South London routes are decided by the river.

Fleetable is a chilled courier on contract across south London, running dedicated routes through Nine Elms, Vauxhall, Bermondsey, Brixton, Peckham, Greenwich and out to Croydon. The wholesale produce market sits at Nine Elms and the producers cluster in the arches, so supply and demand are both here. Rounds are planned around the crossings rather than the mileage, priced per mile with every cost shown, and proven on one route first.

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The problem

A crossing is worth more than a mile.

South London holds both ends of the food chain. New Covent Garden Market at Nine Elms is the country's largest wholesale fresh produce market and supplies a large share of London's restaurants and caterers; the railway arches through Bermondsey, Vauxhall and Deptford hold bakeries, roasters and small producers; and the high streets from Brixton to Peckham to Greenwich carry the kitchens. What connects them badly is the river — the crossings are few east of Tower Bridge, and the South Circular is a signposted route through residential streets rather than a road built for the job.

How it works

Proven on one route first

So a south London round is sequenced to cross once, or not at all. Where a route can be kept on one side of the river it is, and where it has to cross, the crossing goes in at the hour it is passable rather than at the point the map suggests. A set driver holds the round and a named backup sits behind them. The rate is per mile with loading, waiting and the return leg shown separately, so a round that is slow because of a bridge is not repriced as one that is long.

Nine Elms

The market trades while the city sleeps.

Wholesale produce at Nine Elms moves overnight, and the buying is largely done before most kitchens open. That gives south London the single best window in the city for a chilled round: load in the small hours, run the drops before the streets fill, and finish before goods-in gets busy.

Fleetable's registered office is an arch at New Covent Garden Market. That is a company address rather than a depot — Fleetable owns no vans and contracts capacity route by route, which is the whole point of the model.

How the cold chain is held from a market collection through to a kitchen door is set out on chilled food delivery in London, and it is proven on one of your rounds before anything switches.

Proof

Reliability you can check.

A backup on every route

Primary and backup, always. A sick day never leaves a site short.

Chilled, checked before each job

Food-safe vehicles, kept to temperature the whole route.

Live tracking and proof of delivery

Time and temperature at every drop, with proof your finance team can check.

One named contact

One person who knows your routes — not a call centre.

Drivers checked to your standard. Chilled, food-safe vehicles. Proof at every drop.

Accreditations added as contracts require.

Where to next

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Can you collect from New Covent Garden Market?

Yes. A market collection and a sequenced round of drops run as one dedicated route, with a set driver and a backup behind them, priced per mile with the loading time shown as its own line.

Does a south London route pay the congestion charge?

Only where it crosses into the zone, whose southern boundary sits close to the river. The charge applies to every vehicle inside the zone during the charging window and appears as its own line, so a round that stays south of it carries no charge.

How do you plan around the river crossings?

By crossing once, at the hour it is passable, or by keeping the round on one side. It is the single biggest variable in a south London schedule, so it is settled when the route is priced rather than discovered on the day.

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