Frame posting, shipping !

[Twozaskars]

If you use the website send.parcelforce.com they will pick a boxed frame up from your house for £9.65 up to 5kg and bring the label. Just don't go OTT with the box size.

 

[jimo746]

I've always used ParcelForce, 48hr, and usually drop off at the depot near work (or Post Office). If you pay on their website you can get shipping for £10-15 or less if you keep the box size to a minimum.
Boxes, I go to Halfords and ask them for one of the cardboard bike boxes that they just chuck out anyway = free! Bigger boxes I "cut & shut", smaller bike boxes are ideal for frames though.
Packing, I bought a big roll of 100m x 750mm bubble wrap on eBay for £22, which lasts for quite a few bike frames/wheels etc!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19571756...ar=495581694097&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[xtaffa]

Cut and shut a bike box from LBS to get it under 135cm in length and under 62cm(!) in height and its about a tenner. I've used the pickup from home service mostly. LBS usually have boxes with the packing/padding still in, albeit torn about a bit.