Trade Fairs and Shows

It's that time of year again when there's a bit of a buzz at British Hardwoods and we return to our woodworking roots at the North of England Woodworking Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate.

The show is NOW ON !!

Please come and visit us: Stand 147, Hall 1, The Great British Showground, Harrogate

Opening times: 16 Nov 2018 10am - 5pm, 17 Nov 2018 10am - 5pm, 18 Nov 2018 10am - 4pm

The calm before the storm

Doors open at 10am. Looks like it might be a busy day !

This year we have a great range of planed all round and calibrated timber, sawn boards,  hobby packs, blanks, finishing oils and a great selection of Native Hardwoods - Oak, Elm, Yew, Ash, Lime, Sycamore...all at great prices. Whether you are a woodworker or keen hobbyist, come and visit our stand... you won't be disappointed.

A great selection of timber and boards

If you are looking for something a little bit special, for a furniture centrepiece, or for a little wow factor for your woodworking project, checkout our stunning hand selected boards, in burr elm, burr oak, pippy oak, yew and other beautiful timbers.

A stunning burr elm table top ?

If you don't manage to see us at this year's show, you can always visit our well stocked showroom in Keighley where we have everything for your woodworking project.

In The Woods Timber Shop

A number of the British Hardwoods team attended the annual North of England Woodworking show in Harrogate last weekend which proved a great success. Great fun was had by all in a very busy show hall. Hundreds braved the cold weather and packed car parks to browse the stalls ranging from power tools to beautifully crafted furniture and wood carvings.

The British Hardwoods stand - ready for action on Friday

Our beautiful oak feature table made by Tony for the show

Lots of interest in our lovely native hardwoods

Form an orderly queue please gentlemen!

Jamie making the most of a day away from the British Hardwoods office

Tony enjoying a quick cuppa after a very busy show day

Much quieter on the stand on the final day

The British Hardwoods stand was very popular amongst woodworkers, hobbyists and people looking for something a little out of the ordinary with our spectacular range of our own kiln-dried native hardwoods.

Thanks to all who attended and stopped by for a chat and a pre-Christmas purchase. We still have lots of English Pippy Oak and some of our beautiful selected Yew boards on sale here at our factory, so you are more than welcome to pop in and take a look. We also hope to have some Scottish Elm, Austrian Walnut and some Lime very shortly.

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Subscribers to our e-newsletter will be aware that we installed our very own kiln, at our premises here in Yorkshire, towards the end of summer. Having a kiln on-site has enabled us to source a wider selection of beautiful native hardwoods.

Our newly installed kiln awaiting its first batch of timber

During the past couple of months we have selected and sawn some stunning English Pippy Oak and Pippy Burr Yew Boards. The anticipation whilst the timber has slowly kiln dried finally ended early this week when we were able to reveal our very first batch.

Our director Tony with the newly removed timber from our kiln

With the boards safely removed from the kiln on our bogey system, Tony and Jason set to unloading each board by hand (some aching backs to be anticipated no doubt!). Once unloaded and installed inside our warm and dry factory the boards were ready for planing.

Tony demonstrating the Boere knife planing machine to Jamie

Each individual board was then fed through our Boere Knife Planing Machine which can process boards up to 900mm wide in one pass. With so many boards to plane before the weekend Tony was kept busy for several days.

Just three of many newly planed, kiln dried English Yew Boards

All our beautiful planed boards are now ready for the annual North of England Woodworking Show in Harrogate this weekend. We will be providing a huge selection of superb hardwoods this year, including our own kiln dried English Pippy Oak, Pippy Burr Yew and Lime in all thicknesses. Tony, Jason, Mark and Jamie will be manning our stand (Number 147) at the show, so call and say hello, they'll be glad to see you.

For full show details of exhibitors and demonstrators and to buy tickets click here >>