Trade plate vehicle movements in Colne and Pendle

Under Pendle: the A56, the M65 and the valley villages

Colne sits at the top of the valley beneath Pendle Hill, with Nelson and Burnley below it and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal running past. The A56 is the main road, north to Skipton and south to the M65, while the A6068 climbs towards Keighley and the Aire gap.

Waterside, Primet and Foulridge are not the town centre, and Trawden and Earby often get written as Colne because the postcode looks close enough. Give us the exact village and street so the driver goes straight to the car. If a yard sits beside the canal, tell us how a vehicle gets in, because the towpath is no help.

Nelson, Brierfield, Burnley, Barnoldswick, Skipton and Accrington are all close neighbours. A Nelson collection with a Colne delivery is one job, and so is a Colne to Glasgow run. Colne station is the end of the East Lancashire line from Preston via Burnley, which gives our driver a way home after a one way delivery into the valley.

Collecting from Central Car Auctions Accrington and beyond

The closest auction to Colne is Central Car Auctions Accrington, just down the M65. BCA Preston lies to the west, BCA Brighouse is over the Pennines and Manheim Haydock is the option on the M6 if that is where you bought.

We confirm release with the site before a driver is sent, so nobody waits at the gate. Read how our auction collection after release works. Salvage vehicles cannot travel on trade plates.

What Pendle dealers book us for

Most Colne jobs are a single car: an independent sending stock to a Blackburn or Preston group site, a part exchange heading to Accrington once it is legal to drive, a fleet van leaving a valley unit or a customer in Trawden who has been promised a delivery to the door.

A transporter wants several cars and a flexible date, while storage at Accrington keeps running in the meantime. A driver lets a released, legal car leave the valley straight away. A canal side yard and a steep BB8 street need different instructions, so please add a named contact for each end. Our page on site transfers and retail handovers explains both kinds of job.

Pennine weather, steep streets and the A56

Ice on the hills, a closure on the A56 or queues on the M65 into Burnley can all eat into a day. Steep streets freeze in winter, so tell us the hill, the gate and the person meeting the driver, and choose a date you can keep. If the car is in Foulridge, we will not send the driver to the town hall first.

Valley lock ups are where bookings most often go wrong, so make sure someone named has the keys if the car is towards Waterside. Even a short Nelson to Colne hop gets photos and mileage at collection, a signature on delivery and one report by email, and an Accrington collection still waits for release before we plan the driver.

Booking your Colne movement

The vehicle must be roadworthy and legal to drive, with a valid MOT where one is required, and our motor trade road risk insurance covers it from collection until it is signed for. If a driver is the wrong choice for your car, we will tell you. Learn more about driven trade plate vehicle movements and how OVM covers the UK from Glasgow.

Enter the registration, both postcodes and your dates for an instant quote with no obligation, or call our Glasgow office on 0141 459 1302.