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Timber arrivals, visits to suppliers, machinery and stories from the yard.

Sykes visit Ghana

Members of the Sykes Timber team have spent the early part of this week travelling throughout Ghana, reviewing contracts currently in place, alongside undertaking stump…

European Oak Boules

Sykes Timber offers a reliable and well-sourced range of European Oak boules, available across a broad spread of sizes and specifications.

Sykes Timber is a family business…

John Sykes founded the business in 1862. George joined in 1870, Joseph followed in 1913 and Stephen in 1942. Robert and Richard took the business…

Beam Oak

At Sykes Timber, we hold one of the most comprehensive stocks of beam oak in the UK, carefully selected with a level of understanding that…

50 Shades of Teak at Sykes Timber

The 2nd of February 2023 saw Sykes Timber cutting more Costa Rican Teak. To an unschooled eye, the owner & sawyer may tumble into an…

Sykes Timber’s Notre Dame Oak

Sykes sourced substantial oak sections from a French sawmill involved in cutting beams for the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral.

Breaking News!

Sykes Timber was granted planning permission for a 650m² office redevelopment at the ten-acre Warwickshire site.

Sawn Veneers at Sykes

We’re now producing 70 of our stocked species in 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7mm sections.. you get the idea.

Back at the Southampton Boat Show

Sykes returned to exhibiting at the Southampton International Boat Show in 2023, taking a selection of timber to meet boatbuilders, naval architects, yacht owners and…

From the yard

Air Dried vs Kiln Dried Oak

Within the timber industry there is often a tendency to present kiln dried oak as the automatic benchmark of quality. In reality, the subject is…

From the yard

Choose Timber

Timber is a renewable material, and the wood in a finished product continues to store carbon absorbed while the tree was growing. Those benefits depend…