Tuesday 8 March 2011

The Sexy National Hub

(Information provided by the Parcelforce website)

Our hubs

We operate a hub and spoke collection and delivery system with 53 depots across the UK feeding two state-of-the-art hubs in the midlands. One hub is for UK parcels and the other for International parcels.
Having invested millions of pounds in state of the art technology, our highly automated tracking and sorting centres make light work of all your delivery needs.

The National Centre


  • Covers 24,000 square metres and is a quarter of a mile in length
  • Designed to handle 58,500 parcels per hour
  • Processes more than 35 million parcels every year
  • State-of-the-art scanning technology offering 270 degree bar code reading stations
  • At peak times we take delivery of a fully laden vehicle every 45 seconds
  • On site learning resource centre adds to the development of our staff
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According to Google Maps, the Parcelforce Worldwide National Hub is located at Siskin Parkway West, Middlemarch Business Park Coventry CV3 4PF 

And now it needs to get to my house. if it came straight here it could travel like this:

Driving directions to Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE6 5TY, UK

Suggested routes

  1. 1.
    3 hours 44 mins
    M1 and A1(M)
    210 mi
  2. 2.
    4 hours 35 mins
    M6
    257 mi
Coventry, West Midlands CV3 4PF
UK
1. Head northwest

0.6 mi
2. Turn right toward Stoneleigh Rd

0.2 mi
3. Continue straight onto Stoneleigh Rd

0.2 mi
4. Slight right at Coventry Rd

0.3 mi
5. Take the 3rd right onto Rowley Rd

1.2 mi
6. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Siskin Dr

210 ft
7. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A46 heading to Leicester/M69/Nuneaton/M6/Coventry (E)/Coventry (N)/Binley
Go through 1 roundabout

3.0 mi
8. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A46 heading to Leicester/M69/Coventry (N)/Nuneaton/M6/Ansty

2.5 mi
9. Continue onto M69 Motorway

15.0 mi
10. At junction 3, exit onto M1 toward Nottingham

59.3 mi
11. At junction 32, exit onto M18 toward Doncaster/Hull

8.8 mi
12. At junction 2, exit onto A1(M)

8.4 mi
13. Continue onto A1

2.6 mi
14. Continue onto A1(M)

15.4 mi
15. Take the exit onto A1(M)

25.2 mi
16. Continue onto A1

23.0 mi
17. Continue onto A1(M)

34.4 mi
18. Slight left at A1 (signs for Newcastle/Gateshead)

4.8 mi
19. Exit onto A184 toward Gateshead/Newcastle (Centre)

1.4 mi
20. Take the ramp to Redheugh Bridge Roundabout

466 ft
21. At Redheugh Bridge Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Askew Rd/A184

0.7 mi
22. Slight left at Askew Rd

89 ft
23. Take the 1st left onto High St N/A167
Continue to follow A167

0.4 mi
24. Continue onto A167(M)

0.7 mi
25. Take the ramp on the right to A1058/Jesmond/B1600

0.2 mi
26. Merge onto A167(M)

440 ft
27. Continue straight onto Jesmond Rd/A1058
Continue to follow A1058

1.1 mi
28. Take the exit

0.1 mi
29. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Chillingham Rd/A188 heading to Heaton

0.2 mi
30. Turn left at Ravenswood Rd

0.2 mi
31. Turn left at Addycombe Terrace
Destination will be on the left

407 ft
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE6 5TY
UK

 Est. fuel cost: £37.94

In the meantime, let's watch Buster Keaton play the ukulele

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