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Same Day Courier Service
When it has to be there today, one dedicated driver collects it from you, typically within the hour in London and our busiest cities, and drives it straight to the delivery address. No depot, no sorting, no other drops on the way, any hour of any day.
From £35 including VAT · Open 24 hours, 365 days a year · Goods-in-transit insured · DBS-checked drivers
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Two postcodes for an instant price. Any UK address, any hour.
Same Day Courier Services Across the UK
A parcel network moves your item through a hub overnight and delivers it on a round the next day. Our same day courier services do the opposite: the vehicle that collects from you is the vehicle that delivers, and it leaves as soon as it has your consignment on board.
We run from Colindale in north-west London, with drivers across London and in our busiest cities, and we drive to every UK mainland address: London to Manchester in around four hours, London to Glasgow in around seven, Birmingham to Leeds while you are still in the meeting.
Same Day Courier UK: Collected Within the Hour, Delivered Today
- 01 · Two postcodes Type the collection and delivery postcodes into the form for a price now, or ring 07300 832129 with the deadline and we price it on the call.
- 02 · One driver dispatched The nearest available driver is sent to you. In London and our busiest cities that is typically within the hour; elsewhere you get a realistic time before you commit.
- 03 · Driven direct Your consignment is the only thing in the vehicle. It is not scanned into a hub, transferred between vans or held for a round.
- 04 · Delivered and confirmed Tracked the whole way, with a name and a time sent to you as soon as it is handed over.
Same Day Delivery Service for Business
Most of our same day delivery work is for businesses where a missed deadline costs more than the courier: a solicitor's completion, a garage with a car on the ramp, a lab waiting on a sample, a stand that opens at nine. If you send regularly, a business courier account gives you monthly invoicing and one contact; if you send once a year, you can book without one.
Same Day Delivery Courier: One Driver, Door to Door
The person who signs for your consignment at collection is the person who hands it over at the far end. Nothing is opened, scanned, re-labelled or left in a cage, which is why a same day delivery courier is what clinics, law firms and engineers use for the things that cannot go through a depot.
Same Day Express Courier
Need a fixed time rather than "today"? Book a same day express courier with a delivery deadline and we plan the collection back from it, or use our timed delivery service for a pre-9am, pre-12 or booked slot. Tracking runs the whole way and you hear the moment it lands.
Urgent Courier Service
An urgent courier service is the same dedicated run with the clock turned up. Tell us the deadline, the nearest driver is dispatched the moment you book, and we give you a realistic collection time instead of a hopeful one. Urgent delivery is priced on the same published mileage rate: there is no "rush" surcharge, because every job we do is direct.
Urgent Same Day Courier
- A production line or a vehicle stopped for one part
- A court filing, a completion or a tender with a deadline today
- A passport or document that has to reach an airport gate
- A sample that has to make the lab's last run
- Replacement IT or AV kit before an event or trading opens
- Anything a parcel network has already lost a day on
Emergency Courier Service: Breakdowns, Parts and Deadlines
An emergency courier job is about who answers at 2am and how fast a vehicle moves. We are open all night, every night, so a part for a stopped machine, matched blood for a procedure or a server that has to be swapped before trading opens can be on the road within minutes of the call. ASAP courier, rapid courier, emergency courier: whatever you call it, ring 07300 832129 and give us the deadline. Our 24 hour courier service →
Same day courier prices
Same Day Courier Cost: Our Published Rates
If you are looking for a cheap same day courier, the honest comparison is with a dedicated vehicle, not a £3 parcel label: that network parcel travels overnight through a hub. Our same day courier quote is worked out from the mileage, so you see it before you book. £35 including VAT covers the first 10 miles, then £1.30 a mile, for a car or small van, with the same price at night and at weekends and no account needed. Same day delivery cost for a van or a pallet is quoted on the same basis.
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
| From our Colindale (NW9) base to… | About | From |
|---|---|---|
| Watford | 10 miles | £35 |
| Luton | 25 miles | £54.50 |
| Reading | 39 miles | £72.70 |
| Milton Keynes | 45 miles | £80.50 |
| Cambridge | 54 miles | £92.20 |
| Brighton | 62 miles | £102.60 |
| Bristol | 120 miles | £178 |
| Birmingham | 125 miles | £184.50 |
| Manchester | 200 miles | £282 |
| Glasgow | 415 miles | £561.50 |
Indicative road miles. 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.
Same Day Courier Collection: Where We Pick Up
A same day collection courier comes to the address you give, not to a drop-off point, and not "sometime this afternoon". The driver is dispatched to you as soon as the job is booked, so the collection is the start of the run rather than a stop on someone else's.
- Offices and chambers: signed contracts, court bundles, tenders and board papers, collected from reception or your desk.
- Workshops and trade counters: the part a vehicle or a machine is waiting for, collected the moment it is ready.
- Clinics and laboratories: pathology samples and medical supplies, in validated packaging, handled to GDP standards by DBS-checked drivers.
- Warehouses and shops: stock, returns and display kit, collected from the loading bay or the shop floor.
- Homes and sites: keys, documents, a forgotten passport, a laptop that has to reach the office today.
The Same Day Courier Company Businesses Keep on Speed Dial
- The price is published: £35 including VAT for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 a mile, for a car or small van. No account, no minimum, no night or weekend uplift.
- One job per vehicle: your delivery does not share space with anyone else's or wait on a route.
- Open all day, every day: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and the phone is answered by a person.
- Insured and vetted: goods-in-transit cover on every job, DBS-checked drivers, GDP compliant for medical work.
- Honest timings: if the deadline at the far end cannot be met today, we say so before you book, not after.
Comparing same day courier companies? Ask each one where the vehicle actually starts, whether the same driver delivers, and what happens at 6pm on a Friday. Those three answers separate a dedicated courier from a network with a same day label.
Same Day Couriers by City
Same Day Courier Near Me: Our Busiest Cities
Searching for a same day courier near me usually turns up the map pack, which is decided by distance. Our drivers are nearest in London and in the cities below, each of which has its own page with local collection times, typical jobs and prices to and from London.
Somewhere else? We deliver same day to every UK city, county and borough. All areas we cover → · Courier service UK →
What We Move the Same Day
From an envelope to a pallet. Same day parcel delivery for one urgent box, a courier with same day delivery for the paperwork a deal is waiting on, same day transport for larger loads in a dedicated van. Each of these has its own page:
If tomorrow is soon enough, our next day courier and overnight courier services collect today and deliver first thing, usually for less than a same day run.
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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.
So impressed with Red Eagle. They have been fantastic at communicating promptly and after years of using various unreliable couriers, it’s so refreshing to find one that’s so great at customer service, and pricing!
Excellent service – highly recommended!
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I contacted them at very short notice to transport my vaccines from Croydon to Peterborough, and within about an hour of my enquiry everything was arranged and collected.
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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Same Day Courier FAQs
How quickly can a same day courier collect?+
Typically within the hour in London and our busiest cities, at any time of day or night. Further out we give you a firm collection time when you book rather than a standard promise.
How much does a same day courier cost?+
From £35 for the first 10 miles, then £1.30 a mile, including VAT, for a car or small van. London to Birmingham is about £184.50 and London to Manchester about £282. Larger vans are priced higher, and the price is the same at night and at weekends.
Do you deliver same day anywhere in the UK?+
Yes. A dedicated driver collects from you and drives direct to any UK mainland address the same day. For long runs we tell you the realistic arrival time before you book.
Is there a cut-off time for same day delivery?+
No fixed cut-off, because we run 24/7. The honest limit is the destination's own closing time, so tell us the deadline and we will say straight away whether it is achievable today.
What is the difference between urgent and same day?+
Nothing in how the job runs: both are a dedicated driver going direct. Urgent just means the clock is tighter, so the nearest driver is sent immediately and we plan the collection back from your deadline.
Can you collect from anywhere?+
Yes: offices, warehouses, shops, workshops, hospitals, building sites, airports and homes, anywhere in the UK. The driver comes to the address you give, not to a drop-off point.
Can the driver wait and bring something back?+
Yes, on request. For signed documents, keys or a part being exchanged, ask for wait and return when you book and we confirm the arrangement before you commit.
Do you work weekends and bank holidays?+
Yes, every day of the year at the same rate. A Sunday morning or a bank holiday job costs the same as a Tuesday one.
Same day or next day: which should I book?+
If it has to arrive today, same day: the run leaves as soon as it is collected. If tomorrow is fine, our next day and overnight services collect today and deliver first thing, usually for less.
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Typically collected within the hour · 24/7 · from £35 inc VAT.
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One base. Every UK city.
From our North London HQ, 40+ professional drivers are on the road every day — delivering same-day, direct and dedicated, with no depots and no sorting hubs, to every city, borough and county in the UK.
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