Same Day Courier Elstree
Courier Elstree work runs on a call sheet, not office hours. A missing lens, a rail of costumes or a drive of rushes can hold up a whole unit, so we send one driver, one van, straight to the gate you name in WD6, whether that’s a studio on Shenley Road, a stage on the edge of Borehamwood or a supplier in Elstree village.
- Studio gate drops
- DBS-checked drivers
- Late wrap? Still open
Price Your WD6 Job
Tell us the pick-up, the studio or address, what’s going and when it’s needed on set. A real person replies with one fixed price, day or night.
Can I get a same day courier in Elstree?
Yes. We collect anywhere in WD6, Elstree village and Borehamwood alike, usually within the hour, and drive your goods direct to the drop in a van that carries nothing else. That includes studio gates, production offices and stages, where the driver hands over to the contact you name. Prices are fixed before we set off, with no postcode surcharge, and a small van starts from £39 for a local job.
Our Courier Services in Elstree
A same day courier Elstree productions, suppliers and local firms can call at any hour, for anything from one hard drive to a Luton full of set dressing. You get a quick collection, careful handling, a direct drive and a fair price, plus something a parcel network can’t give you: a driver who rings the production contact from the gate rather than leaving a card.
Kit to Set Today
Camera bodies, lenses, lighting and sound gear on set before the next set-up.
Get a QuoteProps and Set Dressing
Hired props, furniture and dressing collected from the hire house and driven straight to the stage.
Get a QuoteCostume and Wardrobe Runs
Rails, garment bags and fittings moved upright and dry, between makers and the wardrobe department.
Get a QuoteRushes and Hard Drives
Camera cards and drives handed to a named person at the edit house, never left in reception.
Get a QuoteScripts and Signed Papers
Contracts, releases and script pages in a named hand on the same afternoon.
Get a QuotePrint and Graphics
Signage, set graphics and printed boards from the printer to the art department, flat and unmarked.
Get a QuoteUrgent Trade Parts
Spares for workshops and firms on the Borehamwood estates, so a stopped job restarts sooner.
Get a QuoteOvernight and Early Calls
Collected at wrap and delivered before a 6am unit call, with a person answering throughout.
Get a QuoteIndustries We Serve in WD6
Elstree and Borehamwood live on film and television, but the town also runs on offices, shops and trade units like anywhere else. What people send us is usually time-critical, often fragile or high in value, and needs secure single handling by a driver who isn’t dropping anything else off on the way.
Print and Media
Production offices, hire houses, edit suites and graphics printers working to shoot days.
Events and Exhibitions
Studio tours, screenings, launches and the staging and lighting firms that supply them.
Retail and eCommerce
Shops along Shenley Road and online sellers shipping out of WD6 units.
Legal and Financial
Accountants, agents and solicitors sending contracts and originals into London and back.
Construction
Set builders, carpenters and fit-out firms waiting on timber, fixings, paint and tools.
Healthcare and NHS
Pharmacies, clinics and care homes moving sealed boxes to labs and hospitals.
A Courier Elstree Productions Can Plan a Day Around
Late deliveries cost more here than almost anywhere. A parcel that turns up a day late in most towns is an annoyance. On a stage in Borehamwood it can be fifty people standing by while a replacement lens is found. A rail of costumes stuck in a depot means a scene gets moved, and so does every scene after it. Your schedule doesn’t flex. So the courier has to work to it instead.
A parcel network sorts your box at a hub, sends it to a depot, then puts it on a round with eighty other drops, often four to six handlings in all. Ours is loaded once and unloaded once. Hertfordshire’s roads are busy, too, with the Department for Transport counting 7,472 million vehicle miles in the county in 2025. One driver who knows the A1 and the M1 beats a van with sixty stops. Kit for a shoot day? See our set and event kit runs.
Here’s what most courier pages skip: the gate. The council-owned Elstree Studios, BBC Elstree and Sky Studios Elstree all sit within a short drive of each other, and none of them lets a van wander in. Give us the production name, stage and contact, and register the driver with security if the production asks. We ring the contact from the gate. Lenses and screens travel strapped and blanketed, like all our camera kit and props.
Pick the van by the load. A small van suits drives, scripts and lens cases, an SWB a pallet or a few flight cases, an LWB flats and lengths up to four metres, and a Luton’s tail lift takes heavy dressing without a forklift. One fixed price covers fuel, driver and London’s ULEZ, goods are covered to £10,000, and recurring runs can be set up for a whole shoot. Our guide to packing kit for transit helps, and we run across Hertfordshire and into Barnet and Edgware daily.
Delivering to Studios in Elstree and Borehamwood
Every studio runs its own gate, and every production runs its own way of booking deliveries in. What stays the same is what we need from you, so the van doesn’t sit at a barrier while someone hunts for a name.
| What to give us | Why it matters | What the driver does with it |
|---|---|---|
| Production name | Security checks deliveries against the production, not against our company name | Gives it at the gate alongside the booking reference |
| Stage, office or department | Studio lots are large, and a box at the wrong door is a lost box | Drives to the right building and unloads there, not at the barrier |
| A named contact and mobile | Someone has to come out, sign and take the kit | Rings 15 minutes out, then again from the gate |
| Vehicle and driver details, if asked | Some productions pre-register every van that comes on site | We send the registration and driver name as soon as the job is booked |
| Unloading notes | A tail lift, a loading bay or a hand-carry to a stage changes the van you need | Brings the right van, straps and blankets, and sets the load down where it’s wanted |
Many shoot days start before 7am and wrap long after dark, and a lot of our studio work happens at the edges. A camera part that failed at 8pm needs to be on set for the morning call. Drives from the last set-up need to be at a post house before the editors arrive. That’s a normal booking for us, with a person on the phone at 2am who knows where the driver is. Nights cost a little more, still inside the one fixed price you agree before we set off.
Typical Door-to-Door Times From Elstree
These are honest ranges from Borehamwood in normal traffic. Rush hour on the M25 and the A1 stretches them, and a clear night run shortens them. You’ll get a real ETA when you book.
| Journey | Usual route | Typical door to door |
|---|---|---|
| Borehamwood to Elstree village or Radlett | Local roads | Around 10 to 20 minutes |
| Borehamwood to Leavesden | M25 or A41 | Around 25 to 40 minutes |
| Borehamwood to Park Royal | A1 or M1, then the North Circular | Around 35 to 55 minutes |
| Borehamwood to Soho or the West End | A1 or M1 into London | Around 50 to 80 minutes |
| Borehamwood to Heathrow | M25 | Around 40 to 60 minutes |
| Borehamwood to Croydon | M25 and A23, or through London | Around 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Borehamwood to Birmingham | M1 and M6 | Around 2 to 2 hours 45 minutes |
| Borehamwood to Manchester | M1 and M6 | Around 3 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes |
Elstree’s position helps. M1 Junction 4 sits just west of the village, the A1 runs along the eastern side of Borehamwood at Stirling Corner, and the M25 is a few minutes north. So a job collected here can head into London, across to the other Hertfordshire studios or straight up the M1 without crawling through a town centre first. Booking late in the afternoon? It can still be a same-day job. Ring us and we’ll tell you straight away.
Elstree, Borehamwood and the Areas Around Them
Elstree village and Borehamwood share the WD6 postcode but they aren’t the same place, which confuses plenty of drivers. We cover both, and the towns either side, at the same rates with no postcode surcharge.
| Area | What is there | Typical jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Borehamwood (WD6) | Elstree Studios on Shenley Road, BBC Elstree, Sky Studios Elstree, the town centre and its business estates | Studio kit and props, wardrobe, rushes, office documents, retail stock |
| Elstree village (WD6) | The old village at the Watling Street crossroads, schools, houses and small firms near M1 Junction 4 | Documents, home collections, trade parts, school supplies |
| Radlett and Shenley (WD7) | Villages and offices north of Borehamwood | Signed papers, single bulky items, local trade jobs |
| Edgware and Mill Hill (HA8, NW7) | The London side of the border, inside the ULEZ | Retail stock, medical boxes, deliveries into London |
| Bushey and Stanmore (WD23, HA7) | Residential streets and offices west of Elstree | Documents, small business stock, furniture |
What people need from a courier here varies more than you’d think. A hire house wants a rail of period costume at a stage by noon. An accountant on the Borehamwood estates wants year-end files on a desk in the City by five. A parent in Elstree village wants a laptop left behind at home taken to a student flat in Leeds. And a workshop on a Borehamwood estate needs a part from a Midlands supplier before a machine sits idle another day. Different loads, one shared answer: a van that goes there directly.
Choosing a Van for an Elstree Job
Pick the van by what has to fit, not by where it’s going. Not sure? Send us the sizes, the number of cases or pallets and a rough weight, and we’ll tell you which one it needs.
| Vehicle | Guide price | Typical Elstree load |
|---|---|---|
| Small van (around 400kg) | from £39 | Hard drives, lens cases, scripts, signed contracts, a few cartons |
| SWB van (around 800kg) | from £49 | Stock on a pallet, a run of flight cases, garment rails broken down |
| LWB van (around 1,200kg, 4m loads) | from £69 | Set flats, timber and lengths, lighting stands, display units |
| Luton with tail lift (around 1,000kg) | from £89 | Heavy dressing and furniture, full wardrobe rails, staging, no forklift needed |
Those are starting prices for a local job. Longer runs are priced on the distance, the van, the time of day and how fast it has to land, and it’s all fixed before we set off. Borehamwood sits outside London’s ULEZ, but most jobs from here cross into it, and that charge is already inside your price. There’s no fuel levy and no postcode surcharge. Nights, weekends and bank holidays cost a little more, still inside the one price you agree. And a straight word: if a small box can wait two days, a network parcel will cost you less. We’d rather say so.
How It Works
Four steps, with a real person on the phone at each one, whatever the hour.
Get a Fixed Quote
Tell us the pick-up, the drop, what’s going, its size and the deadline. You get one all-inclusive price, ULEZ and fuel included, which won’t change after you say yes.
Book Your Delivery
Confirm and a van and driver are assigned straight away. Give us the production name, stage and contact now, and we’ll send the van details to security if they need them.
We Collect
Usually within the hour. The driver rings ahead, checks the count with you, straps and blankets anything fragile and carries your load only, so nothing gets mixed up.
We Deliver Direct
Straight to the gate, door or stage, with no depot on the way, then a photo or signature with the name and time as proof the moment it’s handed over.
Worried a Late Delivery Will Stop the Shoot?
A shared van can’t promise anything about your one box. Ours carries only your job, goes straight there, and if traffic changes the ETA, we tell you before you ask.
Fixed All-Inclusive Quote
Fuel, driver, tolls and the ULEZ in one figure, agreed before the van leaves for your collection.
Dedicated Vehicle
Your kit and nobody else’s, loaded once at your door and unloaded once at the stage or office.
Photo and Signature POD
Proof of delivery sent the moment it lands, with the recipient’s name and the time, ready for the production office.
24/7 Human Support
A person who knows your job picks up, whether it’s a 5am call or a midnight wrap.
Anywhere in WD6, Straight to the Gate
Tell us the studio or address and the deadline. We’ll tell you honestly whether it gets there in time.
Frequently Asked Questions
What productions, local firms and residents in Elstree and Borehamwood ask us before they book.
Can I get a same day courier in Elstree?
Yes. We collect anywhere in Elstree and Borehamwood, usually within the hour, and drive your goods direct to the drop in a van that carries nothing else. Most local and London jobs land within a couple of hours. The price is fixed before we set off, and we answer the phone 24 hours a day.
Can you deliver to a film studio in Elstree or Borehamwood?
Yes. Give us the production name, the stage or office and a named contact with a mobile number. If the production pre-registers vehicles, we send the van registration and driver name when you book. The driver rings the contact from the gate and hands over in person, then sends photo or signature proof.
Is Elstree in London?
No. Elstree and Borehamwood are in Hertsmere, a borough of Hertfordshire, just north of the London border with Barnet. Edgware and Mill Hill, a few minutes south, are in London. For a booking it makes no difference: we collect and deliver on both sides of the border at the same rates.
Is Elstree in the ULEZ zone?
No. The ULEZ covers the London boroughs, and Elstree and Borehamwood sit outside them in Hertfordshire. Most of our jobs from WD6 do cross into London, though, so any ULEZ charge is built into the fixed quote. You won’t see it as a separate line or an extra bill later.
Is Elstree the same place as Borehamwood?
Not quite. Elstree is the older village to the south west, around the crossroads near M1 Junction 4, while Borehamwood is the larger town where most of the studios stand. They share the WD6 postcode and a railway station. Tell us the full address and we’ll drive to the right one.
What is the postcode for Elstree Studios?
Elstree Studios is on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, WD6 1JG. A postcode alone won’t get a van through a studio gate, though. When you book, give us the production name, stage or office and a contact, so security can check the delivery and the driver can find the right door.
Got a Shoot-Day Job That Can’t Wait?
Tell us the studio or address and the deadline. One van, one driver, one fixed price, and we’ll usually be with you within the hour.