Delivery jobs in Newcastle

Not if it is a private car. The Newcastle and Gateshead zone is class C, charging since 30 January 2023, so private cars and motorbikes are never charged. Vans, taxis, private hire cars and minibuses that miss Euro 6 diesel or Euro 4 petrol pay £12.50 a day, and lorries, buses and coaches pay £50 a day. One charge covers a whole day from midnight to midnight, however often you cross the boundary. Pay through gov.uk from six days before to six days after you drive in; a missed charge brings a £120 penalty notice, cut to £60 if it is paid within 14 days. If you drive private hire, check your car on the government vehicle checker: a non-compliant private hire car pays even though a private car does not.

There are no booths to stop at. Since November 2021 the Tyne Tunnels, which carry the A19 under the river between North Tyneside and South Tyneside, have run barrier free: cameras read your number plate and you pay online, by phone or at a PayPoint by midnight the day after your trip, or let a pre-paid account take it automatically. Since 1 May 2026 a car or van up to 3.5 tonnes pays £2.60, or £2.34 on a pre-paid account, and a heavier van pays £5.20. Miss the deadline and an unpaid toll notice of £30 plus the toll arrives, rising to £60 and then £100 if it stays unpaid. If your routes cross the river every day, the account is worth opening.

On a quiet weeknight a bike courier on Tyneside makes from about £13 an hour, and a van driver on a booked parcel block can make around £19. On Friday and Saturday nights in term time, scooter couriers running more than one app across the centre, Jesmond and Heaton can reach up to £26 an hour. All of it is self-employed revenue: fuel, insurance, vehicle wear and a tax reserve come out of it, an older van or private hire car also pays the Clean Air Zone charge on days it enters the zone, every trip through the Tyne Tunnels costs a toll, and no minimum wage sits underneath a slow week.

Yes, mostly south of the river. Amazon runs a fulfilment centre at Follingsby Park in Gateshead, close to Washington and the A194(M), and built a delivery station beside it in 2021. The Team Valley Trading Estate in Gateshead, opened in 1939, holds around 700 businesses, and the A1 and A19 carry routes on to Sunderland and the coast. Parcel blocks out of these sites are booked through the whole year, and the run from Black Friday to Christmas brings the most. Most of that depot land sits well outside the Clean Air Zone, but check an older van before you take a route that finishes in the city centre or crosses one of the central bridges.

Yes. The signup covers all five Tyne and Wear boroughs, so Sunderland, Washington, South Shields, North Shields, Tynemouth and Whitley Bay are all in reach. Outside central Newcastle and the bridges to Gateshead there is no Clean Air Zone, so an older van works Sunderland and the coast for nothing extra, but a run between North Tyneside and South Tyneside on the A19 goes through the Tyne Tunnels and costs a toll. If you work on foot, the Tyne and Wear Metro links 60 stations from Newcastle Airport to the coast, South Shields and Sunderland, which makes it easy to start a shift wherever the orders are.

None for a bike, an e-bike or deliveries on foot. On a scooter, in a car or in a van you need a full UK driving licence and a policy that names delivery as a use. Private hire work needs a licence from your own council: Newcastle City Council licenses drivers in the city, and Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland each issue their own. A non-compliant private hire car pays the Clean Air Zone charge, and one licensed by Newcastle, Gateshead or North Tyneside can buy a seven day pass instead for £50.