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"Relay Park is the reason we chose Tamworth. Straight onto the M42, and the M6 Toll lets us skip the Birmingham crawl entirely. Our southbound schedules have never been more predictable. First-class distribution address."
Same-day cross-dock for Tamworth — retailer labelling applied on the way through, so the load arrives compliant without ever being put away.
Cross-docking for Tamworth: inbound received and checked against the manifest, broken down, re-sorted against your outbound routes and loaded back out the same working day — no put-away, no storage charge. Devanning from £75 per container, palletising £12.50, wrap £3.50. Reached via M42 (J10), A5, A38 and M6 Toll (T3), 40 minutes from the DIRFT core.
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 →
Tamworth stakes its logistics reputation on Relay Park, a landmark distribution address that has become one of the most recognisable big-shed locations in the Midlands. Sitting across the B77-B79 postcodes in Staffordshire, the town commands a genuinely strong road position: the M42 at Junction 10, the historic A5 Watling Street and the M6 Toll at T3 all converge here, giving national operators fast, congestion-avoiding access in every direction. National distribution, logistics and manufacturing form the backbone of local employment.
Beyond Relay Park, the Tame Valley Industrial Estate and the Amington area add further industrial and warehousing capacity, spreading logistics activity across the town rather than concentrating it in one spot. The M6 Toll is the quiet advantage - offering a reliable bypass of the notoriously congested Birmingham stretch of the M6 - while the A5 provides an alternative trunk route east and west. Neighbours Lichfield, Cannock, Nuneaton and Atherstone share the same distribution-corridor character, reinforcing this northern Warwickshire-Staffordshire border as serious warehousing country.
From Tamworth, the DIRFT and Rugby core is around forty minutes away, placing the town on the north-western reach of the Golden Triangle. That drive-time keeps Tamworth firmly within the national distribution catchment while giving it the added edge of M6 Toll access for operators who value predictable transit over the shortest theoretical route. With Relay Park's scale, three strategic road links and neighbouring logistics towns all around, Tamworth earns its standing as a heavyweight Midlands distribution address.
For cross-docking, Tamworth'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.
M42 (J10), A5, A38 and M6 Toll (T3).
~40 min from the DIRFT / Rugby Golden-Triangle core.
National distribution, logistics and manufacturing.
Operating from the Golden Triangle on M42 (J10), A5, A38 and M6 Toll (T3) — around 40 minutes from the DIRFT core, and within easy reach of Lichfield, Cannock and Nuneaton.
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 Tamworth, plus the questions every cross-docking client asks.
Relay Park is a landmark national distribution address and Tamworth's flagship logistics location, drawing major operators to its big-shed units. Sitting by the M42 J10 and A5, it's a prime base for warehousing serving the whole Midlands and beyond.
The M42 at Junction 10, the A5 Watling Street and the M6 Toll at T3 all meet at Tamworth. That gives operators fast, flexible routing across the B77-B79 area, with the Toll offering a reliable alternative to the congested M6 through Birmingham.
Considerably. The M6 Toll (T3) lets Tamworth-based vehicles bypass the heavily congested Birmingham stretch of the M6, giving more predictable transit times - a real advantage for scheduled national distribution and time-critical loads.
Tame Valley Industrial Estate and the Amington area both provide industrial and warehousing space, spreading capacity across the town. The best fit depends on unit size and whether you need Relay Park's motorway-front profile or a more standard industrial setting.
About forty minutes via the M42 and A5 links. That puts Tamworth on the north-western edge of the Golden Triangle, well within national distribution range and with the bonus of M6 Toll access for smoother southern transits.
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 Tamworth 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 Tamworth, Staffordshire and the wider Golden Triangle — Lichfield, Cannock and Nuneaton and beyond. Explore nearby service areas.
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