Large parcel delivery for big boxes and bulky goods
Big boxes, cartons and long, heavy or bulky goods, collected from your door and tracked to theirs. Enter the sizes and weights and you get a price in seconds.

What you can send as a large parcel
Standard parcel couriers often stop around 30kg and refuse anything long. We take single items up to 150kg, up to 6.5m long with the other two sides up to 3m each. One consignment can hold several items, up to 1,000kg and 15 cubic metres in total.
Most large parcels are big boxes and cartons: boxed furniture and flat-pack, boxed appliances and equipment, stock in outer cartons and trade orders packed together. Long lengths, heavy parts and boxed bikes go the same way.
Every item is priced on size or weight, whichever is greater. Measure and weigh each one, enter it on the booking page and you see the price before you book. Fuel is included.
Long, heavy, bikes and odd shapes
Some large parcels need more detail. Each of these pages covers examples, packing and how that kind of item is priced.

Long parcel delivery
Up to 6.5m long, with the other two sides up to 3m. Tubes, pipes, timber lengths and rolls.

Heavy parcel delivery
Up to 150kg per item. Machinery parts, engines and gym kit.

Bike courier
Boxed bikes, frames and wheels, sent from your shop to your customer.

Oversized item courier
Doors, display stands, signs and crated one-offs that won't box neatly.
Related: two-person delivery, collection.
Sending a door, a display stand or a crated sculpture? Use our oversized item courier for odd shapes and bulky one-offs.
Who sends large parcels with us
Large parcel delivery suits businesses that make or sell big goods and need them collected from a workshop, warehouse or shop.
How large a parcel you can send
- Weight per item
- Up to 150kg
- Length per item
- Up to 6.5m
- Other two sides
- Up to 3m each
- Per consignment
- 1,000kg and 15 cubic metres
Several items can travel as one consignment, each priced on its own line. Measure the longest side and weigh each item before you book.
How a large parcel is priced
Every item is priced on its size or weight, whichever is greater. We work out its volumetric weight (length x width x height in cm, divided by 5000) and compare it with the actual weight. How volumetric weight works.
Fuel is included, so there is no separate fuel surcharge. You see the full price, line by line, before you book. Prices exclude VAT, which is added at payment.
If an item turns out bigger or heavier than declared, the consignment is re-priced at the actual size and weight.
- Next working day or pick a day collection
- Standard price
- Your area day collection
- Costs less
- Later today collection
- Costs more
- Two-person delivery
- Costs more
- Regional surcharge, per end
- Rate card
- Standard cover
- Included in the price
Every amount is shown as its own line in your price before you book.
Large parcel questions
Enter the collection and delivery postcodes and each item's size and weight on the booking page. You see the price for each service straight away. Choose one, pick a collection day, pay and print the label. We collect from your door.
Anything too big or heavy for a standard parcel service, which often stops around 30kg: big boxes and cartons, boxed furniture and appliances, long lengths and heavy parts. We take single items up to 150kg and 6.5m long, with the other two sides up to 3m each.
Pack it as small as it will safely go. Each item is priced on size or weight, whichever is greater, and large items are usually priced on size. A 120 x 60 x 60cm carton of cushions weighing 12kg is priced at 87kg by size (length x width x height in cm, divided by 5000, rounded up). Packed into a 120 x 60 x 40cm carton, it is priced at 58kg. Our guide to the cheapest way to send a large or long parcel has more examples.
Yes. We collect from your door, whether that's a workshop, a warehouse, a shop or a home. Have each item packed and labelled before the driver arrives.
Yes. One consignment can hold several items, up to 1,000kg and 15 cubic metres in total. Each item is priced on its own line, so you see what every box adds.
Yes. Add two-person delivery on the booking page and two crew carry it into the room your recipient chooses, rather than to the door or kerb. It has a set charge, shown in your price before you book.
The consignment is re-priced at the actual size and weight and the difference is charged. Measure each box and weigh it once it is packed, before you book, to avoid this.
More answers in the help centre.
Other services
All services- Next day courierCollected from your door, delivered by 6pm on the next working day.
- Business courierOne account for your team, weekly invoicing once verified, rate cards and CSV batch.
- CollectionLater today, your area day, next working day or any weekday in the next 30 days.
- Two-person deliveryTwo crew carry heavy and bulky goods into the room your recipient chooses.
- Northern Ireland, Highlands and islandsSurcharge zones, postcodes and extra days for remote areas, set out in full.
- Long parcel deliveryTubes, pipes, timber and rolls up to 6.5m long, priced on size or weight.
- Heavy parcel deliveryMachinery parts, engines and gym kit up to 150kg per item.
- Bike courierBoxed bikes, frames and wheels, collected from your shop and tracked to your customer.
- Oversized and awkward itemsDoors, panels, display stands, signs and crated one-offs that won't box neatly.
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