and UK Cities
One-way fares from Cardiff city centre for a car or small van, VAT included, the same at night and at weekends. Larger vans, Lutons and 7.5-tonne lorries are quoted when you book.
| From Cardiff to… | About | Car / small van |
|---|---|---|
| Nearby towns and cities | ||
| Cardiff Bay | 1 miles | £35 |
| Cardiff Gate & Pontprennau | 3 miles | £35 |
| The Heath & Llanishen | 4 miles | £35 |
| Barry | 9 miles | £35 |
| Caerphilly | 10 miles | £35 |
| Newport | 13 miles | £38.90 |
| Pontypridd | 14 miles | £40.20 |
| Bridgend | 21 miles | £49.30 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 25 miles | £54.50 |
| Swansea | 42 miles | £76.60 |
| Hereford | 55 miles | £93.50 |
| London | ||
| Central London (WC2) | 150 miles | £217 |
| The City of London | 159 miles | £228.70 |
| Canary Wharf | 163 miles | £233.90 |
| Heathrow | 141 miles | £205.30 |
| Major UK cities | ||
| Bristol | 30 miles | £61 |
| Birmingham | 105 miles | £158.50 |
| Liverpool | 160 miles | £230 |
| Nottingham | 160 miles | £230 |
| Manchester | 173 miles | £246.90 |
| Sheffield | 180 miles | £256 |
| Leeds | 209 miles | £293.70 |
| Newcastle | 300 miles | £412 |
| Glasgow | 367 miles | £499.10 |
| Edinburgh | 371 miles | £504.30 |
Indicative road miles from the centre of each place. Your exact fare comes from the two postcodes, and we confirm it before you book.
- Towns & cities
- London
- Cardiff
Hover or tap a dot, or a row in the table, to see the fare.
Couriers Cardiff: Areas We Cover
Our couriers cover the whole of Cardiff and the Vale, the valleys to the north and the M4 corridor from Newport to Swansea, day and night.
The city & the Bay
City centre, Cardiff Bay, Cathays, Roath, Canton, Grangetown, Splott, Llanishen, Whitchurch, Cyncoed
Business parks & estates
Cardiff Gate, Capital Business Park, Wentloog, St Mellons, Culverhouse Cross, Treforest Industrial Estate
The Vale & the valleys
Penarth, Barry, Cowbridge, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare
Postcode area: CF. All areas we cover →
Courier Cardiff to London & Back
A courier Cardiff to London job is about 150 road miles along the M4, around three hours in one vehicle, from £217 for a car or small van and the same price in either direction. Our head office is in north-west London, so the London end is home ground and the return leg is one we drive constantly: Bristol and Cardiff are the two cities on the M4 we are asked for most. The London to Cardiff route in detail →
Courier Cardiff to Europe
A courier Cardiff to Europe job is one we take as well: a dedicated vehicle collects in Cardiff and the consignment travels by road to the European address, with the customs paperwork and the route agreed before it leaves. Tell us the destination, what it is and when it has to arrive and we quote the run. Our European and international courier service →
Courier Delivery Services Cardiff: One Run or a Standing Arrangement
Most of the courier delivery services Cardiff businesses book with us are one-off: a run that has to happen today. Some become regular, a weekly collection from a supplier or a daily run between two sites, and those are set up the same way with the same published rate, invoiced monthly if that suits you. Either way there is no account to open before the first job. Courier services for business →
Delivery Service Cardiff: What We Move
The production companies in the Bay, the hospitals on the Heath, the law firms and public bodies in the centre, the trading estates along the A48 and the venues that fill on event days all need things moved today by someone who will not hand them on. That is the delivery service Cardiff businesses book us for.
- Broadcast kit, rushes and set pieces for the production companies and studios around Central Square and the Bay · event logistics
- Samples, supplies and paperwork between the city's hospitals, clinics and laboratories, with DBS-checked drivers and validated packaging · medical courier
- Contracts, court papers and signed originals between the law firms and public bodies in the centre and offices in Bristol or London · document courier
- Parts and stock for the trading estates along the A48 and the M4 corridor out to Bridgend and Newport · business courier
- Merchandise, hospitality stock and staging to the stadium, the arena and the venues on event days, against a get-in time · van courier
- Pallets and larger loads in a dedicated van · pallet delivery
Why Businesses in Cardiff Use Us
- A number, not a form: £35 including VAT for the first 10 miles and £1.30 a mile after that, printed here, so Cardiff Bay to Bristol costs what the page says
- The whole vehicle: your consignment travels alone, so a box of samples is not under someone's flat-pack and a contract is not waiting for a round to finish
- The same rate at 11pm on a Saturday: nights, weekends and bank holidays are not surcharged, because match days and broadcast schedules are not nine to five
- A time we mean: the collection time we give you in Cardiff is one we intend to keep, not a figure chosen to win the booking
- Vetted for regulated work: DBS-checked drivers, goods-in-transit insurance, GDP compliance for pharmaceutical consignments
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Arrived early, delivered early. Confirmed delivery immediately on sensitive drop. They answer the phone, and are a million lightyears better than their competitors at everything that they do. Hard to fault anything.
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Excellent service – highly recommended!
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The gentleman who collected and delivered them was fantastic. He kept in communication with me throughout the journey and even took pictures at both collection and delivery, which really reassured me that everything was being handled properly.
My medication arrived safely, communication was excellent from start to finish, and their price was also much more reasonable than other quotes I received.
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Courier Cardiff FAQs
How fast can you collect in Cardiff?+
You get an honest collection time when you book rather than a blanket promise. It depends on where in Cardiff you are and where our nearest driver is at that hour; for a planned job, booking earlier in the day gets you the earliest slot, and on a match day we tell you how the closures affect it.
How much does a courier in Cardiff cost?+
From £35 for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 a mile, including VAT, for a car or small van. Cardiff to Newport is about £38.90, to Bristol about £61, to Swansea about £76.60 and to central London about £217. Vans are priced higher.
Do you cover the whole of Cardiff and the Vale?+
Yes: the city centre and the Bay, Roath, Cathays, Canton, Llanishen, Whitchurch, Cardiff Gate and St Mellons, plus Penarth, Barry and the Vale, Caerphilly and the valleys, and Newport and Bridgend along the M4.
Can you do same day Cardiff to London?+
Yes, in either direction. One driver, about 150 miles along the M4, around three hours, the same day, with no depot on the way, from £217 for a car or small van. Our head office is in north-west London, so the London end is home ground.
What happens on a match day or a concert day?+
The roads around the Principality Stadium and the city centre close before and after the event and the Bay fills up. We check the fixture list when you book, agree a collection point the driver can actually reach, and plan the time around the closures rather than discovering them.
Do you work nights and weekends in Cardiff?+
Every hour of every day of the year, at the same price. A Sunday collection from a studio in the Bay or a late run of hospitality stock to a venue is a normal booking.
Should I book same day or next day from Cardiff?+
Same day when it is needed today: the driver leaves Cardiff as soon as it is loaded and goes nowhere else. Next day when tomorrow morning is fine: collected today, driven overnight, usually for less.
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