Leeds · Refrigerated transport
The pedestrian zone in central Leeds closes to deliveries at 10.30am, and New Briggate opens to them only at 5am: so our night refrigerated round has to have served those streets before mid-morning. Our partner couriers in Leeds collect your chilled or frozen products at your central kitchen or your wholesaler, deliver first to the restaurants and shops in the centre, then to the supermarkets and canteens of Bradford, Wakefield or Kirklees, each one before it opens to the public.
Cold chain in Leeds
Our night round reaches New Briggate, north of The Headrow, after 5am and must have left by 10.30am; it can deliver to Albion Place from 7pm the evening before, and to Briggate until 10.30am. So we put the restaurants and shops on these streets at the head of the round, and the addresses that take deliveries all day after them.
The bus gates on Vicar Lane and The Headrow that are active from 5am to 10pm stay open to vans in the middle of the night, and those active from 7am to 10am stay open until 7am. So a round that sets off early takes the shortest way; after those hours, our routing algorithms take it around the bus gates.
On Park Row south of The Headrow, and on other streets in the centre, loading and unloading are banned Monday to Friday from 7am to 10am. So a restaurant or shop on these streets goes at the head of the night round, before 7am, with the pedestrian-zone addresses. If no one is there to take delivery at that hour, our courier lets themselves in with the key or door code you give us (an unattended drop).
Local rules checked in October 2026.
How we work
In Leeds, a refrigerated round starts as production ends and must have served the pedestrian zone before 10.30am. In between, our courier makes use of the hours when the bus gates are still open, then moves on to the addresses that take deliveries later in the morning. And on several streets in the centre, such as Park Row, loading is banned on weekdays from 7am.
Before the first round, we agree with you the temperature range, the packaging and the time each customer takes deliveries. We hand the job to one of our partner couriers in Leeds, chosen for their refrigerated vehicle, which is reserved for your goods and set to their temperature range. They collect your order from your central kitchen or your wholesaler as soon as it is ready, at night or before dawn, and go all the way to your customers without passing through a depot. There are almost always several addresses: we link them into a round, often a night delivery. Temperature ranges, logging and vehicles are set out on our refrigerated transport page, the service that makes up most of our work.
A customer who is out, a loading bay that is taken, a street closed for roadworks: our team decides with the courier what happens next while your products stay cold, then lets you know. You do not have to call each restaurant to find out whether its order has arrived. The team follows your rounds every day from 6am to 10pm.
Do your products travel at ambient temperature? Our same-day delivery in Leeds hands them over within the day, across West Yorkshire.
The service
The service is the same in every city we serve. In Leeds, we organise it around night collections, the morning window in the pedestrian zone and the streets where loading stops at 7am.
Pre-cooling the vehicle, temperature at loading, handling instructions: our team agrees the necessary precautions with you and passes them on to the transport partners.
On your regular refrigerated rounds, data loggers track temperatures during transport. If there is a deviation or anything unexpected, our team coordinates the response with the carrier and keeps you informed.
Crates, boxes or pallets: Shippr brings in equipped partners for your volumes and your temperature needs, from 0–4 °C to 0–7 °C, or −20 °C for your frozen products.
One-off delivery or a round between your stores, shops and restaurants: we adapt the transport capacity, the frequency of stops and the loading arrangements to the way you work.
A carrier unavailable, a vehicle off the road or a rise in orders? The Shippr team finds a replacement that meets your temperature requirements and adjusts the organisation of your rounds.
We coordinate the changes with the partners and let you know the new times, to limit the impact on your supply and your customers.
Frequently asked questions
Your chilled products travel between 0 and 4 °C, or between 0 and 7 °C when they can take it; your frozen goods travel at −20 °C. Our partner brings the vehicle to temperature before you load, and the refrigeration unit holds that range until the last handover.
Yes. The loading bay on Call Lane limits stops to 40 minutes from 7am to 7pm; before 7am, that limit does not apply, and we can place your restaurant at that point in the night round. If no one is there to take delivery, our courier lets themselves in with the key or door code you give us (an unattended drop).
Yes. The refrigeration unit holds the temperature range until the last drop, and on a regular round an onboard logger records the temperature continuously. If the temperature drifts out of range, we alert you, and our team decides with the courier what to do with the goods.
Often, when the volume calls for one, but not always: the quote tells you whether a rigid over 3.5 tonnes is available for your round. If it enters Bradford’s Clean Air Zone, it is compliant, and you pay nothing.
Tell us what you carry, at what temperature, where your products leave from and when each customer takes deliveries. We will come back with the proposed vehicle, the order of the stops and the time of each handover, with the pedestrian zone first.