Say what to buy
Put up your shopping list, say it is the Aldi on Queen Street, and add anything you are fussy about. It takes about a minute.
Preston, Lancashire
No, the Queen Street Aldi doesn't deliver. Nor is there click and collect, which ended in August 2024. Tell the form what you need from Queen Street and people near PR1 can offer to fetch it.
Inside a mile of the Aldi on Queen Street live about 42,000 people, and within three miles about 180,000. It is about 0.6 miles from the middle of Preston; Chorley, with about 40,000 people, lies 8 miles to the south south east. A person in Preston or Penwortham could do the shop for you.
Four steps take a shop from Queen Street to your door. You say when you want it.
Put up your shopping list, say it is the Aldi on Queen Street, and add anything you are fussy about. It takes about a minute.
Someone around Preston may send a price. Check their ratings, ask what you like, then decide.
Your helper goes to the shop, works through the list and messages you if anything in Preston has run out.
The shopping comes to your door, in Preston or Penwortham, and your payment is held until you say it has.
Each circle marks a place near Preston, with Queen Street in the middle, in the direction it really lies. Circle size follows population: Preston leads with around 93,000 people. Chorley is 8 miles out, past where the map is to scale, so it is pinned to the edge.
| Area | Council area | People | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | Preston | 93,148 | 0.6 miles | north north west |
| Chorley | Chorley | 40,351 | 8.0 miles | south south east |
| Bamber Bridge | South Ribble | 40,153 | 2.6 miles | south south east |
| Leyland | South Ribble | 38,379 | 4.6 miles | south |
| Fulwood | Preston | 32,131 | 2.1 miles | north north west |
| Penwortham | South Ribble | 17,653 | 1.9 miles | south west |
| Euxton | Chorley | 16,239 | 6.1 miles | south |
| Longton | South Ribble | 11,225 | 4.7 miles | south west |
Every distance is a straight line from Queen Street, so the road to Penwortham is longer. People counts are from the 2021 census.
A UK job site where you post the shop you want doing from the Aldi on Queen Street and people near Preston can offer to do it. Every fee is shown before you agree.
Other ways
Other places to find someone for a run to the Queen Street Aldi. Check each one's own fees page before you book.
If you live in Penwortham or Fulwood, the cheapest answer may be next door. A post in a local Facebook or Nextdoor group can help.
Both offer help with shopping in some areas. Ask whether anyone covers Preston and Penwortham.
For a big weekly shop, Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Iceland all deliver, so check which reach PR1. You give up the Aldi prices.
Whoever goes to Queen Street for you will get on far better with a list that names things. These are Aldi's own pages.
Their own page for Queen Street, Preston carries Aldi's opening times. Set it as your shop there and the range you browse matches the Queen Street shelves. The hours on this page come from OpenStreetMap, so check them against Aldi's own for Queen Street.
Name the actual products and the Queen Street shop goes faster. The middle aisle here changes twice a week, so look close to the day in Preston.
If Queen Street is short of something, the Aldi on Blackpool Road is 0.9 miles away. After that come Portway and Oliver's Place, at 1.4 miles and 2.6 miles.
| Shop | Town | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Blackpool Road | Preston | 0.9 miles |
| Portway | Preston | 1.4 miles |
| Oliver's Place | Preston | 2.6 miles |
The Queen Street Aldi opens at 8am and closes at 10pm, Monday to Saturday; on Sundays it is 10am to 4pm, so post a Sunday job early. Add your postcode to the form, so people around Preston and Penwortham can see the job is near them.