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Owner-Driver Jobs in Penrith

Owner-driver work in and around Penrith: you drive your own van, pick your days and keep 80% of each fixed-price job.

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Owner-Driver work in Penrith

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

Penrith, Cumbria, is home to 16,705 people and covers CA11. No partner covers Penrith yet. A single item within Penrith pays you £23.20; a full van to Carlisle pays £97.60.

How much work there is around Penrith

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

A full-van move from Penrith pays you £97.60 to Carlisle (17.4 miles), £100 to Wigton (19.5 miles), £103.20 to Kendal (23.4 miles), £104 to Cockermouth (24.2 miles) and £108.80 to Maryport (29.6 miles).

Jobs start in CA11 and the towns close by, and most stay within 15 miles. Longer ones go to Newcastle upon Tyne (49.9 miles) and Sunderland (56 miles) and London (243.8 miles).

What you earn from Penrith

JobCustomer paysYou get
Within Penrith: a single item£29£23.20
Within Penrith: half a van£46£36.80
Within Penrith: a full van, two people£102£81.60
Penrith to Carlisle: a full van, two people£122£97.60
Penrith to Wigton: a full van, two people£125£100
Penrith to Kendal: a full van, two people£129£103.20
A 3-bed house (Luton, two people) from Penrith£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.

Being an owner-driver with us in Penrith

You’re your own boss: the van, the days and the jobs you take around Penrith and Carlisle are yours to choose. We find the customers, take the payment up front and send the job to your phone with the price, the items, the access and the route.

Where the work goes around Penrith

  • Devonshire Shopping Aracde
    Retail park (collections) · 0.1 miles from the centre
  • Permit parking
    Permit parking · 0.1 miles from the centre
  • Penrith (North Lakes)
    Station · 0.3 miles from the centre
  • Castle Retail Park
    Retail park (collections) · 0.5 miles from the centre
  • Flusco Recycling Centre
    Recycling centre (tip runs) · 3.2 miles from the centre
  • Langwathby
    Station · 4.1 miles from the centre
  • Bousteads Grassing Household Waste Recycling Centre
    Recycling centre (tip runs) · 16.9 miles from the centre
  • Ambleside Household Waste Recycling Centre
    Recycling centre (tip runs) · 18.6 miles from the centre

Penrith had 16,705 people at the 2021 Census. Permit zones and recycling centre rules are on each offer, so you know before you go.

Join in Penrith

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

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Questions

How much work is there in Penrith?

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

What does a job pay from Penrith?

A single item within Penrith 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 Penrith go?

Mostly to Carlisle (17.4 miles), Wigton (19.5 miles), Kendal (23.4 miles) and Cockermouth (24.2 miles), and sometimes to Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland. 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.