Same-day courier in Guildford
Rapid Despatch collects in Guildford by dedicated vehicle, around ten miles from our nearest branch. Guildford is a service area rather than a branch. We are an independent courier company trading since 2001, with four branches in Hampshire and Berkshire, covering Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey, and around 50 drivers.
Guildford sits well inside the area our drivers work in day to day, which is close enough that we will give you a collection window over the phone instead of a form and a promise.
Guildford sits in the middle of where our drivers work rather than at the edge of it, so the honest answer to "how soon" is usually a time rather than a hedge. You get a fixed price for the whole job before you commit to it.
Where a Guildford job is run from
A Guildford job is allocated by our controllers and usually covered from the Farnborough area, with the details confirmed on the day.
Guildford is the exception.
Getting to you, and getting out
Two ways in from Farnborough. The A31 over the Hog's Back, which drops you at the western side and suits the Surrey Research Park, the hospital and the university. Or the A323 and the A320 round to the north, which is often better for Slyfield and anything on the Woking side.
Guildford's own geography then does the rest. The A3 passes the town in a cutting and a tunnel rather than through it, so it is fast to reach and awkward to leave at the wrong junction.
The gyratory and the one-way system slow the centre, and the High Street is cobbled, steep and largely pedestrianised, which rules out most vehicles for most of the day.
For onward work the position is unusually good.
What the cover is
Goods in transit insurance is provided. Account holders are covered to £25,000 on a dedicated vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes, and on other services liability is limited to £1,000 per tonne. Higher cover can be arranged before collection, so declare the value when you book. Read the full conditions of carriage
Around Guildford
These ring Guildford to the east and south, and every one of them is collected on the same run on the same terms as the town itself.
Merrow·Burpham·Shalford·Cranleigh
Guildford courier questions
No. A Guildford job is allocated by our controllers and usually covered from the Farnborough area, around ten miles away, with the details confirmed on the day.
We aim to collect within the hour, sometimes in as little as 30 minutes, and never more than 90. Guildford is one of the towns where the fast end is most often the answer, because there are usually drivers close by. What moves it is where the nearest driver is, what they are carrying and what the A3 is doing. Ring us for the current position rather than relying on a published figure. To see how a quote is built, See how local and long-distance jobs differ on price.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, and the A3 makes it one of the more straightforward runs we do.
Yes.
It depends on the distance, the vehicle, the timing and the access at both ends.
Also covered from Farnborough:
Book a courier in Guildford
For urgent work, call 0345 8333 833, answered 24 hours a day. For planned work, use the quote form with both postcodes, the dimensions, the weight and the genuine ready time.