Same-day courier in Slough
Rapid Despatch collects in Slough by dedicated vehicle, around twenty miles from our nearest branch. Slough 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.
Twenty minutes down the M4 from our branch region, into the largest trading estate of its kind in Europe, with Heathrow and the ULEZ boundary a few miles further on.
Rapid Despatch collects same-day consignments in Slough by dedicated vehicle, twenty miles east on the M4.
Slough sits on the busiest road we run, the M4 between Reading and London, so a vehicle is usually within a few miles and the controller can say where. From here a dedicated vehicle goes anywhere in mainland Great Britain. You get a fixed price for the whole job before you commit to it. The Trading Estate has its own internal roads and numbering, so give us the road as well as the unit number. Heathrow is a few miles east and inside the ULEZ; Any charge that applies is passed through at cost and shown on the quote before you book.
Twenty miles, and why the answer is different here
A Slough job is usually allocated at our Reading branch, and the controller confirms it on the day. Which vehicle actually runs depends on where the nearest available driver is when you ring.
Slough sits on the M4 between our branch region and London, which is the busiest corridor we run. A vehicle is frequently already on this road, and the controller can often see one within a few miles when you ring.
The estate, the airport and the boundary
Twenty minutes on the M4 from Reading, leaving at Junction 6 for the town and the Trading Estate, Junction 5 for Langley and Datchet, or Junction 7 for Burnham and the western side.
The Slough Trading Estate is the thing that makes this town different. It is one of the largest industrial and business estates in single ownership in Europe, with its own internal road network and its own numbering.
A unit number without a road name can genuinely be hard to find in there. Give us the road and the unit, and the first approach works.
East of Slough the geography changes twice. Poyle and Colnbrook sit against the airport perimeter and are effectively Heathrow logistics addresses. And the Greater London boundary, which is also the ULEZ boundary, is a few miles further on. Slough itself is outside it; Heathrow is inside.
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 Slough
These sit either side of Slough along the M4 and the Thames, and are collected on exactly the same basis on the same run.
Windsor·Langley·Burnham·Wexham
Slough courier questions
Yes, and it is worth giving us the detail.
No. Slough is in Berkshire, outside the Greater London boundary, so no ULEZ charge applies to a collection or delivery in the town (ULEZ boundary, Transport for London).
A run out of Slough is priced on distance, vehicle and timing, so a delivery into central London costs differently from one to the Midlands. See how a job out of the Thames Valley is priced
Also covered from Reading:
Book a courier in Slough
Call 0345 8333 833. For planned work, send the quote form with both postcodes, the dimensions, the weight and the genuine ready time.