subject: Salford is ready to forge ahead in the 21st century with the help of willing parcel delivery companies [print this page] Salford is ready to forge ahead in the 21st century with the help of willing parcel delivery companies
When a business wants to get results in Salford, it would be wise to enlist the help of efficient and dependable UK courier companies. The city of Salford, formerly part of Lancashire, but now subsumed by Greater Manchester, can justly claim to be one of the world's first industrial centres, and it certainly played a prominent role in ushering in a completely new era for transport all over the world.
Salford comprises more than just the city itself. It is a metropolitan borough which covers an area of nearly 40 square miles, and is home to almost 220,000 people. Apart from the city which gives its name to the borough, other major settlements include Eccles, Swinton, Walkden and Irlam. The last of these is the most modern major development in the borough, having been built to house residents moved out of Salford itself during the major slum clearance programmes of the mid to late-20th century.
An area of great contrasts, parts of Salford are heavily industrialised yet about a third of the city's area is rural, open space. Much of this area is taken up by Chat Moss, a large peat bog covering more than 10 square miles. The bog was the most significant obstruction to the builders of the world's first inter-city passenger railway, the Liverpool to Manchester line, which was built by George Stephenson and opened in 1830.
As well as being traversed by a major railway line, Salford also lies along the M62 motorway, which crosses the Pennines and runs nearly all the way from Liverpool to Hull, forming one of the most important arteries for freight traffic in the north of England. This gives the city excellent connections with other major towns and cities, and offers one of the quickest means of getting a parcel to the area.
Manchester International Airport is another vital hub for traffic to and from Salford, offering international cargo flights to a wide variety of destinations from a dedicated freight terminal. Major cities served by direct flights include Amsterdam, Brussels, Chicago, New York, Taipei, Paris and Shanghai. It is a short drive around Manchester's orbital motorway, the M60, from the airport to Salford, meaning that consignments from around the world can get to the city in a timely fashion.
So whenever there is a need to send a parcel to Salford, it can make the journey swiftly and directly.
Parcel delivery to Salford is available from all the leading international couriers. They offer prompt delivery, and competitive prices, which can be compared easily online.
