Same day courier in Kent — from Romney Marsh to anywhere in the UK
Collected and delivered direct. No depots, no sorting hubs, and your job is never passed on to somebody else.
Fully insured, with goods in transit and public liability cover in place.
- Open 24/7
- Fully insured
- Photo proof of delivery
- Institute of Couriers member
Most of the calls that come in are one of these.
- A gearbox on a motor factor's counter in Ashford, Kent, and the car it belongs to on a ramp forty minutes away.
- A signed contract that has to be in a solicitor's hands in Canterbury before four.
- A box of parts that missed the overnight van and is holding up a workshop.
Shane's Courier Services Kent covers all three, round the clock, seven days a week. A same day courier booking goes straight onto a dedicated vehicle and straight to the delivery address — no depot, no sorting hub, and nothing else on board.
You speak to the driver handling your job rather than a call centre, you get a price on the first call, and a photograph comes back when it is delivered.
What we carry
Same day courier work across Kent and beyond
Six of the jobs that come in most. Tap any card to read more.
Same day courier
Collected today, delivered today, with no depot in between.
Read more →Urgent and emergency
A line down, a job stopped, a deadline that has moved. Collection within the hour where possible.
Read more →Car parts courier
Motor factors to garages, garage to garage, and the part nobody local has in stock.
Read more →Legal and confidential documents
Contracts, deeds and court papers carried by one driver from hand to hand.
Read more →Overnight and 24 hour
Loaded at night, on the doorstep first thing. The phone is covered around the clock.
Read more →Business and trade accounts
Monthly accounts for garages, factors, solicitors and print shops that call every week.
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Collected today, delivered today
Same day courier across Kent
A same day courier service works on a dedicated basis. Your consignment is collected, driven straight to the delivery address and handed over. Nothing sits in a depot overnight and nothing is passed to a second driver along the way.
Open 24 hours, seven days a week, weekends and bank holidays included.
Courier pick up service — how collection works
Call and tell us where it is being collected from, where it is going and roughly what it is. You get a price on that call, before anyone travels. Collection within the hour where possible.
Have the item packed and ready. Depending on the weight, the driver may need a hand loading at each end. As a local courier service, collections across the Marsh, Hythe and Folkestone are a short run.
Same day parcel delivery, priced before anyone travels
The price follows the distance and the time of day, and you hear the figure on the phone rather than reading it on an invoice afterwards. Quotes are given by phone, with no obligation to book.
Same day delivery to Ashford, Kent, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone sits inside a morning. Anything further gets a realistic time on the call.
What to expect from same day courier companies
Plenty of firms subcontract. Your consignment goes to whichever driver is nearest and cheapest that hour, and you never find out who that was. A dedicated van courier service means the person who collects it is the person who delivers it, and the same number answers at both ends of the job.
When it has to move now
Urgent and emergency courier
Some jobs cannot wait for the next scheduled van. An urgent courier service exists for the morning a line stops, a fitter is stood waiting, or a deadline moves without warning. One call and it is booked in.
For garages and motor factors
Car parts courier for garages and motor factors
The bulk of the week's work. A car parts courier who knows that a car on a ramp is a bay you cannot sell until the part arrives.
Most of it runs the same way. A service manager finds the part is not on the shelf, rings the factor, and the factor has it forty minutes away. Waiting for tomorrow's van means the car sits overnight and the customer has to be called.
Car parts delivery reaches the factors in Ashford, Kent, Folkestone, Canterbury and Dover inside the morning, and the trade counters further up the M20 not much later. Same day parts collection works the other way too — the van goes to the counter, collects against your account or your order number, and brings it to the workshop door.
Motor factor delivery on a standing arrangement is straightforward. Call when the part is on the counter and the run is booked in. Monthly accounts are available for regular trade customers.
Auto parts couriers for motor factors
Filters, sensors, brake components, panels, glass, a boxed alternator, a clutch kit. Anything that fits a small van and that one person can lift at each end.
Trade counters know the routine — the part is booked out against your account, the van collects, and the garage signs for it. Auto parts couriers save you the second phone call chasing where it got to.
Alloy wheel courier and tyre courier work
Wheels and tyres travel badly through a parcel network. They get rolled, stacked and dropped, and a kerbed rim means a refurb bill.
A dedicated alloy wheel courier run keeps a set flat and secured from the refurbisher to the garage. The same applies to a tyre courier job — four tyres and a set of rims fill the load space and go nowhere else on the way.
Wrap the faces and tape the boxes before collection.
Car parts next day delivery, or this afternoon?
Plenty of garages default to car parts next day delivery because that is what the supplier offers. It works when the car is booked back in for the week.
It works badly when the car is already stripped. Weigh the courier charge against a bay standing idle for a day — and on a Friday, against a bay idle until Monday.
Call with the factor and the workshop details and you will have a price to compare in under a minute.
Part on the counter and a car on the ramp?
Call with the collection and delivery details and you will have a price and a collection time on the same call.
Hand to hand
Legal and confidential document courier
A legal document courier job is small and light, and it carries a deadline that does not move. Contracts, deeds, court bundles, signed originals and completion papers travel with the driver, not in a sack with forty other things.
Collected from the office door and taken to the receiving desk. No depot, no intermediate handling, chain of custody intact.
Same day document courier service for solicitors
Conveyancing and litigation both run to fixed times, and a same day document courier service exists for the days when the post will not do it. Papers collected from a practice in Ashford, Kent before lunch are on a desk in Canterbury, Maidstone or Dover the same afternoon.
Give us the collection address, the delivery address and the name of the person receiving it. That last one matters more than people expect.
Courier service for legal documents and fixed deadlines
Where a document has to be in a named pair of hands by a named hour, say so on the call. The same day document courier run is then planned backwards from that time rather than forwards from collection, which is a different journey once the M20 is involved.
Photo proof of delivery comes back on every job, timed and showing where it was left or who took it.
Same day letter delivery across the UK
A single envelope is a valid job. There is no minimum size, and a document courier service carrying one letter to Bristol works exactly the same way as one carrying six boxes to Dover.
People often ask how much it costs to courier documents. It depends on the distance, so call with the two addresses and you will have the figure in a minute.
Confidential document delivery and what comes back to you
Confidential document delivery means the wallet stays sealed, it stays with the driver, and it is handed over rather than posted through a door. Nothing is opened, nothing is copied, and nothing is left with a neighbour.
Fully insured — goods in transit and public liability cover in place, certificate available on request.
Through the night
Overnight and 24 hour courier
An overnight courier service means the job is driven through the night and on the doorstep when the shutters go up. It is a dedicated run, not a parcel loaded onto somebody's trunk vehicle.
Nobody else touches it
Secure delivery
A secure delivery service comes down to how few hands touch the item. One driver, direct from collection to delivery. No depots, no intermediate handling, chain of custody intact from the moment it leaves your hands.
Door to door courier service with no depot in between
A parcel that goes through a network is loaded, sorted, tipped, scanned and reloaded several times before it arrives. Each of those is a point where it can be dropped, mislaid or sent to the wrong hub. A door to door courier service removes them.
Worth asking any courier: how many people will handle this between collection and delivery? On a dedicated run the answer is one.
Secure courier service in the UK — what it should mean
It should mean the driver is named, contactable and the same person at both ends, that you can call mid-journey and get an answer rather than a tracking page, and that a photograph on delivery shows where it went and who took it.
Fully insured — goods in transit and public liability cover in place, certificate available on request.
Confidential courier services and chain of custody
Confidential courier services work to one rule: sealed when it is handed over, sealed when it arrives. Nothing is opened, nothing is left on a step, and nothing is signed for by somebody who happened to be passing.
If the item has to go to a named person, say so on the booking call and the driver waits for them.
Further than the county line
Nationwide same day courier
Kent is the base and most of the week's work, but jobs go wherever they need to. A nationwide same day courier run goes straight to the delivery address, whether that is Maidstone or Manchester.
Trade customers
Business courier and trade accounts
Around four jobs in five are for a business. A business courier service that the same garages, factors, solicitors and print shops use every week works differently from one that takes a booking off a website and never hears from you again.
Monthly accounts are available for regular trade customers. Otherwise it is payment on completion.
B2B courier work for regular trade customers
Once a run is familiar the calls get shorter. You call, say where and when, and it is booked. No account number to recite, no reference to generate, no portal login. That is most of what b2b courier work is worth to a busy counter.
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Commercial courier and business delivery service
A commercial courier job is usually the same shape each time: a known collection point, a known destination, and a window that matters. A business delivery service built round that is easier to plan than a general one, and where the pattern is known in advance, capacity can be held for you.
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Small business courier — accounts and one-off jobs
A small business courier arrangement does not need volume. One job a month is fine, and it goes on the same terms as one job a day. Quotes are given by phone, invoices are monthly if you have an account, and photo proof of delivery comes back on every job either way.
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Four steps
How it works
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Call us
Where it is being collected from, where it is going, and roughly what it is.
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Price on the call
You get the full figure before anyone travels, with no obligation to book.
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Collection
Within the hour where possible. Have it packed and ready; depending on the weight the driver may need a hand loading.
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Delivered and photographed
Straight there, handed over, and a photograph comes back to you showing the delivery.
Why use Shane
A Kent courier you can actually get hold of
Open 24/7
Day, night, weekends and bank holidays, with no surcharge for any of them.
You speak to the driver
The person who answers the phone is the person who collects it and delivers it.
Photo proof of delivery
Every job, without asking. You see where it went and who took it.
Priced before we travel
A full quote on the call, and nothing added afterwards.
Fully insured
Goods in transit and public liability cover in place, certificate available on request.
Institute of Couriers member
[CONFIRM: Institute of Couriers membership current — display logo?]
Where the van goes
Areas covered
Based on Romney Marsh and covering the coast, Ashford, Kent and the rest of the county. Longer runs go wherever the job goes.
Romney Marsh and the coast
Lydd, New Romney, Greatstone, Littlestone, St Mary's Bay and Dymchurch are all close by, with Brookland, Brenzett and Hamstreet the same in the other direction. Collections across the Marsh are usually quick to reach.
Ashford, Kent and the M20 corridor
Ashford, Kent is the busiest run of the week. Most of the trade counters and a good share of the solicitors are there, and from there the M20 opens up to Maidstone, the M25 and everything beyond.
Folkestone, Hythe and the port
Hythe, Sandgate and Folkestone are a short run along the coast. Tenterden, Rye, Camber, Winchelsea, Dover and Canterbury all sit inside a comfortable morning.
Going further afield
Outside the list below, call and ask. A run to London, the Midlands or the West Country is priced the same way as a local one, on distance and time, and quoted before anyone travels.
- Lydd
- New Romney
- Greatstone
- Littlestone
- St Mary's Bay
- Dymchurch
- Brookland
- Brenzett
- Hamstreet
- Romney Marsh
- Hythe
- Sandgate
- Folkestone
- Ashford, Kent
- Tenterden
- Rye
- Camber
- Winchelsea
- Dover
- Canterbury
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Need it there today?
One call, a price before anyone travels, and a photograph when it is delivered.
FAQ
Questions that come up most
How much does a same day courier cost?
The minimum charge is £40. Above that the price follows the distance and the time of day, and you get the full figure on the phone before anyone travels. Quotes are given by phone, with no obligation to book.
Call with the collection and delivery addresses and you will have a price in about a minute.
How quickly can you collect?
Collection within the hour where possible. If that is not achievable you are told on the call rather than left waiting.
Collections across Romney Marsh, Hythe, Folkestone and Ashford, Kent are usually quick to reach.
Do you work weekends and bank holidays?
Yes. Open 24 hours, Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays. A Saturday or Sunday job costs the same as a weekday one and there is no out-of-hours surcharge.
Can you collect car parts from a motor factor?
Yes, and it is the most common job of the week. The van goes to the trade counter, collects against your account or order number, and brings the part to the workshop.
Anything that fits a small van. Depending on the weight, the driver may need a hand loading at each end.
How do I know it has been delivered?
Photo proof of delivery comes back on every job, showing where it was left or who took it. You can also call mid-journey and speak to the driver rather than watching a tracking page.
Are you insured?
Fully insured — goods in transit and public liability cover in place, certificate available on request.
Which areas do you cover?
Lydd, New Romney, Greatstone, Littlestone, St Mary's Bay, Dymchurch, Brookland, Brenzett, Hamstreet, Romney Marsh, Hythe, Sandgate, Folkestone, Ashford, Kent, Tenterden, Rye, Camber, Winchelsea, Dover and Canterbury.
Longer runs go anywhere in the UK. If you are outside the list, ring and ask.