Electric gates, barriers and bollards in London
We'll help your London entrance look right and work every time. Our team installs, automates and maintains gates, barriers, bollards and access control across London, with most of our work in the north and north-west of the city and along the A41 and M1 corridors out towards Hertfordshire.
We'll work on any make, whoever installed it, with same day emergency response when an entrance is unsafe or blocking access.
Working in London
London is a different job from the rest of our patch, and the difference is rarely the gate. It's the access. Entrances open straight onto live roads, there's nowhere to park a van, groundworks need permits, and half the properties are in a conservation area where what the gate looks like is settled before what it does. We plan the work around all of that before we arrive, rather than turning up and discovering it.
The other difference is the mix. In one week we can be on a distribution yard in the north-west, a managed residential block where the managing agent answers to leaseholders, and a Victorian frontage where somebody wants railings and a pair of gates that match the house. Those are three very different conversations, and we'll make sure we have the right one with you.
Most of our London work reaches us either along the A41 and the M1 from our Berkhamsted workshop, or through the boroughs on the northern edge of the city where our Hertfordshire work already runs. Barnet has its own page, and Borehamwood, Potters Bar and Rickmansworth sit on the same routes.
North London
North London is where most of our city work is. Barnet, Enfield, Haringey and the boroughs along the northern edge sit on the same routes as our Hertfordshire work, so an engineer covering Watford or St Albans in the morning can be in north London in the afternoon.
It's also where the two sides of our work meet most often: commercial gates and barriers on trade and distribution sites, and driveway gates and railings that suit the large Victorian and Edwardian housing stock.
How our team helps across London
Barrier and bollard maintenance on commercial car parks
Car park barriers in London take a beating: constant cycling, arms clipped by vehicles, and loop detectors cut by resurfacing. We'll keep them working on any make, whether we installed them or not, and you get a documented job report after every visit.
Gates and access control on managed blocks and trade sites
Vehicle gates and controlled pedestrian entry for managed residential blocks, trade counters and yards, wired so one credential covers the whole entrance rather than three.
Driveway gates and railings on period property
Made to fit the opening and suit the house, in traditional wrought iron work, steel or timber cladding, and automated so you're not getting out of the car on a busy London street.
Local questions
Do you cover central London as well as the north?
Yes. Most of our work is in the north and north-west, because that's where our routes from Berkhamsted run, but we take on commercial work across the city. Access, parking and permits usually shape the job more than the distance does, so let us know where the entrance is when you ring.
Can I have an electric gate on a London property in a conservation area?
Often, yes. What the gate looks like is usually settled before what it does, though, and that's a planning question rather than an engineering one. We make gates to a drawing, so if you have an agreed design, or a neighbouring property to match, we can work to it. Check the position with your local authority first, then talk to us about how it opens and we'll help you choose.