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Courier Edinburgh
Our Edinburgh drivers live in Edinburgh. A collection time before you book, then one vehicle driving your job straight to the address, at any hour: across the city and the Lothians, over the Queensferry Crossing into Fife, along the M8 to Glasgow or south to England.
Prices start at £35 with VAT · LEZ-ready vehicles · Bookable day or night, every day · Vetted, DBS-checked drivers
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Same Day Courier Edinburgh
Edinburgh's finance, legal and university work runs to hard deadlines, and for a few weeks each summer the festival turns the city centre into a different place altogether. A courier who hasn't planned for either will miss the slot.
We start with a collection time we can actually keep, send one vehicle and take it straight there, with no depot in between. If the other end closes before we could reach it, we'll say so before you book. That's what a same day courier in Edinburgh should offer, and it's the kind of same day delivery Edinburgh businesses can pass on to their own clients.
How Our Same Day Courier Service Edinburgh Works
- 01 · Tell us the deadline Both postcodes in the form give you a price straight away, or call 07300 832129.
- 02 · An Edinburgh driver is assigned Our drivers live in Edinburgh, so the collection time we give you comes from someone already in the city, and in August from someone who knows what the festival has done to the roads.
- 03 · Driven direct Your consignment alone in the vehicle, with no depot or hand-over on the way.
- 04 · Delivery confirmed Who signed and when, sent back to you as soon as it's handed over.
Edinburgh Same Day Courier: the LEZ, the Festival and the Queensferry Crossing
Three things shape timing here. The city centre sits inside a Low Emission Zone; our vehicles meet the standard, so a driver reaches the address rather than stopping at the boundary. During the festival, the centre has road closures and diversions that change from week to week, and we plan collections around them instead of finding them on the day. And for anything heading north into Fife, the Queensferry Crossing is the stretch worth allowing time for.
Local Drivers Based in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife
Most courier websites you will find for Edinburgh belong to firms whose nearest driver is wherever the network can find one. Ours live here. Our Edinburgh drivers are based in the city, with others in Livingston and Dunfermline and across central Scotland, so a collection in Leith or a drop in Kirkcaldy is handled by someone already on this side of the Forth, and a run to Glasgow, Perth or Dundee is a local job rather than a long-distance one. When you book, the collection time you are given comes from a driver who is already here.
Next Day Delivery Edinburgh
When tomorrow is soon enough, we collect in Edinburgh today and deliver anywhere in mainland Britain the following day, tracked and insured. Our next day courier service →
If it has to be there first thing, we can collect in the evening and run it overnight. How our overnight courier service works →
Prices from Edinburgh
Courier Service Edinburgh: Our Published Prices
Not urgent and small enough for a letterbox? A parcel delivery Edinburgh network is the cheaper route. If it must arrive today, here is what a dedicated run costs from the city centre, with no account to open and no weekend premium.
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 Edinburgh: Nearby Towns, London and UK Cities
One-way fares from Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh to… | About | Car / small van |
|---|---|---|
| Nearby towns and cities | ||
| Kirkcaldy | 15 miles | £41.50 |
| Livingston | 16 miles | £42.80 |
| Dunfermline | 18 miles | £45.40 |
| Perth | 41 miles | £75.30 |
| Dundee | 43 miles | £77.90 |
| Stirling | 43 miles | £77.90 |
| Aberdeen | 110 miles | £165 |
| London | ||
| Central London (WC2) | 405 miles | £548.50 |
| The City of London | 398 miles | £539.40 |
| Canary Wharf | 400 miles | £542 |
| Heathrow | 395 miles | £535.50 |
| Major UK cities | ||
| Glasgow | 50 miles | £87 |
| Newcastle | 110 miles | £165 |
| Leeds | 195 miles | £275.50 |
| Manchester | 210 miles | £295 |
| Liverpool | 212 miles | £297.60 |
| Sheffield | 229 miles | £319.70 |
| Nottingham | 267 miles | £369.10 |
| Birmingham | 294 miles | £404.20 |
| Cardiff | 371 miles | £504.30 |
| Bristol | 374 miles | £508.20 |
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
- Edinburgh
Hover or tap a dot, or a row in the table, to see the fare.
Same Day Couriers Edinburgh: Areas We Cover
The whole city and the Lothians around the clock, with direct runs into Fife, west to Glasgow, north to Aberdeen and south over the border.
Edinburgh
City centre, the New Town, Leith, Morningside, Corstorphine, Portobello
The Lothians
Livingston, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, South Queensferry, Edinburgh Airport
Fife & Central
Postcode area: EH.
Courier to Edinburgh From London & Across the UK
Got something coming north? We pick it up wherever you are in Britain and the same driver hands it over at the Edinburgh address. From London it's about 405 miles via the A1 and M6, from £548.50 for a car or small van, and it costs the same in either direction. Courier London to Edinburgh →
The Delivery Service Edinburgh Businesses Rely On
Finance and law, the hospitals and research labs, the universities and the festival venues bring us most of our urgent Edinburgh work.
Courier Services Edinburgh: Jobs We Handle
- Signed agreements, completions and confidential papers for the financial and legal firms · document courier
- Clinical samples and lab supplies moved between hospitals and research sites under GDP rules · medical courier
- Equipment and research material for the universities
- Kit, staging and props for festival venues, planned around the August closures · event logistics
- Time-critical freight to and from Edinburgh Airport
- Urgent stock and parts for businesses in Leith, Livingston and across the Lothians
Courier Companies Edinburgh: Why Businesses Call Us
Weighing up more than one courier service in Edinburgh? Here is where Red Eagle is different.
- Drivers who live here: our Edinburgh drivers are based in the city, with others in Livingston, Dunfermline and across central Scotland, so a local job is collected locally
- LEZ compliant, so the driver reaches the address, not the boundary
- Nothing else on board: one vehicle, one job, straight there
- Day and night, all year, with the same rate at weekends and bank holidays
- Fully covered: goods-in-transit insurance, DBS-checked drivers, GDP compliant
Questions to Put to Any Courier
- 1 Have they planned for the festival? In August, closures change week to week. Ask how they'll route around them.
- 2 Is the vehicle LEZ compliant? If it isn't, it stops at the edge of the city centre.
- 3 Will your job be the only one on board? Multi-drop rounds can't promise your deadline.
- 4 Can they handle confidential documents? Finance and legal work needs vetted drivers and proof of delivery.
- 5 Is there a published price? A rate you can check beats a quote you can't.
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Excellent service. Request made 24 hours before the required collection and delivery, fully kept up to date, on time and updated throughout the collection and delivery. Thoroughly recommend.
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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Couriers in Edinburgh: Your Questions
Are your couriers actually based in Edinburgh?+
Yes. Our Edinburgh drivers live in the city, and we have drivers in Livingston, Dunfermline, Stirling, Perth, Dundee, Glasgow and Aberdeen too, so a collection in the Lothians or Fife is handled by someone already there rather than a vehicle sent up from England. Our head office is in London, which is why the Edinburgh to London run is one we do constantly.
How fast can you collect in Edinburgh?+
You get a collection time when you book, worked out from where in the city you are, where our nearest Edinburgh driver is at that moment and, in August, what the festival has done to the roads that day. For a planned job, booking earlier in the day gets you the earliest slot.
How much does a courier in Edinburgh cost?+
From £35 for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 per mile, including VAT, for a car or small van. Edinburgh to Glasgow is around £87, and to London from around £548.50.
Do your vehicles meet Edinburgh's Low Emission Zone?+
They do. Every vehicle we send meets the zone standard, so a city-centre address is no problem and no charge reaches you.
Can you deliver during the festival?+
Yes, but the centre has closures and diversions that shift through August, so book with as much notice as you can and tell us the venue and get-in time.
Can you do same day Edinburgh to London?+
Yes. One driver takes it straight down the A1 and M6, about 405 miles and roughly seven hours on the road, with no depot or change of vehicle on the way.
Can I book a courier in Edinburgh at 3am or on a Sunday?+
Yes. Someone answers the phone at every hour of the year, and a Sunday or bank-holiday job costs exactly what a Tuesday one does.
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