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Pedal & Post Launches in London

 

Pedal & Post, one of the UK’s most innovative cargo bike delivery companies, has officially launched in London, bringing their award-winning model for clean, efficient, last-mile logistics to the capital.

 

Already a trusted name in Oxford, Pedal & Post is now set to transform urban deliveries in the UK’s busiest city, offering a smarter tech driven approach, as a better employer, and more sustainable alternative to vans and lorries.

 

 

🌆 New London Hub, Built for Bigger Impact

Pedal & Post’s new logistics hub are designed to be a foot in the door at first, visible, welcoming, and functional.

 

We’re aiming to provide a community asset, showcasing a cleaner, quieter, and more people-friendly way to move goods across the city.

 

With a growing fleet of cutting-edge e-cargo bikes, trikes and 100% electric vans, Pedal & Post can handle everything from daily retail drops and floristry orders to pharmaceutical & medical logistics and food deliveries.

 

 

 

🚚 Moving Goods, Not Pollution

Pedal & Post’s London operations are expected to complete over 100,000 zero-emission deliveries annually to start, cutting congestion and removing the equivalent of thousands of van journeys from city streets.

 

This will save an estimated 20+ tonnes of CO₂ each year while also helping reduce air pollution and road danger in some of the most congested postcodes in the UK.

 

Deliveries run 7 days a week, with same-day and next-day options, and all riders & drivers are employed as part of our commitment to be a better employer.

 

💡 Reimagining Last-Mile Logistics

Pedal & Post blends microhub infrastructure, advanced ecommerce-integrated tech, and real-time tracking with a zero-emission fleet, giving businesses the tools to offer greener, faster, and more local deliveries.

 

Whether you’re a national retailer, a subscription brand, or a local startup, Pedal & Post helps you deliver without costing the planet.

 

🌍 Delivering a Better City

London faces air pollution, surging van traffic, and mounting pressure on infrastructure. Pedal & Post believes deliveries should be part of the solution, not the problem.

 

This launch is a bold step toward a cleaner, calmer, and more liveable city and a powerful invitation for businesses to get on board with the future of urban logistics.

 

Want to deliver better in London? Join the movement and Get in touch: London@pedalandpost.co.uk

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All Souls joins Oxford University Freight Consolidation Project

All Souls has partnered with local cargo bike delivery firm Pedal & Post and the pioneering freight consolidation project with university of Oxford with the goal to reduce van movements in the city. 

 

What the project has achieved so far:
🚛 Reduced upto 15-20 van movements a day into Oxford
📦 Delivered 13,200 parcels
🌳 Saved 5 tons of co2 over 12 month period
🚲 Traveled 3120 miles!
📈 All Souls joining will increase the impact of the project

 

 

Goal here is to reduce the current 15-25 van movements colleges see daily from multiple different parcel companies (think DPD, Yodel, DHL, UPS, Royal mail and more!) and reduce this down to one cargo bike movement in the city. All Souls joining shows a commitment to cleaner air, safer roads, less congestion and parking issues. 

 

Students and staff have done a fantastic job at signing up to the scheme so far from the current colleges, All souls goals are largely to move staff and departments over to the scheme as its predominantly fellows and has no undergraduate students

 

Working with the All Souls is also an opportunity to reduce van movements on the high street of Oxford as it is opposite university college so its great to capture more of the same street and make vans disappear 

 

 

 

Christopher Benton, CEO at Pedal & Post, said: “We are delighted to continue to expand the freight consolidation project, we now have 11 locations on board and this is a great opportunity to continue to expand and demonstrate how this project can help the local area and community with less vans with deliveries on a single cargo bike movement, we have begun the stage 2 phase with yodels parcels coming in automatically and its great to build further on this success”

 

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National Carrier Yodel joins Oxford University Freight Consolidation Pilot

Yodel has partnered with local cargo bike delivery firm Pedal & Post and the pioneering freight consolidation pilot with university of Oxford with the goal to reduce van movements in the city for all 40 college sites

 

2023/2024 first year pilot results, Read by clicking here!

What the project has achieved so far here
🚛 Reduced upto 15-20 van movements a day into Oxford
📦 Delivered 13,200 parcels
🌳 Saved 5 tons of co2 over 12 month period
🚲 Traveled 3120 miles!
📈 Yodel joining is a step change in the project, reducing 6% automatically for all 40 college sites

 

 

Goal here is to reduce the current 15-25 van movements colleges see daily from multiple different parcel companies (think DPD, Yodel, DHL, UPS, Royal mail and more!) and reduce this down to one cargo bike movement in the city. Yodel joining shows a commitment from a national parcel carrier towards cleaner air, safer roads, less congestion and parking issues. 

 

Any items that come via Yodel will now automatically come via Pedal & Post without students needing to change their address, reducing 6% of all deliveries to all 40 college sites, not just the colleges currently signed up to the project

 

Working with Yodel is also an opportunity to demonstrate how Phase 2 of this project and automating the process would work. We hope this shows it can be done and other national parcel carriers follow suit 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Benton, CEO at Pedal & Post, said: “We are delighted to continue to expand the freight consolidation project, this is an oppotunity to deliver to all 40 oxford university/college sites and this is a great opportunity to engage with the colleges and departments directly and demonstrate how this project can help the local area and community with less vans with deliveries on a single cargo bike movement.”

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Pedal & Post Wins Sustainable Medium Business of the Year Award

Pedal & Post was a finalist in two categories for the Oxford Climate Awards 2024 and won sustainable business of the year!

 

🌟 Proud Moment for Pedal & Post 🌟

 

 

We are thrilled to announce that Pedal & Post has won the Sustainable Medium Business of the year award at the 2024 Oxford Climate Awards OxfordClimate24 🎉 and finalist in the climate innovation category

 

 

Honoured to receive the award from Peter Provins from Enistic Limited

 

A huge thank you to our incredible team, partners, and clients for your ongoing support. This award belongs to all of us!

 

Huge congratulations to everyone who won yesterday, also to all those shortlisted, all those nominated and all those creating incredible change towards a greener future

And a huge thank you to LOCALiQ_UK and Oxford City Council for organizing, and to the fantastic host, Shaun Williamson for keeping the evening entertaining! 🙌

Let’s keep riding towards a better future! 🚲💙📦

 

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Finalists in two categories for Oxford Climate Awards!

Pedal & Post is a finalist in two categories for the Oxford Climate Awards 2024! 

 

A very proud moment here in P&P HQ to be shortlisted in not just one but TWO categories in the first ever Oxford Climate awards. We’ve been shortlisted in:

 

🚲 Sustainable medium business of the year award
🌳 Innovation in climate action award 

 

 

We’ve nearly doubled in size over the past 12-18 months and to be in the medium sized business category is a huge achievement in and of itself that we couldn’t have done without the people that make up Pedal & Post and the huge effort they’ve put in, from our e-cargo bike riders, mechanics, electric van drivers and management team, we wouldn’t have achieved anything without those individuals rocking our blue uniforms day in, day out. 

We also owe a huge amount to our clients, customers and suppliers, our industry has changed so much over the last 11 years we’ve been operating

Our innovation category is around the pioneering work we have done on the Freight consolidation project working with the Oxford University and Oxford colleges, this award is around exploring new technology and approaches to tackling the climate emergency and our project is just over a year old and being extended and expanded, its an incredible honour for the hard work to be recognised in just being shortlisted!

 

Looking forward to the awards night on October the 17th as its being hosted by Shaun Williamson, best known for playing Barry in EastEnders, should be a good night and fingers crossed for all the great individuals and businesses involved, see you there!

 

 

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Tinsley Building joins Oxford University Freight Consolidation Pilot

Tinsley Building has partnered with local cargo bike delivery firm Pedal & Post and the pioneering freight consolidation pilot with university of Oxford with the goal to reduce van movements in the city. 

 

What the project has achieved so far:
🚛 Reduced upto 15-20 van movements a day into Oxford
📦 Delivered 13,200 parcels
🌳 Saved 5 tons of co2 over 12 month period
🚲 Traveled 3120 miles!
📈 Tinsely building joining will increase the impact of the project

 

 

Goal here is to reduce the current 15-25 van movements colleges see daily from multiple different parcel companies (think DPD, Yodel, DHL, UPS, Royal mail and more!) and reduce this down to one cargo bike movement in the city. Tinsley building joining shows a commitment from Oxford university departments for cleaner air, safer roads, less congestion and parking issues. 

 

Students have done a fantastic job at signing up to the scheme as well from the current colleges and really showing there is a demand for sustainable delivery services in the city and we understand its impacted large national carriers in a big way, pushing them towards more sustainable strategies

 

Working with the Tinsley Building is also an opportunity to demonstrate we can deliver everything from office supplies to lab equipment for the whole science area in the city centre of Oxford and reducing traffic in peak times especially due to the the New College Primary school being located nearby, we hope this encourages both Mansfield college and Harris Manchester to potentially join the scheme in the future and reduce there delivery vehicle movements

 

 

 

 

Christopher Benton, CEO at Pedal & Post, said: “We are delighted to continue to expand the freight consolidation project, we now have 10 locations on board and this is a great opportunity to engage with suppliers to Oxford university and departments directly and demonstrate how this project can help the local area and community with less vans with deliveries on a single cargo bike movement, we have more things in the pipeline for the stage 2 of the project and we look forward to announcing them soon” 

 

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PLASMISAURUS x Pedal & Post

Plasmisaurus has been a lot of fun as a client since day 1, they’re pioneers in the sequencing of whole plasmids, amplicons, whole bacterial genomes & more! They have 500+ drop boxes globally, we’ve been delivering since january and you can see our original post here 

 

Pedal & Post supports with our same day collection service in and around Oxford by cargo bike delivering samples via GWR trains at 125mph into london every day providing an ultra low emisson service and expanding our medical & scientific deliveries we do

 

Why read about it though when you can now see how it works! check out the video whereby one of our riders and Iceni eTrikes features making collections and jumping on the train

 

Are you seeking deliveries from Oxford to London? Why not get in touch with us today and see how we could help

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Keble College joins Oxford University Freight Consolidation Pilot

Keble College has partnered with local cargo bike delivery firm Pedal & Post and the pioneering freight consolidation pilot with university of Oxford with the goal to reduce van movements in the city. 

 

 

 

Goal here is to reduce the current 15-25 van movements colleges see daily from multiple different parcel companies (think DPD, Yodel, DHL, UPS, Royal mail and more!) and reduce this down to one cargo bike movement in the city. Keble joining shows a commitment from Oxford colleges for cleaner air, safer roads, less congestion and parking issues

Pedal & Post is using its pioneering articulated cargo bike able to pull 300kg with a 4m3 capacity, plenty of space for lightweight parcels and the flatbed trailer has proved very versatile for any larger or obscure parcels too 

 

Pedal & Post is now developing the 2.0 trailer to improve the college service from its learnings and data gathered over the the first half of the project

 

 

 

 

Christopher Benton, CEO at Pedal & Post, said: “We are delighted to continue to expand the Oxford college project, we now have 9 locations on board and we’ll continue to persuade the rest of the colleges as the more than join, the larger impact we can have. Using our newest and largest pioneering cargo bikes reduces congestion with this new partnership mean fewer vans driving into Oxford’s city centre. This results in more road space and cleaner air for everyone else. We’re proud of being able to help reduce congestion while providing more jobs for local people at the same time. It’s also important to show how freight consolidation can work and help public bodies and largest institutions  go ultra low emission and having a more relaible and improved service, it shows a clear strategy to reduce carbon emissions to make our cities healthier, safer, and better places to live.”

 

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Oxford to London: Pedal & Post goes intercity with medical deliveries

Local cargo bike delivery firm Pedal & Post has begun deliveries between Oxford and London to provide emission-free medical deliveries between cities via GWR trains.

 

 

 

 

Think Jurassic park and DNA sequencing and your about there, we’ll be providing ultra low emission deliveries for university of Oxford departments and churchill hospitals by collecting by e-cargo bike and train to make sure we deliver a cost effective and next day ultra low emission service.

 

Pedal & Post is dedicated its two wheeled trio cargo bikes to our medical deliveries, these can carry 80-100kg with 465L capacity, plenty to collect medical deliveries whilst being able to filter past traffic and means we have no delays providing a reliable and quick service

 

 

 

 

Christopher Benton, CEO at Pedal & Post, said: “We are delighted to get back into the intercity deliveries market to deliver medical parcels from Oxford university departments and the churchill hospital to london daily. Using our fleet of two wheeled electric cargo bikes reduces congestion with this new partnership mean fewer vans driving into Oxford’s city centre and Londons. This results in more road space and cleaner air for everyone else. We’re proud of being able to help reduce congestion while providing more jobs for local people at the same time. It’s also important to show how medical deliveries can go ultra low emission whilst saving costs and having a more relaible and improved service, it shows a clear strategy to reduce carbon emissions to make our cities healthier, safer, and better places to live.”

 

 

 

Its also its the Canarfy Wharf winter lights at the moment, proving to be a brilliant drop off point to visit daily and we’d highly recommend