Golden logistics triangle

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Places included in various definitions of the golden triangle. Red is original location, blue is Office for National Statistics locations, green is locations from other sources

The golden logistics triangle is an area of the

English Midlands containing a high number of logistics and warehousing facilities. It originally referred to a small area around Lutterworth, Leicestershire, but various definitions have set areas across the East and West Midlands, as far north as Yorkshire and as far south as Milton Keynes. The Office for National Statistics
uses a definition of any area within 4 hours driving distance of 90% of the British population, which gives a non-contiguous area in the West Midlands.

Description

The term originated as a description for a small area around

M1 Motorway between Milton Keynes and Nottingham.[3] Cardiff University professors Yingli Wang and Stephen Pettit consider it to lie between Milton Keynes, Birmingham and Tamworth.[4] A 2010 Department for Transport publication regards it as being between Rugby, Daventry and Northampton, centred on the West Coast Main Line, which carries half of all the UK rail freight.[5]

ONS definition and assessment of trends

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has adopted the term and defines it as any 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi) of the country which lies within four hours' drive of 90% of the British population.[1] This provides a non-contiguous area of 239 square miles (620 km2) in the West Midlands, running broadly between Lichfield, Cannock, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Redditch and Nuneaton, with outlying patches at Bromsgrove and to the south of Coventry.[1]

The ONS also noted that other parts of the country, outside its golden triangle, have seen recent growth in logistics operations, including the East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber regions, which were not previously focuses for the logistics industry.[1] The ONS cited changes in shopping habits, the coronavirus pandemic and post-Brexit adjustments as potential causes of the industry's expansion.[1] Wang and Pettit note that there is a considerable benefit for retail warehouses to be located close to the main parcel distribution hubs, which are traditionally sited in the Midlands. Being closer to a hub allows the retailer to set later ordering times on its website for next day delivery.[4]

According to the ONS, in 2021, the UK had 88% more transport and storage business premises than in 2011 and 21% more than in 2019; the number of road transport freight businesses increased by 114% between 2011 and 2021 and the number of postal and courier businesses by 147%.

Brunel University considers the golden logistics triangle a result of the deindustrialisation of the Midlands away from mining and heavy industry, which required replacement industries with logistics businesses being attracted to the area by incentives to create jobs.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The rise of the UK warehouse and the "golden logistics triangle"". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ^ Bell, Torsten (24 April 2022). "New toaster late? It's all the fault of the Midlands' logistics golden triangle". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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