Nationwide Hire UK

Vehicle hire with delivery and collection throughout mainland England

Nationwide Hire UK is a vehicle hire company with its registered office in London that operates on a delivery-to-your-door model: it delivers the hired vehicle to the location specified by the customer and collects it, if required, from a different location. The company states that delivery and collection are free to any destination in mainland England, and offers the option to check coverage by entering a postcode on its website.

Bookings can be made online or by phone through its freephone number. The company also allows customers to access an existing booking from the website itself.

Available fleet

The catalogue is organised into five main groups: cars, minibuses and MPVs, vans, trucks and campervans.

Cars

• Compact and city models such as Vauxhall Astra, VW Golf, Ford Focus, Hyundai i10 automatic and Toyota Corolla automatic.
• Family and mid-size saloons: Ford Mondeo Estate (manual and automatic), Ford Mondeo Estate, Mercedes C Class automatic and Mercedes E Class automatic.
• SUV and 4x4: Kia Sportage and Range Rover 4x4.
• Small automatic electric car, available in London only.

Minibuses and MPVs

• 7-seater MPVs: Vauxhall Zafira 5+2 and Galaxy 7 seater (manual and automatic).
• 9-seater minibuses, in manual and automatic versions, including the long wheelbase (LWB) variant.
• Ford Minibus with 12, 14, 15 and 17 seats, with automatic options for 14 and 17 seats.
• 17-seat LITE version that does not require a D1 licence.

Vans

• Small and medium vans: VW Caddy (manual and automatic), Ford Transit SWB, MWB and LWB, and automatic van.
• Large vans: 4-metre Sprinter, 3-metre and 4-metre automatic van.
• Load variants: Ford Luton Box with tail lift, Luton Low Loader, 3.5 t Curtainside, Dropside with 3 and 4 metre bed length, Dropside with tail lift and Toyota Hilux.
• 3.5 t Transit tippers in single cab, double cab and caged tipper versions.
• Crew vans: VW SWB 5 seater and LWB 6 seater.

Trucks

• Luton Box Truck with tail lift.
• 3.5 t tippers in single cab and double cab.
• 7.5 t trucks: box with tail lift, curtain side, Dropside and tipper.
• 18 t trucks: day cab box, sleeper cab box, curtain side and Dropside.
• 26 t curtain side and 44 t sleeper cab.

Campervans

The fleet includes a Volkswagen campervan available for hire.

Terms and service benefits

Among the terms highlighted by the company are free delivery and collection, unlimited mileage, European cover and the option of one-way rentals. It also offers a 10% discount to those using their own insurance and 20% off all vehicles, with additional discounts for companies. The website states that no surcharges apply for credit card payments.

The company has a dedicated section for business users and a partner network open to partners in the United Kingdom.

Used vehicles and content

In addition to hire, the company publishes a section of used vehicles for sale and maintains a blog with posts on operational topics, such as tachographs for Luton vans on European hires and notices about bookings on bank holidays such as the May bank holiday or Easter.

Location and contact

167-169 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PF