Selby
courier & haulage.

Urgent business consignments

Documents, engineering parts, samples, tools, print, boxed stock and IT equipment can all need a dedicated courier. The smallest suitable vehicle depends on the packaged goods, not the label “parcel”. Send the quantity, dimensions and weights.

A server, delicate prototype or finished component needs packaging that protects it during loading and travel. Tell us if it must stay upright, cannot be stacked or needs a named recipient.

Pallets and bulky items

Courier work can include a suitable pallet or bulky consignment. We check the vehicle aperture, usable space, payload and unloading method. A pallet does not automatically fit a van just because it fits on the floor.

For heavier loads, several pallets or specialised unloading, see the haulage guidance. You can enquire without choosing the lorry first.

Barlby Road

Food production and packaging

Greencore identifies its Selby site with ambient grocery production. Ingredients, packaging, replacement parts and finished stock each have different release and handling requirements.

Tell us the product and its packed condition, any hygiene or temperature requirements, pallet weights and factory booking reference. Ambient products do not automatically need a refrigerated vehicle; agree the required conditions for the actual goods.

Prospect Centre & local workshops

Components, tools and industrial supplies

The council's Prospect Centre is off Bawtry Road, outside the town centre. Its small workshop units illustrate why a supplier collection may involve a compact entrance and a named person rather than a warehouse dock.

For a component or tool, give its protective packaging and release time. For an assembly or machine, include its centre of gravity where known, fork access or lifting points, weight and clear loading aperture. Photos help identify awkward handling.

Drax & the surrounding area

Energy-site and maintenance handovers

Drax Power Station is an established nearby energy site. Maintenance supplies, tools and ordinary equipment can require a precise handover, with the authorised recipient and goods entrance agreed before a vehicle arrives.

Send the site order or booking reference, release time, packaged sizes, weight and receiving contact. State any security, induction or controlled-goods conditions. A public visitor address or tour arrangement is not a delivery permission.

Eggborough & nearby manufacturers

Glass and construction supply chains

Saint-Gobain's Eggborough plant confirms nearby glass manufacturing. Packaged glazing, fittings, racks and manufacturing components need protection and loading arrangements suited to their shape and finish.

Describe the actual load, transit rack or crate, fragility, individual weights and who supplies handling equipment. Loose sheets and specialist glass carriage need assessment; an ordinary pallet or curtainsider is not automatically suitable. Agree any rack return separately.

Selby town centre & surrounding villages

Retail, fit-out and event stock

Shop stock, printed material, display equipment and building supplies can have a short receiving window. A delivery to a shop doorway, venue service entrance or rural yard creates different unloading needs.

Give the unloading point, opening hours, steps, lifts and final placement. Discuss two-person handling when needed. For events, include set-up and collection slots, returned equipment and any stationary refrigeration requirement, separately from refrigerated transport.

Wider Selby area: Sherburn-in-Elmet

Civil aircraft maintenance supplies

Sherburn Engineering and the airfield operator describe fixed-wing aircraft maintenance at Sherburn-in-Elmet. This establishes nearby civil aviation activity; it does not establish a Selby defence-manufacturing cluster.

For ordinary packaged components, tools or equipment, give the maintenance contact, hangar or agreed landside handover, part description and supporting paperwork. Declare batteries, fluids or other regulated goods before acceptance. Transport is assessed individually and does not confer airfield access.

A63, A19 and onward motorway routes

The A63 bypass and A19 form important approaches around Selby. Connections towards the M62 and wider road network are useful context, but the complete route must suit the vehicle's height, width, weight and turning needs.

Give the precise collection and delivery points. Avoid choosing a route from the postcode alone. A car map does not prove HGV access, and local instructions or signed restrictions may change the final approach.

River crossings and current works

The council identifies the A19 Toll Bridge and A63 Bypass Swing Bridge as Selby's immediate road crossings of the Ouse. Its 2026 funding work concerns proposed improvements, rather than proof that a replacement crossing is already available.

Check current council roadworks and closures before dispatch, alongside signed restrictions and the site's instructions. State which side of the river and which gate the driver needs. No bridge closure or unrestricted lorry access is assumed here.

Town-centre shops and deliveries

A retail address can be a customer entrance rather than the unloading point. Confirm the loading bay or service access, receiving window, vehicle limits and person accepting the goods.

Tell us about steps, narrow doors, upper floors and protected finishes. Loading restrictions and any bay suspension still apply. Agree onward handling and any extra crew before booking; a courier handover does not automatically include installation.

Barlby Road and industrial goods-in

For food production, warehouses and workshops, send the operator, unit, gate and loading reference. Confirm whether collection is from a dock, forklift point or smaller workshop entrance.

Check side-loading space, dock height, forklift capacity and pallet condition at both ends. Tell us whether an appointment, driver check-in or specific paperwork is required. Site rules must come from the operator receiving that particular load.

Energy sites and airfield suppliers

For a Drax-area or Sherburn airfield movement, obtain the authorised delivery instructions from the recipient. Identify the goods entrance or agreed landside handover, contact and required booking details.

Declare controlled goods and security conditions before acceptance. Visitor arrangements, an online map pin or the name of a site do not give the driver entry permission. Confirm any induction or escort with the responsible site team.

Villages, farms and weather conditions

Collections around Brayton, Barlow, Cawood and other surrounding villages can have a narrow lane, soft verge or uneven unloading area. Give the usable entrance width, turning space and a contact who can guide the arrival.

Send photos where useful and agree a suitable hard-standing handover. Check current weather and road notices before a fixed delivery slot. Council road-condition information includes the Selby bypass and A19 at Riccall.