Coverage — Somerset, Mendip, Bath & Bristol
How far the collection van goes
The workshop is at Millbrook Depot, near Shepton Mallet. Collection stretches that a long way further — which is how customers in Bath and Bristol end up paying a Somerset labour rate.
The short answer
Collection and delivery is free within 5 miles of BA4 4JT for a vehicle that runs and drives — Shepton Mallet, Oakhill, Binegar, Croscombe and Evercreech.
Everywhere else on this page is still covered. Wells, Frome, Glastonbury, Street, Bruton, Castle Cary, Bath, Bristol, Keynsham and Wincanton are all collected from regularly — call or text your postcode and you get the price for the trip up front. It is never added to the invoice afterwards.
Free collection zone
Distances are approximate road miles from the workshop. If your town is on this list and the vehicle runs and drives, Erdi will collect and return it at no charge.
- Shepton Mallet 3 mi
- Oakhill 2 mi
- Binegar 2 mi
- Evercreech 5 mi
- Croscombe 4 mi
Priced per postcode
These are outside the free radius and still regular runs. Text your postcode and you get a figure for the trip before anything is booked. Because the labour saving on any substantial job is usually several hundred pounds, the collection charge rarely changes the arithmetic — but Erdi will tell you if it does.
- Bristol 22 mi
- Wells 7 mi
- Midsomer Norton 7 mi
- Radstock 8 mi
- Frome 11 mi
- Glastonbury 11 mi
- Street 13 mi
- Bruton 9 mi
- Castle Cary 11 mi
- Bath 17 mi
- Keynsham 18 mi
- Chew Valley 12 mi
- Wincanton 17 mi
Villages in between
Not every place has its own line above. The free zone also takes in Downside, Oakhill, Binegar, Gurney Slade, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Chilcompton, Coleford, Holcombe, Leigh upon Mendip, Stoke St Michael, Croscombe, Dinder, Dulcote, Doulting, Pilton, Ditcheat, Alhampton, Baltonsborough, West Pennard, North Wootton, Pilton, Shepton Montague, Batcombe, Nunney, Mells, Chewton Mendip, Priddy, Wookey, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Rodney Stoke and Draycott.
If you are not sure, ring with your postcode and you will get a straight answer in about ten seconds.
The two places with their own page
Two areas come up often enough to be worth writing about properly:
- Shepton Mallet — the local town, three miles away, with directions to the workshop.
- Bristol — 22 miles north, and the place where the difference between a Somerset rate and a city rate is largest.
Fleets across the patch
If you run vans across Somerset and into Bristol or Bath, collection is usually built into the maintenance schedule from the start — vehicles picked up on agreed dates and returned the same day where the work allows. See vans and fleet maintenance.
Straight answers
Coverage questions
Where is MB Auto Ltd based?
MB Auto is at Unit 1 Millbrook Depot, Yelling, Mill Lane, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4JT — just off the A37 between Shepton Mallet and Oakhill, in the hamlet of Downside. Erdi also collects and delivers vehicles across the Mendips, Wells, Frome, Midsomer Norton, Bath and Bristol.
Do you cover Bristol?
Yes. Bristol is about 22 miles from the workshop and Erdi regularly collects from Bristol, Keynsham, Whitchurch, Brislington, Bedminster and the south of the city. Because the workshop is out in Somerset rather than in a Bristol trade unit, the labour rate is lower — which usually more than covers the trip.
Do you collect and deliver the car?
Yes. If the vehicle runs and drives, collection and delivery is free within 5 miles of the workshop — Erdi picks it up from your home or workplace, does the work, and brings it back. Further out, and still running and driving, call or text your postcode and he will price the trip before you commit to anything. If it will not drive at all it needs recovering rather than collecting, and he will say so and point you at someone local.
Next step
Tell Erdi what it’s doing
Describe the noise, the light or the job. You’ll get an honest answer about what it needs, what it will cost, and when he can take it — before anything is booked in.
No VAT · free collection within 5 miles if it runs & drives · written quote first