Cardboard Boxes: Your Ultimate Packaging Solution
Welcome to the comprehensive cardboard box section, where you'll find a vast selection of cardboard boxes, including cardboard shipping boxes, and Royal Mail postal boxes, all designed to meet your diverse packaging needs. Whether you're a small business, an e-commerce seller, or need to move home, we have the perfect box for you.
Explore Box SizesWhy Choose Cardboard Boxes?
Cardboard boxes are an essential packaging solution, offering versatility, strength, and sustainability. They are ideal for a range of uses from shipping goods to storing household items. At Packages.co.uk, we offer a wide range of cardboard boxes that are robust, reliable, and ready to meet your specific requirements.
Cardboard boxes are a popular choice for both personal and business use due to their many advantages:
- Protection: Cardboard provides excellent protection for your items, safeguarding them during shipping and storage.
- Versatility: Suitable for a diverse range of items, from small delicate objects to large, bulky goods.
- Cost-Effectiveness: Affordable compared to other packaging materials, helping you manage your budget effectively.
- Eco-Friendly: Made from recyclable materials, cardboard boxes are a sustainable packaging option.
Typical Cardboard Box Sizes and Use Cases
We provide a diverse selection of cardboard box sizes to match your unique packaging needs, from small postal boxes to large shipping containers. Here are some of the typical sizes we offer, along with their recommended uses:
Small Cardboard Boxes
Small cardboard boxes are perfect for individual items or smaller sets of products, offering reliable protection for delicate or valuable goods. These boxes are perfect as Royal Mail postal boxes for sending small items through the post.
Jewellery and Accessories
Ideal for packaging rings, necklaces, earrings, and other small accessories. They protect delicate items and prevent them from being damaged during transit.
Small Electronics
Perfect for shipping or storing small electronic gadgets, such as memory cards, USB sticks, or small digital cameras. Provides enough padding for these items.
Craft Items
Use for shipping or storing handmade goods such as handmade soaps, candles, or small craft supplies. They provide protection for these delicate items, and will stop them from being damaged.
Gift Items
Great for presenting small gifts, whether for personal use or for corporate events. Use plain boxes, or request branded boxes to really make an impression.
Royal Mail Postal Boxes
Small cardboard boxes are ideal as Royal Mail postal boxes, complying with the sizes recommended by Royal Mail.
Cosmetics and Beauty Products
Use for safely shipping or storing small beauty products, such as make up, or other small health and beauty items. They will help to keep your products safe, and will make them easy to store and transport.
Typical Size Range: 150mm x 100mm x 50mm to 250mm x 150mm x 100mm.
Medium Cardboard Boxes
Medium cardboard boxes are a great versatile option, and are great for shipping multiple items or larger individual products. They are sturdy and provide excellent protection.
Books and Stationery
Perfect for shipping books, notebooks, and other office supplies. They provide sufficient space and protection to prevent bending and damage.
Clothing and Textiles
Ideal for sending clothing items, linens, or other soft goods. Provides sufficient room without unnecessary bulk, and will protect items in transit.
Home Goods and Decor
Perfect for storing and transporting small home decor items, such as picture frames, vases or decorative bowls. They protect fragile items and keep them secure.
Kitchen Items
Ideal for storing kitchen utensils, or for safely packaging and shipping plates, bowls, and mugs. Use packing materials for extra protection.
Multiple Small Items
A perfect option when you need to ship several smaller items together, allowing you to bundle items securely and efficiently.
General Storage
Great for general storage in the home or office, these versatile boxes are easy to store and can be stacked for space efficiency.
Typical Size Range: 250mm x 200mm x 150mm to 350mm x 250mm x 200mm.
Large Cardboard Boxes
Large cardboard boxes are the ideal choice for shipping bulkier items, offering plenty of room, with excellent levels of protection.
Larger Home Goods
Perfect for larger household goods such as lamps, cushions, or decorative items. Protect your valuable goods during transit or storage.
Small Appliances
Use to safely transport smaller appliances such as toasters, kettles, or blenders. These sturdy boxes will ensure your items arrive safely.
Multiple Clothing Items
Suitable for shipping large amounts of clothing, or bulkier clothing items such as coats and jackets. An easy way to ship larger quantities of textiles.
Office Equipment
A great option for moving or storing office equipment, such as printers, monitors, and other desktop items.
Moving House
Ideal for moving house. Use our large and sturdy boxes to transport your items between locations. They provide excellent protection and are easy to carry.
E-Commerce Fulfilment
Perfect for businesses that need to ship larger products, or large amounts of smaller products.
Typical Size Range: 400mm x 300mm x 200mm to 500mm x 400mm x 250mm.
Extra Large Cardboard Boxes
Extra-large cardboard boxes are designed for exceptionally large or heavy items, or for shipping very large quantities of goods.
Bulky Goods
Use for sending large or bulky goods, or very large amounts of smaller items in one go. Great for any business or customer with larger requirements.
Furniture Parts
Perfect for packaging large furniture parts such as chair backs, table legs or other large items. Provides high quality protection and secure shipping.
Large Electronics
Use for shipping or storing large electronic items, such as televisions, computer monitors, or game consoles.
Moving Large Items
Ideal for use when moving large or bulky items, such as mattresses, or other large household items. Use with other packing materials for maximum protection.
Bulk Inventory
Great for businesses that need to store or transport bulk inventory items. These heavy duty boxes are designed for this purpose, and will provide a durable and robust method of storing your goods.
Commercial Shipping
Extra large cardboard boxes are a great option for commercial shipping, offering a reliable and sturdy packaging option for a range of goods.
Typical Size Range: 500mm x 400mm x 300mm to 700mm x 500mm x 400mm.
Cardboard Boxes for Moving House
Moving house can be a daunting task. Using the right boxes will help to keep your belongings safe and make the moving process as smooth as possible. Consider the range of boxes that are perfect for moving house, suitable for both large and small moves.
Moving boxes are designed to be robust and stackable, offering excellent protection and ease of transport for your possessions. Choose from a range of sizes to suit your needs, and use our other packing materials such as packing tape and bubble wrap to ensure your items are fully protected.
We offer moving boxes for all sizes of properties:
- Small Cardboard Boxes: Use these for books, ornaments, and fragile items.
- Medium Cardboard Boxes: Ideal for clothes, kitchen utensils, and smaller household items.
- Large Cardboard Boxes: Great for bedding, larger electronics, and bigger home goods.
- Extra Large Cardboard Boxes: Use for bulky or awkward-sized items, such as large lamps, rugs, or pieces of furniture.
How to Calculate How Many Boxes You Need
Figuring out the right number of boxes for your move is essential for efficiency and budgeting. Here's a simplified guide based on the size of your property:
- Studio Flat or Small 1-Bedroom Flat:
- Estimated Boxes: 15 - 25 small to medium boxes.
- Items: Mostly personal belongings, clothing, books, kitchen items.
- 1-Bedroom Flat or Bungalow:
- Estimated Boxes: 25 - 35 boxes (mix of small, medium, and large).
- Items: Personal belongings, clothing, books, kitchenware, and a few larger household items.
- 2-Bedroom House or Flat:
- Estimated Boxes: 35 - 50 boxes (mix of small, medium, large).
- Items: Includes everything in a 1 bedroom property, plus more larger items, furniture, and household goods.
- 3-Bedroom House:
- Estimated Boxes: 50 - 75 boxes (mix of all sizes, especially large and extra large).
- Items: Includes furniture, larger appliances, and a significant amount of belongings.
- 4+ Bedroom House:
- Estimated Boxes: 75+ boxes (mix of all sizes, mostly large and extra large).
- Items: Expect a high number of belongings, including large furniture items and a significant volume of possessions.
Tips for Calculation:
- Assess Your Belongings: Estimate the number of items you have in each room.
- Plan Your Packing: Create an inventory to make sure you are using the appropriate boxes for every item.
- Use a Variety of Sizes: A mix of box sizes will prevent overfilling, and will help you to utilise space more efficiently.
- Extra Boxes: It is a good idea to purchase a few extra boxes, and some additional tape and bubble wrap, in case of emergencies, or to accommodate any last minute additions.
Further Reading
For additional information about cardboard boxes, here are some useful resources:
- Recycle Now - What to do with cardboard - Information on how to recycle cardboard boxes and packaging.
- Packaging News - Industry news and information about packaging, including cardboard boxes.
- Corrugated Packaging Alliance - Information on the sustainability and recyclability of corrugated cardboard.
- YouTube - How to assemble a cardboard box - A useful instructional video on how to assemble a cardboard box
- NHS - Getting organised and keeping on top of things - Tips on getting organised and keeping on top of things when moving home.