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Same Day Courier to Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne from Kent
Kent Science Park is a secure campus, so couriers report to the gatehouse on Broadoak Road, Sittingbourne, ME9 8AG. If your lab needs consumables, an instrument spare or UN3373-packed samples today, Same Day Couriers Kent collects anywhere in Kent and drives direct, typically 25 to 40 minutes from Maidstone via the A249.
Delivery details
Delivering to Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne: what to know
What should I give you so the driver gets past the gate?
Your company name, the building and a named contact the gatehouse can call. The gatehouse has its own visitor parking. The park, run by Pioneer Group, is home to more than 60 companies in life sciences, agritech, biotech, biopharma, engineering and technology on around 65 acres. It was Shell’s research centre from 1945 until the mid-1990s, and some locals still call it the Shell site, but use the current tenant and building name.
Can you carry samples and dry ice?
Samples, yes, if you have packaged them as UN3373 in triple packaging. Dry ice is a regulated dangerous good in transport, so declare it, with the quantity and packaging, when you enquire. The same goes for any Category A substance or other dangerous goods. We assess the job before assigning a vehicle.
What else do labs here send?
Reagents that ran short mid-experiment, a part for an analyser or freezer, samples for a partner lab, and signed documents for a funding deadline. From Maidstone the driver takes the A249 towards Sittingbourne and junction 5 of the M2, around 13 to 16 miles. You get live updates and proof of delivery. Cover up to £100 is standard; if the item is worth more, tell us the value and, where extra cover can be arranged, we confirm the level and any cost before you accept.
Collection areas
Kent towns we collect from for Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne deliveries
Courier services
Which courier service do you need?
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Same Day Courier
Need it there today, or by a deadline you can’t move? We collect from your door in Kent and drive it direct to the recipient, anywhere in the UK, in a vehicle for your job alone.
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International Hand-Carry Courier
Too important to leave with a network? One of our couriers carries it personally from Kent to the recipient overseas, by road or on board a flight, and hands it over in person.
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Scheduled & Contract Courier
Booking the same journey every week? Agree your collection points, times and vehicle once, and we run it on the days you set.
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Medical & Healthcare Courier
Specimens due at the lab before it closes? We collect from your clinic, surgery or lab in Kent and drive them direct, signed for at each end.
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Schools & Education Courier
Something a school, college or trust needs today? We collect in Kent and drive it direct between sites, to a trip or to a supplier, with a named handover.
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Small Business Courier
No van or driver of your own? Book a courier when you need one. We collect from your business in Kent and drive it direct to your customer or supplier, anywhere in the UK.
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Engineering & Manufacturing Courier
Line down waiting on a part, or a batch due at the next process? We collect in Kent and drive it straight to your engineer, subcontractor or customer the same day.
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Legal Document Courier
Your court bundles, original deeds and completion papers, collected from your office in Kent and handed to a named recipient, with the time recorded.
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Aviation & AOG Courier
Aircraft grounded, or freight that has to make today’s flight? We collect in Kent and drive it to the hangar, MRO or cargo shed, planned around your cut-off.
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Exhibition & Event Courier
Stand kit, graphics, samples or the box that got left behind, collected in Kent and delivered to your venue’s loading bay, timed to your booked slot.
Why not a parcel network?
The Same Day Couriers Kent difference
Less handling on the way
For most same-day jobs, your consignment travels directly with the assigned driver. It is not normally taken to a depot, sorted or moved between vehicles.
The vehicle you actually need
We match the vehicle to your job, from a motorcycle for documents to a 7.5-tonne lorry with tail-lift for pallets, so you're not paying for spare capacity.
You know where it is
The driver keeps you updated while the job is running, and proof of delivery gives you the recipient's name and the time of handover.
Cover agreed before you book
Every consignment includes cover up to £100. Worth more? Tell us the value and, where extra insurance can be arranged, we confirm the cover and cost before you accept.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
At the gatehouse at the entrance on Broadoak Road, Sittingbourne, which has its own visitor car park. Same Day Couriers Kent needs your company, building and a named contact who can be called from the gate. Proof of delivery then records the recipient’s name and time.
Only once it is declared. Dry ice is a regulated dangerous good in transport, so tell Same Day Couriers Kent the quantity and packaging when you enquire, and the job is assessed before a vehicle is assigned. The samples themselves must be packaged by you to UN3373.
Typically 25 to 40 minutes for the 13 to 16 miles via the A249 and Sittingbourne to Broadoak Road. Same Day Couriers Kent drives your consignment direct, and the driver sends live updates as the vehicle approaches the gatehouse.
Yes. Kent Science Park occupies the former Shell research centre outside Sittingbourne, which Shell ran from 1945 until the mid-1990s. Same Day Couriers Kent delivers there today at Broadoak Road, ME9 8AG, so give the current tenant and building name rather than an old Shell reference.