WELCOME TO OUR WOODYARD
We’re English Woodlands Timber, a timber merchant specialising in the bespoke supply of certified British & European timber for furniture-making, joinery and building works. We champion the use of woods sourced from sustainable silvicultural management. We believe it all starts with the trees.
VISIT THE WOODYARD
We are a working woodyard on the South Downs Way in West Sussex
SELECT YOUR OWN WOOD
Our dedicated team will help you select from boards or beams
MACHINING TO ORDER
Our workshop can edge, cut-to-size, par, plane, thickness & profile
SPECIES
Oak
Quercus roburTraditional but never boring
Ash
Fraxinus ExcelsiorExcellent for fine furniture
Sweet Chestnut
Castanea SativaDistinctive grain patterns
Elm
UlmusVaried grain and texture
KNOWLEDGE BASE
knowledge is power, we capture ours so we can share it with you
RESOURCES
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
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Talk about Tannin
15 October 2023
There aren’t many certainties in this life but the presence of Tannin in Oak and Chestnut is definitely one of them. Both of these popular timber species have high levels …
Shake it up this #GiBWeek2023
10 October 2023
Yes dear woodfans, today’s the first day of #GiBWeek2023 and we want to to shake up your wood-thinking a little with some hard facts about wood and trees. So you’re …
Where to start with Exterior Timber Cladding
1 March 2023
If you’ve just begun to think about exterior timber cladding and you’ve never specified it before, this is as good a place as any to start. We have two simple …
Wood Knowledge: An Introduction to Ash
5 February 2023
Tom, our MD & chartered forest manager at English Woodlands Forestry, gives us the background on Ash trees and the timber we’re so fond of
ABOUT US
We’re English Woodlands Timber, a timber merchant specialising in sourcing, conversion & bespoke supply of English & European timber for furniture making, joinery and building works.
At our woodyard in West Sussex our 2500m2 stock sheds hold a huge range of homegrown species inc. Oak, Elm, Chestnut, Ash, Douglas Fir, Larch & Cedar in waney-edge & square-edge for customers to self-select assisted by friendly, knowledgeable staff whose mission is to make it as easy as possible for you to buy beautiful timber.
The sourcing of extraordinary timber for specialist woodworking is a particular feature of our supply and service is at the heart of everything we do. Our fully equiped 350m2 workshop provides bespoke machining services for wide boards aswell as cut to size (CTS), planed all round (PAR) + profile and moulding production for furniture, joinery & timber cladding.
We hold a chain of custody (CoC) for the PEFC & Grown in Britain certification schemes. We actively promote and encourage the use of homegrown softwood and hardwood timbers from well managed woodlands.
We believe it all starts with the trees.