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Courier Jobs With Your Own Van in Durham

Courier work for your own van in and around Durham: bulky items from shops, marketplaces and storage, collected and delivered the same day.

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Courier Jobs With Your Own Van work in Durham

We’re new in Durham, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

Durham, County Durham, is home to 50,502 people and covers DH1, and the nearest towns are Ushaw Moor and Bearpark (2.5 miles), Brandon (2.9 miles), Sacriston (3.3 miles) and Chester-le-Street (5 miles). No partner covers Durham yet. A single item within Durham pays you £23.20; a full van to Ushaw Moor and Bearpark pays £81.60.

How much work there is around Durham

We’re new in Durham, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

A full-van move from Durham pays you £81.60 to Ushaw Moor and Bearpark (2.5 miles), £82.40 to Brandon (2.9 miles), £82.40 to Sacriston (3.3 miles), £84.80 to Chester-le-Street (5 miles) and £84.80 to Fence Houses (5.1 miles).

Jobs start in DH1 and the towns close by, and most stay within 15 miles. Longer ones go to Sunderland (10.6 miles) and Newcastle upon Tyne (15.1 miles) and London (234.1 miles).

What you earn from Durham

JobCustomer paysYou get
Within Durham: a single item£29£23.20
Within Durham: half a van£46£36.80
Within Durham: a full van, two people£102£81.60
Durham to Ushaw Moor and Bearpark: a full van, two people£102£81.60
Durham to Brandon: a full van, two people£103£82.40
Durham to Sacriston: a full van, two people£103£82.40
A 3-bed house (Luton, two people) from Durham£183£146.40

Worked out by our quote engine with today’s prices: you keep 80% of every job. When the customer chooses two people, the extra £30 for your second person is all yours, on top.

Work out what you’d earn

About £185.60 a week, £804 a month, before your costs and tax.

Bulky deliveries, not parcel rounds

These aren’t 100-drop parcel days. A typical job is one to three drops: a sofa from Dragon Lane Retail Park, a wardrobe bought on a marketplace in Durham, boxes out of Box Clever. You load, strap, drive and carry it in.

Where the work goes around Durham

  • Box Clever
    Self storage · 0.1 miles from the centre
  • Durham
    Station · 0.4 miles from the centre
  • Permit parking
    Permit parking · 0.5 miles from the centre
  • Visitor Parking
    Permit parking · 1.4 miles from the centre
  • Dragon Lane Retail Park
    Retail park (collections) · 1.4 miles from the centre
  • North Durham Retail Park
    Retail park (collections) · 1.4 miles from the centre
  • Staff & Postgraduates
    Permit parking · 1.4 miles from the centre
  • DH1 Storage
    Self storage · 1.6 miles from the centre

Durham had 50,502 people at the 2021 Census. Permit zones and recycling centre rules are on each offer, so you know before you go.

Join in Durham

  1. A driving licence, your van and hire-and-reward insurance

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Questions

How much work is there in Durham?

We’re new in Durham, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

What does a job pay from Durham?

A single item within Durham pays you £23.20, a full van with two people £81.60, a 3-bed house about £146.40. You keep 80%, plus the whole £30 when the customer adds a second person.

Where do jobs from Durham go?

Mostly to Ushaw Moor and Bearpark (2.5 miles), Brandon (2.9 miles), Sacriston (3.3 miles) and Chester-le-Street (5 miles), and sometimes to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. You set how far you’ll go.

Do I need my own van?

Yes: these jobs are for owner-drivers and small firms. No van? Help our drivers as a driver’s mate instead.