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Retail Fulfilment for Portsmouth brands that would rather not sign for Hampshire space. Stock held at Lutterworth, picked to your spec, away the same working day.
Yes - WSUK covers Portsmouth for retail fulfilment. Capacity is central (Lutterworth, about 2 hours 35 away), delivery into PO1-PO6 is next-day, and the route in uses M27, M275, A3(M) and A27. No setup fee, no minimum commitment, monthly rolling. Havant and Fareham are included as standard.
Everything a Portsmouth business needs from a retail fulfilment partner, run from central Midlands capacity with M27, M275, A3(M) and A27 on the final leg.
Packed so the store colleague can put it out without unpacking and repacking — shelf-ready trays, display units and correctly faced outers.
Bulk replenishment into a retailer’s distribution centre, or smaller consolidated drops direct to individual stores, depending on the account.
SSCC and buyer-spec labels, ASN messaging and booked delivery windows — the three things retail chargebacks almost always come from.
Portsmouth and Hampshire pricing, line by line. Nothing is bundled and nothing is hidden behind a minimum spend.
Pay-per-use published rates with no commitment.
Locked-in rates on multi-year SLAs.
Case and unit picking for store orders.
Built, wrapped, SSCC-labelled, ASN raised.
Slot booked and hit, POD returned.
Indicative ranges based on standard requirements. Bespoke / hazardous / temperature-controlled goods are quoted separately. Get an exact quote for your volumes →
Portsmouth is built on an island, and that is not a detail - it is the controlling fact for anyone delivering here. Access runs through a small number of crossings, with the M275 spur dropping off the M27 into the city as the main freight route. The A3(M) comes down from the north and the A27 runs east-west along the coast. PO1 to PO6 cover the island and the immediate mainland fringe.
Because land is tight, Portsmouth's commercial estates are compact and mostly concentrated around the northern part of the island and the mainland edge: Dundas Lane and the Airport Service Road area near the old airfield, Voyager Park off the M275, and Farlington on the mainland side by the A27. Larger requirements generally go to Havant or Fareham rather than the city itself.
The naval dockyard anchors the local economy and a substantial defence and marine engineering cluster sits around it. Portsmouth International Port adds ferry freight to France, Spain and the Channel Islands, along with a fresh produce trade. For brands, the island geography argues for planned delivery windows rather than open-ended slots. Havant is seven miles north-east, Fareham nine north-west and Gosport across the harbour.
For retail fulfilment specifically, WSUK replenishes stores and regional distribution centres to the retailer's own labelling, ASN and booking requirements, because the deductions that erode supplier margin are nearly always process failures. Stock for Portsmouth is held at our Lutterworth site and trunked overnight, so you get Hampshire delivery without Hampshire rent.
M27, M275, A3(M) and A27.
About 145 miles / 2 hours 35 from our Lutterworth site.
Naval and defence, marine engineering, ferry freight and retail.
Portsmouth operations come to WSUK for the arithmetic: central capacity costs less per order than Hampshire space, and PO1-PO6 still gets next-day delivery on M27, M275, A3(M) and A27.
What happens between your first call and the first Portsmouth order leaving the floor - typically less than a week end to end.
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.
Yes. Access runs through a limited number of crossings, with the M275 spur off the M27 as the main freight route into the city. Planned delivery windows work considerably better here than open-ended slots, particularly at peak traffic times.
Mostly in the northern part of the island and along the mainland edge - Dundas Lane, the Airport Service Road area, Voyager Park off the M275 and Farlington by the A27. Land is tight, so larger requirements usually go to Havant or Fareham.
Ferry freight to France, Spain and the Channel Islands, along with a fresh produce trade. That sits alongside the naval dockyard and the defence and marine engineering cluster around it.
Around 145 miles from Lutterworth, roughly two hours thirty-five via the M1, M25 and A3. Stock is held in the Midlands and trunked overnight for next-day delivery across the PO postcodes.
Yes. Havant is seven miles north-east, Fareham nine north-west and Gosport sits across the harbour. All are normally covered on a single arrangement, with routing planned around the harbour rather than through it.
| What you get | WSUK | Generic 3PL / DIY |
|---|---|---|
| Live within 24–72 hours | Yes | Rarely |
| Shelf-ready and display-ready packing | Yes | Rarely |
| SSCC labelling and ASN raised as standard | Yes | Rarely |
| No setup fee & no minimum | Yes | Rarely |
| Delivery booked into the retailer’s window | Yes | Rarely |
| POD returned against every drop | Yes | Rarely |
We provide retail fulfilment across Portsmouth, Hampshire and the surrounding area - Havant, Fareham and Gosport among them. Explore nearby service areas.
Request a quote for retail fulfilment into Portsmouth, Havant and Fareham - no setup fee, no minimum commitment.