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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."
Import and export forwarding for Lichfield — Felixstowe, Southampton and London Gateway feed A38 directly, with container unloading and QC at the far end.
Import and export forwarding serving Lichfield: the ports feeding A38, A5, A5127, M6 Toll (T5) and M42 (J9) are Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway, Liverpool and Immingham, and cargo can come straight into our warehouse 45 minutes from DIRFT to be unloaded, checked and put away ready to pick.
Most freight problems happen in the handover between suppliers. The fix is for the handovers to be internal.
The right mode for the cargo and the deadline — air when it has to be there, sea for volume, road for Europe — arranged as one movement rather than three bookings.
Commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin and customs entries prepared and checked before the goods move, not after they are held.
Most forwarders hand you cargo at a dock. We can take it straight into our own building, unload it, check it and hold it.
Freight is quoted per movement because the routing, mode and commodity decide the cost. What is fixed is the handling at this end — unloading, checking and storage all run on the published WSUK rate card.
Pay-per-use published rates with no commitment.
Locked-in rates on multi-year SLAs.
Full and part container loads, port to door.
Deadline-driven air freight and European groupage.
Unload, count against PO and QC before put-away.
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.
The reason import stock lands in this part of the country is that Staffordshire is where the ports and the national distribution network meet. For a Lichfield importer that means shorter inland legs, cheaper drayage and stock that is sellable sooner.
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 freight forwarding 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.
Yes — collection at origin, main carriage by air, sea or road, customs documentation, and delivery into Lichfield or straight into our Golden Triangle warehouse. One point of contact and one invoice for the whole movement.
Usually Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway, Liverpool or Immingham by sea, and East Midlands, Birmingham or Heathrow by air — all of which feed the motorway network serving Lichfield directly.
Yes. Commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin and import or export entries are prepared and checked before the goods move, and we coordinate clearance with the broker.
Freight itself is quoted per movement, since mode, routing and commodity decide it. Handling at this end is published: container unloading and QC from £75, palletising from £12.50, storage from £4.50 per pallet per week.
Yes, and most Lichfield importers prefer it. It is unloaded, counted against your PO, inspected, palletised and put away ready to pick — no second company and no waiting for a booking slot somewhere else.
| What you get | WSUK | Generic 3PL / DIY |
|---|---|---|
| Quote returned within 2 hours | Yes | Rarely |
| Air, sea and road arranged as one movement | Yes | Rarely |
| Customs documentation checked before departure | Yes | Rarely |
| One point of contact, one invoice | Yes | Rarely |
| Delivered into our own warehouse | Yes | Rarely |
| Container unloaded and QC-checked from £75 | Yes | Rarely |
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