Bath's creative and digital sectors have grown by more than 11% in recent years – and that expansion produces freight that needs road haulage beyond what parcel carriers can handle. Publishing houses, design studios, and technology firms across the city dispatch palletised loads on a regular basis: printed catalogues, IT hardware, exhibition builds, and specialist packaging materials. The city's two universities – the University of Bath and Bath Spa University – add further volume through procurement cycles for laboratory instrumentation, construction materials for campus projects, and research components that require defined collection windows.
Road haulage in Bath covers this full range of commercial cargo. With zipmend, you select the vehicle class that matches your load – whether that is a rigid lorry for a compact consignment or a curtainsider for multi-pallet freight – and receive a binding price at the point of booking. There are no open quotation rounds, no callbacks to wait for, and no ambiguity about costs. The entire process runs through online booking: enter your collection and delivery addresses, confirm the load specifications, and the transport is confirmed.
For businesses evaluating haulage options, the practical difference lies in predictability. Every booking defines a vehicle, a schedule, and a price before your cargo leaves the premises. Lorry transport from Bath connects manufacturers, professional services firms, and university procurement teams to the wider UK logistics grid – with full visibility from pickup to proof of delivery and a single point of coordination throughout.
The small van is ideal for transporting packages or documents. It has space for up to 2 Europallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear, has no dock height, and no tail lift.
The small van is ideal for transporting packages or documents. It has space for up to 2 Euro pallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear, has no dock height, and no tail lift.
Capacity
Max. shipment weight
up to 400 kg
The medium van is suitable for up to 4 Europallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear, has no dock height, and no tail lift.
The medium van is suitable for up to 4 Euro pallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear, has no dock height, and no tail lift.
Capacity
Max. shipment weight
up to 800 kg
The large van can carry up to 5 euro pallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear and has no dock-height access and no tail lift.
The large van can carry up to 5 euro pallets. The vehicle can only be loaded from the rear and has no dock-height access and no tail lift.
Capacity:
Maximum shipment weight:
up to 1,200 kg
The curtain-side van is suitable for heavy shipments and can carry up to 8 euro pallets. The vehicle can be loaded from the side and from the rear and has no dock-height access and no tail lift.
The curtain-side van can carry up to 8 euro pallets. The vehicle can be loaded from the side and from the rear. The vehicle has no dock-height access and no tail lift.
Capacity:
Maximum shipment weight:
up to 1,000 kg
The van with lifting platform is suitable for heavy shipments and can carry up to 8 Europallets. The vehicle can be loaded from the rear, it has no dock height.
The van with tail lift is suitable for heavy shipments and can load up to 8 Europallets. The vehicle can be loaded from the rear, it has no dock height.
Capacity:
per package up to 200 x 150 x 200 cm
Max. shipment weight:
per package up to 500 kg
up to 800kg in total
The 3t partial load is suitable for up to 14 pallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. A tail lift is available as an additional service.
The 3t partial load is suitable for up to 14 Europallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. A tail lift is available as an additional service.
Fits inside
Max. shipment weight
up to 3,000 kg
The 5t partial load is suitable for up to 14 pallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. A tail lift is available as an additional service.
The 5t partial load is suitable for up to 14 Europallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. A tail lift is available as an additional service.
Fits inside
Max. shipment weight
up to 5,000 kg
The 12t partial load is suitable for up to 18 pallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. The vehicle does not have a tail lift.
The 12t partial load is suitable for up to 18 Europallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. The vehicle does not have a tail lift.
Fits inside
Max. shipment weight
up to 12,000 kg
Our standard truck can carry up to 33 pallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. The vehicle does not have a tail lift.
Our standard truck can carry up to 33 Europallets. The tarpaulin truck can be loaded from the rear and the side and is at dock height. The vehicle does not have a tail lift.
Max. shipment weight
up to 24,000 kg
The prices for our freight forwarding services include 120 minutes for loading, unloading, and other waiting times. Each additional started hour costs 60 € net. No loading or unloading assistance from the driver. We do not conduct pallet exchanges. Island transports are generally only possible on request. Invoicing is done via email.
| Vehicle | Price | Dimensions | Payload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small van | from 49 € | 2 Europallets 160 x 120 x 120 cm |
Max. 400 kg |
| Mid-Sized van | from 69 € |
4 Europallets 320 x 130 x 160 cm |
Max. 800 kg |
| Large van | from 119 € |
5 Europallets 420 x 135 x 180 cm |
Max. 1,200 kg |
| Curtainside van | from 149 € |
8 Europallets 420 x 210 x 210 cm |
Max. 1,000 kg |
| Tail lift and pallet truck | from 179 € | 8 Europallets 420 x 210 x 210 cm (200 x 150 x 200 cm per package) |
Max. 800 kg (500 kg per package) |
| Vehicle | Price | Dimensions | Payload |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3t Partial load | from 159 € | 14 Europallets 600 x 240 x 230 cm |
Max. 3,000 kg |
| 5t Partial load | from 189 € |
14 Europallets 600 x 240 x 230 cm |
Max. 5,000kg |
| 12t Partial load | from 249 € |
18 Europallets 720 x 240 x 270 cm |
Max. 12,000 kg |
| Standard-Truck | from 279 € | 33 Europallets 1,360 x 245 x 270 cm |
Max. 24,000kg |
The prices for our freight forwarding services include 120 minutes for loading, unloading, and other waiting times. Each additional started hour costs 60 € net. No loading or unloading assistance from the driver. We do not conduct pallet exchanges. Island transports are generally only possible on request. Invoicing is done via email.
Bath sits within the South West's most productive commercial corridor. Bristol, roughly 13 miles to the northwest, is one of the region's largest economic centres, with established strength in aerospace and advanced engineering. Swindon to the east adds automotive heritage and a growing financial services sector. Freight demand across this triangle is substantial, and Bath occupies a strong position at its centre – well connected to both hubs and to the road network linking them to the rest of the country.
Rapid vehicle availability across this transport network and far beyond means your freight reaches destinations throughout the United Kingdom and continental Europe without prolonged waiting times. The short distances between Bath and the South West's principal commercial hubs translate into fast first-mile collection and competitive transit times – a tangible advantage when your cargo operates on tight schedules.
The economic connections running through Bath create a varied pattern of freight demand across southern England and beyond. Bristol, the South West's largest city, is the most frequent commercial destination for loads leaving the area. Consignments range from printed marketing materials bound for distribution partners to construction supplies heading for development projects in the wider metropolitan area. The aerospace corridor north of Bristol generates demand for precision components and sub-assemblies that require careful handling and clearly defined delivery windows.
East of Bath, the corridor toward Swindon and onward into the home counties connects the city with one of Britain's most active technology and logistics belts. Businesses in Bath supplying components, finished goods, or packaging to operations along this route benefit from short transit distances and straightforward motorway access. For loads heading north, the route into the Midlands opens access to one of the UK's densest manufacturing regions – automotive plants, engineering workshops, and distribution centres that draw regular freight from the South West.
Southampton, roughly 80 miles to the southeast and handling a significant share of the UK's containerised international trade, is another natural destination. Businesses involved in import or export supply chains frequently need haulage between their Bath premises and the port's container terminals – whether for pre-carriage ahead of a sea freight departure or onward distribution after goods arrive. The regularity of these freight movements makes reliable scheduling essential – a missed port slot can delay an entire export consignment by days.
A publishing house dispatching a full curtainsider of catalogues to a national distributor and a university department moving laboratory instrumentation to a research partner both depend on the same thing: knowing exactly when their cargo will arrive. zipmend provides continuous progress updates from collection through to confirmed delivery, so your downstream activities – warehouse staffing, production schedules, project milestones – can be planned with confidence rather than estimates. Every load is managed by a single contact, with no hand-offs and no information gaps along the way.
A full truck is too big for what you want to send? No problem, because we also offer express journeys with smaller vehicles and a maximum payload of 1200kg.