Cafe Laundry · Longcross KT16
Commercial Linen In Longcross On The Morning Round
Longcross sits inside our KT16 coverage, 17.9 miles from the Wembley plant. Aprons, tea towels or glass cloths — if you are here, you are on the round.
- 7 days
- Collection days
- 17.9mi
- Plant to Longcross
- 1
- Cafes in KT16
Commercial Cafe Linen in Longcross
Cafe Linen Hire KT16Apron Laundry LongcrossTea Towel Service KT16Glass Cloth HireBarista ClothsCoffee Shop Laundry LongcrossWash-Only AccountsNo Minimum Order
- 1
- cafés on the same round
- 1
- food-service venues nearby
- 17.9mi
- to our plant
- 7 days
- collection days
Nearest stations Longcross
Venue figures are indicative · data compiled Aug 2026
What goes wrong
The Longcross morning goes wrong before the first coffee
Cafes in Longcross rarely leave a supplier over price. They leave after a run of mornings that started badly.
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Deliveries that land after opening
A cafe opens earlier than almost anything else on the street. A drop timed for mid-morning is a drop that missed the shift it was for, and in Longcross that means serving the first hours on yesterday's cloths.
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Cloths that come back grey
Coffee oil, milk protein and syrup are not the same soil as food service. Washed on a general cycle they build up, whites go dull within weeks, and the counter is where it shows.
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Running short on the busy day
Par counts set on a quiet Tuesday leave you short on Saturday. Most Longcross cafes are not short of linen overall — they are short of it twice a week.
How it works
Four steps to a Longcross cafe on the round
Most of the work happens before the first collection. Get the count and the timing right and the service stops being something you manage.
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The count
Half an hour on the counter in Longcross tells us more than a form: the apron change rate, the cloth turnover and the day the shelf empties.
Half an hour, on site
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The round
KT16 already has a collection day. We fit you to it and agree a time that lands before opening rather than during it.
KT16 · 7 days
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The switch
You are never between suppliers. The first delivery arrives before the last collection of the old agreement.
No gap in service
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The account
A named account manager who knows your site and the KT16 round — not a ticket number and a call centre.
One name, not a queue
Running more than one site around Runnymede? The same account manager covers all of them, on staggered days so no site is left short.
How it is processed
Nothing from Longcross leaves our own plants
There are two buildings between your linen and ours, and we own both. Longcross collections run 17.9 miles to our Wembley plant. Nothing is passed to a third party in between.
Cafe work is classified separately here. Milk protein sets if it is washed too hot and builds up if it is washed too cool, so Longcross cloths run on a cycle chosen for them rather than inherited from the previous load.
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- Plants, both ours
- Every load
- Temperature logged
- 100%
- Insured in transit
Collections into Longcross run on the KT16 round, to plants we own and run.
What we collect from Longcross cafes
Every line below is available on hire or wash-only, and mixed accounts are normal in Longcross. One collection covers all of it.
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- Apron styles
- No minimum
- Order size
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Aprons Bib and waist aprons in cotton and polycotton, pressed and folded View the range -
Tea towels Absorbent cotton tea towels on their own wash classification View the range -
Glass & barista cloths Lint-free glass cloths and steam-wand cloths View the range -
Kitchen cloths Oven cloths and kitchen cloths for the back counter View the range
Serving food as well as coffee? Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same KT16 round — see restaurant laundry.
Longcross cafe pricing, published
Package pricing so you can size the cost before you call. Every plan in Longcross is hire or wash-only, and nothing carries a minimum order.
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The Espresso
£49 per month
- Single-site independent cafe
- Weekly collection on the KT16 round
- Aprons and tea towels
- Hire or wash-only
- No minimum order
- Most chosen
The Cappuccino
£89 per month
- Busier single site
- Twice-weekly collection
- Aprons, tea towels and glass cloths
- Named account manager
- Par counts set on a real week
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The Artisan
£149 per month
- Cafe with a kitchen
- Collection up to 7 days a week
- Full cloth and apron range
- Table linen included
- Seasonal par adjustment
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The Enterprise
Bespoke multi-site
- Two or more sites
- Staggered collection days
- One account manager for the group
- Consolidated billing
- Priced on volume, not a tariff
Prices are indicative. Your quote is priced on what a real week uses, not on a tariff.
A Longcross switch nobody behind the counter notices
Nobody in Longcross changes linen supplier on a whim. The question is only whether the switch can happen without a single bad opening — and it can.
- Before you commit
We count a real week, not an average one
Half an hour on site: what goes out on a Saturday, what is still in the wash on Monday, and where you run short.
- The handover
Stock lands before the old supplier stops
The two contracts overlap on purpose. Longcross gets its first delivery while the old supplier is still collecting, so there is no morning in between.
- After
Par counts adjust once we have seen a month
Month one is a measurement. From month two the Longcross par count reflects your real weekend rather than our opening guess.
Nothing here needs you to be out of contract first — the count and the quote cost nothing.
The week you switch is the week nobody notices.
Near Longcross — what businesses say
- Serving KT16
Longcross sits on an established round — these are the numbers behind it.
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- hotels served in Lyne
- 1
- plant, no subcontracting
- 7 days
- fixed collection days
- 1
- account manager, named
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Table presentation is everything in Mayfair. They handle our heavy cotton damask tablecloths and chef whites with real precision — stains vanish and the starch finish is always spot on. The daily collection has never let us down.
Mateo Rossi Restaurant General Manager · Fine dining restaurant -
Running a busy dining room alongside eight letting rooms needs a versatile laundry partner. Kitchen aprons, table runners and bed sheets all go in one collection, and the seven-day pickup schedule flexes around us.
Liam Gallagher Operations & Pub Manager · Gastro pub with rooms -
Whether we are catering a wedding or a corporate launch, linen presentation has to be immaculate. We get crisp, vacuum-sealed table linens and pristine chef jackets every time — a genuine operational ally.
Julian Bennett Executive Director of Operations · Catering & event production -
Our membership expects discretion and immaculate standards. Dining room linens and guest suites are laundered to a bespoke standard, and the discretion around our account has been absolute.
Alistair Finch Club Secretary & General Manager · Private members' club -
LP Laundry has been an absolute game-changer for our 45-room boutique hotel. Turnaround on our bed linens and heavy plush towels is inside 24 hours without a single delay. We could not be happier with the crisp, immaculate finish.
Charlotte Vance Front of House & Accommodation Manager · 45-room boutique hotel -
Running a high-end spa means going through hundreds of bathrobes and spa towels daily. Our rotation stays fully stocked with exceptionally soft, hygienically pristine textiles. Guest comfort has noticeably improved since we switched.
Siobhan O'Connor Spa Operations Director · Luxury health club & spa -
Our members expect fresh sweat towels immediately after back-to-back spinning classes. They handle our daily volume seamlessly, and I would single out the punctuality and the clean, long-lasting scent of the eco-friendly detergents.
Marcus Thorne Studio Manager · Boutique fitness studio -
In clinical and aesthetic practice, hygiene standards have to meet rigorous compliance. High-temperature sanitised gowns, drapes and bed covers arrive reliably every week. I trust their quality control completely.
Dr Elena Rostova Clinic Director · Private healthcare clinic
What we collect across Longcross and KT16
- Cafés
Local knowledge
Longcross — what the round has to work around
A futuristic residential area blending a major film studio with new eco-friendly garden village living. Unique to Longcross.
Cafes here sit on the KT16 round, and the constraint is the clock rather than the distance — Longcross opens before most of what we serve, so the drop is timed against opening.
Area detail compiled from the location file and the round that serves it.
Local detail
- Nearest stations
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- Longcross
- On the same round
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- Virginia Water
- Lyne
- Sunningdale
- Ottershaw
Longcross questions, answered
Which round covers Longcross?
Yes — Longcross sits on the KT16 round, 7 days, 17.9 miles from our Wembley plant.
- Shared with Virginia Water, Lyne and Sunningdale — adding you changes the schedule, not the route.
- The driver knows the streets around Longcross — the same crew runs it weekly, so nobody is reading a map on your doorstep.
- A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because of that distance.
We have a small kitchen — same round?
No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same KT16 collection and the same invoice.
- No second supplier and no second delivery day — one account covers both sides of the counter.
- Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — added as lines, not as a new agreement.
- If the kitchen is the bigger half — the restaurant page explains pricing by covers rather than by counter.
When does the KT16 round reach Longcross?
Before you open, because that is how the KT16 round is ordered. Cafes open earlier than almost anything else we serve.
- The time is agreed when the account opens — not left to whenever the van happens to reach Longcross.
- Timed around Longcross so the van is not arriving into the worst of it.
- If a drop is missed, a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.
Why do our whites go grey?
It is the wash, not the cloth. Run on the wrong programme they accumulate rather than lift.
- Cafe cloths and aprons run on their own classification — the programme is chosen for them, not inherited.
- Milk protein needs the right temperature, not just a hotter one — past a point, heat bonds the protein to the cloth.
- Grey whites are usually a wash problem, not an age problem — if stock is replaced every few months, the cycle is wrong.
Is there a minimum term?
No long-term tie-in and no exit fee.
- Terms flex with seasonal demand — Longcross in February and Longcross in July are different businesses, and the account should say so.
- Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — the count and the quote commit you to nothing.
- Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — the two overlap by design.
Are we too small an account in Longcross?
No minimum, on any line. Most of what we collect in KT16 is exactly that size.
- Small sites go on the same KT16 round — so you are not paying for a dedicated trip into Longcross.
- 1 cafes around KT16 are already on it — the vehicle is sized for this kind of work rather than adapted to it.
- Volume changes are expected — we adjust rather than hold you to a winter figure.
Is apron hire available to Longcross cafes?
Both, and mixed accounts are normal. Plenty of Longcross accounts run half and half.
- Hire — we own the stock, replace it as it wears and keep the par count topped up.
- Wash-only — the same garments that left Longcross, tracked, never swapped into a pool.
- Plenty of cafes do both — hired glass cloths and tea towels, own-branded aprons on wash-only.
We run short on Saturdays — what then?
Tell your account manager and a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.
- If it happens twice, the par count is wrong — and resetting it is our job, not a favour.
- Most Longcross cafes are not short of linen overall — the shortage has a shape, and the shape is Saturday.
- Seasonal swings are planned in — Longcross in December is not Longcross in February, and the par count should know that.
Something specific to your Longcross cafe?
Ask us directlyGetting it right first time in Longcross
Most of the environmental cost of cafe linen is rewashing and replacing it. Getting the classification right the first time does more than any claim on a van.
- One vehicle covers KT16, so adding Longcross adds a stop rather than a journey.
- Washing cafe soil on the right cycle is what stops stock being replaced every few months.
- Hire stock is mended and rotated through its full life rather than discarded early.
- Over four fifths of our central London vehicles are electric.
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- Plants, shared rounds
- 68%
- Water recovered
- 80%
- Fleet electric
- 0
- Linen to landfill
Plant figures are measured over a rolling twelve months. Routing figures are measured on the London rounds.
Cafe laundry in Longcross — request a quote
Tell us what you run and we will come back with a price — not a tariff, and not a callback to qualify you first.
- Priced on your week, not a tariff
- No minimum order, no tie-in
- On the KT16 round, before opening
Or call 01224 024759
Thank you — your enquiry is on its way.
We reply to every enquiry within one working day, usually sooner. If it is urgent, call us on 01224 024759.
Longcross and the KT16 round
Longcross sits on the KT16 round. These are the areas collected on the same run — and the other services we run at this address.