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"Fradley Park was the obvious call for us and WSUK made it painless. The M6 Toll at T5 means our trucks dodge the worst of the M6 and still make Birmingham drops on schedule."
Cross-docking for Lichfield distributors — inbound broken down, re-sorted against your outbound routes and loaded back out the same day, with no storage charge.
WSUK runs flow-through distribution for Lichfield — multi-supplier consolidation into full outbound loads, retailer labelling applied on the way through, and same-day load-out with POD per drop. From £75 per container. A38, A5, A5127, M6 Toll (T5) and M42 (J9) on the doorstep; we also cover Tamworth and Cannock.
Cross-docking is a timing discipline. The goods only stay still long enough to be sorted into the right outbound lane.
Containers and full loads devanned, checked against the manifest and broken down into the units your outbound actually needs.
Cargo re-sorted by customer, route or retailer, and consolidated with other inbound so each outbound vehicle leaves full.
Loaded back out the same working day against your delivery plan, with paperwork and labelling done before the vehicle arrives.
Cross-docking is priced on handling rather than storage, because nothing is stored. Short-term rate card covers ad-hoc and project flows; long-term contract rates apply to regular scheduled lanes where volumes are predictable.
Pay-per-use published rates with no commitment.
Locked-in rates on multi-year SLAs.
Unloaded, checked against manifest and broken down.
Sorted by route or customer and rebuilt for outbound.
For anything that cannot go straight back out.
Indicative ranges based on standard requirements. Bespoke / hazardous / temperature-controlled goods are quoted separately. Get an exact quote for your volumes →
For a cathedral city, Lichfield carries a surprisingly heavy logistics footprint, and the reason is simple: Fradley Park sits on its doorstep. That park has become one of the fastest-growing distribution locations in the Midlands, strung along the A38 with quick reach to the A5 and the M6 Toll at T5. Sitting in Staffordshire's WS13 and WS14 postcodes, Lichfield is roughly 45 minutes from the DIRFT and Rugby core - further out than the triangle's heart, but firmly plugged into the same motorway grid.
The A38 is Lichfield's backbone, running north towards Burton and south into Birmingham, while the M6 Toll at T5 and the M42 at Junction 9 give operators a way to skirt the congested central motorway box. That combination is exactly what has drawn big-shed distribution to Fradley Park, alongside Britannia Enterprise Park and the older Trent Valley estate. Together they offer a spread of modern logistics units and light-industrial space within a couple of minutes of a trunk road.
Lichfield's business base is weighted towards distribution, logistics and light manufacturing, and its neighbours reinforce that character. Tamworth's Relay Park lies just east across the M42, Cannock's warehousing cluster sits west along the A5 and M6 Toll, and Burton upon Trent - Britain's brewing capital - is a short run north on the A38. Goods routed through Lichfield can therefore tap into a dense Staffordshire logistics network without ever leaving the A38 corridor for long.
For cross-docking, Lichfield's position is the whole point: this is where inbound from the ports and outbound to the rest of the country naturally meet. Goods are received, re-sorted against your routes and loaded back out the same day, never entering storage.
A38, A5, A5127, M6 Toll (T5) and M42 (J9).
~45 min from the DIRFT / Rugby Golden-Triangle core.
Distribution, logistics and light manufacturing.
Operating from the Golden Triangle on A38, A5, A5127, M6 Toll (T5) and M42 (J9) — around 45 minutes from the DIRFT core, and within easy reach of Tamworth, Cannock and Burton upon Trent.
From first contact to live operation, our typical onboarding takes less than a week.
Volumes, SKUs, peak season, integrations. One 10-minute call is enough.
Transparent line-item pricing on a single page — no hidden fees, no jargon.
Walk the floor with our ops team. Bring your operations lead, not just procurement.
Stock in, scanning live, integrations active. Daily standups for the first two weeks.
Local answers for Lichfield, plus the questions every cross-docking client asks.
Fradley Park, on the A38 just outside the city, is one of the Midlands' fastest-growing distribution parks. Add the M6 Toll at T5 and the M42 at Junction 9 and Lichfield gives operators big-shed capacity with a clean run around the central motorway box.
Lichfield sits roughly 45 minutes from the DIRFT/Rugby core in the WS13 and WS14 postcodes. It is on the outer edge of the triangle, but the A38 and M6 Toll keep the trunk run into the hub straightforward.
We work across Fradley Park for modern distribution units, Britannia Enterprise Park, and the established Trent Valley estate. That range lets us place light-industrial and larger logistics stock close to the A38 as needed.
Yes. Tamworth's Relay Park is just east over the M42 and Cannock's warehousing cluster sits west along the A5 and M6 Toll. We route between them regularly, so Lichfield works well as a Staffordshire staging point.
It does. Joining at T5 lets vehicles bypass the busiest stretch of the M6 through the conurbation, which makes southbound and Birmingham-bound runs from Lichfield more predictable, especially at peak times.
Inbound arrives at our Golden Triangle warehouse, is checked against the manifest as it comes off, re-sorted against your outbound routes or customers, and loaded back out the same working day. Nothing is put away, so there is no storage charge.
When the stock already has a destination before it lands — allocated retail orders, multi-supplier consolidation, pre-sold containers. If it still has to wait for demand, ordinary storage is cheaper and simpler.
Container devanning, manifest check and break-down from £75 per container, palletising from £12.50, wrap and band £3.50. Re-sort and consolidation is quoted per flow. No storage charge, because nothing is stored.
Yes — inbound from multiple suppliers is combined into full outbound loads by destination, which cuts vehicle numbers and cost per drop for Lichfield distributors running regular lanes.
It drops into storage in the same building from £4.50 per pallet per week, handled by the same team. Nothing gets stranded and nothing has to be sent back.
| What you get | WSUK | Generic 3PL / DIY |
|---|---|---|
| Live within 24–72 hours | Yes | Rarely |
| Same-day inbound to outbound | Yes | Rarely |
| No put-away and no storage charge | Yes | Rarely |
| No setup fee & no minimum | Yes | Rarely |
| Retailer labelling applied on the way through | Yes | Rarely |
| Overflow storage in the same building | Yes | Rarely |
We provide cross-docking across Lichfield, Staffordshire and the wider Golden Triangle — Tamworth, Cannock and Burton upon Trent and beyond. Explore nearby service areas.
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