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Lidl delivery in Ilford
Ask whether Lidl delivers around Ilford and the honest answer is that Lidl itself does not. Which changes very little for Ilford in practice. Three routes cover Ilford, and at least one will reach Ilford.
The essentials
Roughly 800,000 people live inside the usual delivery distance of Ilford. Most of them are in Barking, Ilford and Becontree. Ilford lies 0.3 miles off to the south west. Another 20 Lidls sit within five miles of Ilford.
- Where it is
- 261-275, High RoadIG1 1NJ
- People within 3 miles
- 800,000
- Neighbourhoods in range
- 9
- Other Lidl within 5 miles
- 20
How people manage it here
The first option covers all of Ilford. The second is quicker, when it reaches your street.
Ask a local helper
If no app reaches Ilford yet, someone living there can do the shop instead. They walk every aisle in High Road, pick the fresh things properly and carry more than a rider can. You agree the cost before they leave Ilford, and pay once it is at the door. Taskerama shows people working around Ilford.
Try an app as well
For Ilford, Deliveroo is the one to try, then Uber Eats. Drop your IG1 postcode into the box and Ilford either appears or it does not. Where Ilford is covered, bags often reach the door inside the hour.
Lidl's own website
Away from High Road, Lidl runs an online shop for the non food side. Homeware, garden bits and cases of wine, sent by courier to Ilford. No substitute for walking round High Road, and not meant to be. Have a look at the range.
The ground this shop covers
Here is the ground around High Road: each area, its distance and which way it lies. Anything inside the shading sits within normal range of High Road. 9 of them fall inside it, including Ilford, and 4 sit beyond.
- FairlopIn range2.8 miles north · about 13,000 people
- NewburyIn range0.9 miles north east
- Chadwell HeathJust outside3.1 miles north east · about 24,000 people
- WhaleboneIn range2.8 miles east
- BecontreeIn range2.2 miles east · about 100,000 people
- LongbridgeIn range1.4 miles south east
- BarkingIn range1.9 miles south · about 220,000 people
- BecktonJust outside3.3 miles south · about 33,000 people
- IlfordIn range0.3 miles south west · about 170,000 people
- Forest Gate NorthIn range2.6 miles west
- LeytonstoneJust outside3.1 miles west · about 55,000 people
- SnaresbrookJust outside3 miles north west · about 12,000 people
- ClayhallIn range2 miles north west · about 13,000 people
How well placed this store is
For Ilford the mark is 9.0, or very well placed in plain words. Where houses are packed in near Ilford, a delivery is easier to come by. This is how the marks work.
- People within 3 miles800,000
- Neighbourhoods in range9
- People per square mile28,271
- Nearest neighbourhood0.3 miles
- People within 5 miles1,700,000
- Directions covered6 of 8
- Biggest area nearbyBarking
- Other Lidl within 5 miles20
- Areas within a mile3
- To the town centre0.3 miles
Further out in Chadwell Heath, Beckton and Leytonstone it depends more on the day. A look at the app before leaving saves a wasted trip to High Road.