Family owned since 1933 · serving you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Road haulage · warehousing · containers
Transport, storage and container services from our head office in Glastonbury — with more than 300 trucks and trailers on the road 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
What we do
From a single pallet to a fully managed supply chain — collected, stored, picked and delivered by one family firm, on one fleet.
National & regional transport, UK wide, 7 days a week.
We can deliver your goods to all areas of the UK, Scotland and Ireland — one pallet through to 26, full load or groupage. Regional deliveries can be made using alternative-fuelled vehicles, and all trucks have in-cab technology.
More than 120,000 sq ft of BRCGS AA accredited ambient storage.
Fully racked or block stack storage in our state-of-the-art facility, for short or long-term storage, whatever the volume.
Collected from all UK ports and destuffed at our accredited warehouse.
We destuff containers, sort, palletise and dispatch within a time frame to suit — and store and re-deliver in FTL or LTL. We work with all the major shipping lines, by line haul or merchant haul, and take care of collection and restitution.
eCommerce fulfilment that streamlines the whole process.
Efficiently picking items from the warehouse, packing them securely for shipping, printing labels accurately, and shipping them out on time. Our software guides pickers through the aisles on the most efficient path.
End-to-end: your suppliers, our site, your customers.
We co-ordinate collections of raw materials from your suppliers, store and deliver them to your facility just in time, then store your finished product and dispatch it with our own fleet. We can also base our staff at your facility.
We are looking at opening a customs warehouse here. Tell us what you would keep in bond.
Bonded warehousing lets you hold imported goods without paying the customs duty or the import tax until they move. We are not an authorised customs warehouse yet — we are finding out how much demand there is in the South West before we apply, and the importers who tell us are the ones it gets built around.
Plan a load
Tell us what you’re moving and we’ll come back with bespoke, competitive pricing. We offer one pallet through to 26 — groupage or full load.
8pallets
31%of a trailer
GroupageLTL · shared trailer
A 13.6m trailer carries 26 standard pallets.
Where we go
With over 300 trucks and trailers we have the capabilities to deliver goods to the furthest corners of the UK, Ireland and Scotland — and to collect containers from all UK ports.
Pick a place, or type a postcode, and we’ll draw the route from our Glastonbury yard.
We run a comprehensive service from our head office in Glastonbury, with depots at Bridgwater in Somerset and Gotham in Nottinghamshire.
Built byVolvoScaniaIveco
Fleet & technology
Our large fleet is managed by our in-house maintenance team, who ensure that at all times vehicles are both well maintained and visually represent our customers’ high standards. New vehicles mean improved reliability, allowing us to provide higher service levels.
Protecting the public. Forward-facing cameras for incident recording, lane departure warning systems and auto-braking to prevent collisions — we take every measure to protect the safety of our staff and the public.
Collections and deliveries can be tracked in real time, with signature capture and immediate proof of delivery.
In-cab telematics linked to our head office in Glastonbury allow our vehicles and trailers to be located 24 hours a day.
Warehousing is controlled by Vigo WMS, with both manual and barcode storing capabilities.
We provide full visibility to our customers, allowing loads to be tracked by the customer.
Storage
That’s about 1.56 times the pitch at Wembley. More than 120,000 sq ft of BRCGS-accredited ambient storage in our state-of-the-art facility — fully racked or block stack, for short or long-term storage, whatever the volume.
The Wembley pitch is 105 × 68 m. 120,000 sq ft is 11,148 m².
A leading independent food safety accreditation, widely expected by supermarkets and major organisations — ensuring goods are stored in such a way as to ensure product safety at all times.
Since 1933
Sparks Transport is a 3rd generation transport business, owned 100% by the Sparks family, since 1933. We run a comprehensive service from our head office in Glastonbury, with depots at Bridgwater in Somerset and Gotham in Nottinghamshire.
“I believe the future of transportation lies in the sustainability of eco-friendly fuels and operatives’ willingness to join our industry.”
Jonathan Sparks, Managing Director
85%carbon saving
we can deliver
Leading the way in sustainable transport
Using the latest fuels and BEVs, we can reduce your carbon footprint by 85%.
Regional deliveries can be made using alternative-fuelled vehicles.
What people say
★★★★★
Fantastic driving witnessed today by one of your drivers who had to reverse back approx 2 miles on very narrow lanes … The driver kept her calm and how she managed to manoeuvre the lorry on such narrow roads was a credit to her driving skills. Well done!
★★★★★
Great company to work for! Trucks and trailers are maintained to a high standard. Most of the drivers are really friendly and will help you out, great team.
★★★★★
Well done warehouse team, quick turnaround.
★★★★★
Nice company to work for. Organised and plenty of HGV shifts.
HGV Class 1 DriverFrom £40k
Careers
Sparks Transport is proud to have novice and experienced drivers join our team. We are eager for you to prove yourself and make an impression from the beginning — there is so much to gain here.
News
Transport newsNew legislation allows longer lorries on British roadsRead the article
Transport newsThe importance of maintaining a reliable fleetRead the article
Transport newsCold and ambient storage: the differenceRead the article
Transport newsWhat can and cannot be shipped by truckRead the article
Common questions
If what you need is not here, ring the yard on 01458 831742 — somebody who plans loads will answer, 24 hours a day.
Transport, storage and container services from one site in Glastonbury, Somerset. Pallet delivery and road haulage across the UK, Scotland and Ireland; ambient and bonded warehousing; container destuffing from any UK port; pick and pack fulfilment; and fully managed transport where we run the whole chain.
Our head office is on a seven-acre site at Glastonbury in Somerset, with depots in the South West and the Midlands. We deliver to all areas of the UK, Scotland and Ireland, seven days a week.
Over 300 trucks and trailers, more than 140 staff and over 120,000 sq ft of BRCGS-accredited warehousing. We have been trading since 1933 and are still owned 100% by the Sparks family.
One pallet through to 26. Twenty-six is a full trailer; anything less is groupage, sharing the trailer with other loads going the same way, so you pay for the space you use.
Yes — that is the point of the site. Goods can be collected, stored in our accredited warehouse, picked and packed, and delivered on our own fleet, without leaving our hands or gaining another invoice.
Tell us what you are moving, where it starts and where it has to be. We offer bespoke pricing based on your needs and a planner will come back to you — or ring the yard on 01458 831742, 24 hours a day.
Get in touch
We’d be delighted to talk through your transport, storage or container needs. If you know who you need, their email is below.
Head officeWells Road, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9AG
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