This map details timber suppliers around the world that provide material for craft based industries. If you believe something is missing from this list, please provide me with a name, postcode and website in the comment section at the bottom of the page.
This map displays timber suppliers who provide material for professions and crafts such as cabinet making, luthiery, carving and woodturning etc. These professions tend to require higher quality hardwoods and softwoods, both native and exotic, compared to other construction based industries.
It does not display suppliers of construction grade timber and sheet goods as these tend to be easier to find through a search engine such as Google.
What have I missed?
Do you have any other suggestions of places that should be on this list?
Please put suggestions in the comment box below and provide the following details:
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Postcode and Address
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Please ensure your suggestions match the criteria of a timber supplier for a craft based profession as opposed to construction!
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Hardwood supplier outside Hexham in Northumberland
Hexhamshire Hardwoods
Whitley Chapel
Hexham
NE470HF
https://hexhamshirehardwoods.co.uk/
No job too small. They supplied me with planed ash for Matt’s dovetail box project at a reasonable price
There is an awesome dealer in Louisville, Kentucky. They get trees from construction sites all around the metro area of Louisville and milk them up.
Saw-Whet Hardwoods
500 Bergman st.
Louisville, Kentucky, USA 40203
https://www.kentuckyurbanhardwood.com/contact-us/
Again in the USA there are 2 that I like:
The woodworker store
Enon, Ohio
and
Frank Miller Lumber Co.
Union City, Ohio
Frank Miller Lumber Co is one of if not the largest supplier of quarter sawn boards.
Please look these places up. We need to keep places like this in business.
Thank you
can you please include suppliers in Italy on your map – I don’t know of any – which is why I’m asking
in the netherlands:
Arnhemse Fijnhouthandel
Driepoortenweg 12
6827 BR Arnhem
http://www.af.nl
Two wood shops in Ontario Canada
Exotic Woods
5229 Harvester Road
Burlington, ON L7L 5L4
P: 905.335.8066
E: info@exotic-woods.com
A & M WOOD SPECIALTY
357 Eagle Street North, P.O. Box 32040
Cambridge, Ontario
Canada N3H 5M2
t: 1 800 265 0624 | 1 519 653 9322
f: 1 519 653 3411
mail@forloversofwood.com
There’s also my local supplier…
The Hardwood Store of North Carolina
106 E Railroad Ave # V
Gibsonville, NC 27249
+1 336-449-9627
https://www.hardwoodstore.com/
Whitmore timbers
Main Road
Claybrooke Magna
Leicestershire
LE17 5AQ
https://whitmores.co.uk/
Have shopped here a few time. Great place, sells sawn and planed timber, bowl blanks, they even sell £100 bundles of mixed off cuts that are great for small projects like boxes and boards.
Reimer Hardwoods Kelowna
650 Adams Court
Kelowna B.C. V1X 7S2 Canada
https://reimerhardwoods.com/contact/kelowna/
Sutton Timber, Beccles, Suffolk
https://www.suttontimber.co.uk/
Supplied some lovely Scottish pippy oak.
Morgan Timber
Knight Road
Rochester
Kent
ME2 2BA
Timber merchants supplying high quality hardwood and softwood to trade and retail customers
Great idea .
Does your list extend to New Zealand?
In the US…
Domestic Lumber & Slabs:
Keim Lumber
4465 OH Rte-557
Millersburg, OH 44654
Exotic/Imported Lumber & Slabs:
World Timber Corp.
578 Hubert Blvd.
Hubert, NC 28539
Great work Matt. Appreciate all of your videos and advice. Super helpful! Here’s a great spot from Calgary, Canada. Both of you guys have a cool YouTube channel as well.
Company: Black Forest Wood Co.
Postcode and Address: 603 77 Ave SE Bay 7, Calgary, AB T2H 2B9
Website Details: https://blackforestwood.com/
Great web page, very helpful!
Any suggestion for north east england, Durham area.
Thanks
Hi John,
Arbor timber, Mill rd, Littleburn industrial estate, Durham. 01913782016, not the cheapest but maybe worth a call,
Andrew.
P.S.
There is also a saw mill a couple of minutes around the corner from them,
Andrew.
Good guys near Broxburn, small container shop with nicely figured wood planed smooth and they were quite happy to leave me in a different container to pick a few boards for a project. Terrible website but more active on facebook.
http://www.centralscotlandsawmill.co.uk/
Winchburgh, Broxburn EH52 6QW
Since we’re going more international:
Furnier Lehmann in Berlin, Germany
Kitzingstraße 21-23
12277 Berlin-Marienfelde
http://www.furnier-lehmann.de/
Name notwithstanding, they have a large selection of roughsawn lumber in addition to a wide range of veneer (small patches all the way up to several square meters in size). Very friendly staff is happy to get whatever you need with a forklift so you can sort through the parts and pick the pieces you want.
Langevin Forest
9995 Boulevard Pie-IX,
Montréal, QC H1Z 3X1
http://www.langevinforest.com
A great supplier for exotic wood in Montréal, Canada!
any shop in Toronto
M Large
74 Church Road,
Newtownabbey
BT36 6DH
Live edged boards, hardwood, turning blocks etc.
A place I found in Minnesota.
Forest Product Supply Inc.
2650 Hwy 61 N.
Maplewood, MN 55109-1021
https://www.forestproductssupply.com/
They Have a nice selection of Domestic, Exotic lumber, sheet goods and slabs.
Its attached to a cabinet shop and they are happy to cut things down for you if you need.
been meaning to order online form them actually
Any in East Anglia at all? I live in Lowestoft about as far away as you can get from any Matt listed!
Try the international boat building college – they have a timber yard and fantastic people who would help.
https://www.ibtc.co.uk/
Timber yard next to them and worth a look as the stuff they do is just amazing- just like yours Matt ?
Same here! Thorogoods are just down the road from me, they know they are slightly expensive but they consistently have highest quality hardwoods in stock, even walnut tree slices several ft in diameter
I’m looking for someone to help me learn in east Anglia as it goes 😛
Thorogood Timber Merchants Ltd
https://www.thorogood.co.uk/
Just outside Colchester, Essex (can’t see their add. at the mo sorry)
Duffield Timber, Green Lane, Melmerby, Ripon HG4 5JB. Rough sawn full boards and lots of off cuts, some of which is sold by weight some by price marked. Hardwood is expensive, but if you can find bits to do what you intend it keeps the cost down. Well worth a visit as the staff will leave you alone to look & ponder. The real difficult is NOT buying something.
Clive Waker Timber, 3 Beza Rd, Leeds LS10 2BR. This to has an off cut section, but not as big as Duffield. If you know what you want email or phone for a price. Close to the M1 in south Leeds. Knowing what you want is a big part of buying timber / wood as Matt has said. This merchant also does reasonable quality birch plywood, which they will cut, though the cut can be on the rough side. Expect to make your own cut back from the cut edge.
Lastly a builders Merchants, Milfords, Cardigan Road, Leeds. I use this for building products ( I’m a plumber) but that includes timber and sheet materials. The reason I have mentioned them is usually the counter & yard lads are helpful. They get a fair number of DIY ‘no-clue’ customers, who they try and help – if possible – but it can be an education to just watch. Timber is pine, quality okay. Plywood quality has gone down when I compare with what I got 20 years ago, but I think that’s just how cheaper ply has gone.
Thanks for the Leeds tips Andrew. Didn’t know about Clive Waker. I’ll check them out.
For an Australian supplier:
Mathews Timber
41-43 Rushdale St
Knoxfield, Victoria, 3180
https://www.mathewstimber.com.au
Crosscut Hardwoods
4100 First Ave S.
Seattle WA 98134
USA
http://www.crosscuthardwoods.com/
They’ve got locations in Portland (Oregon, USA), and Eugene (Oregon, USA) but I’ve never been to them.
I have been to the Portland store. It is wonderful. They supply wholesale, as well, as Emerson Hardwood. Their slogan is, “The Woodworker’s Candy Store.” True. Woodcrafters, Woodcraft, and Rockler are not quite as good.
Known as being a great resource for turners, they also have a self-select plank store and some really good sizes, too.
https://www.stilesandbates.co.uk/home.php
Stiles and Bates
Upper Farm, Church Hill
Sutton, Dover
Kent, CT15 5DF,
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01304 366 360
General Enquiries: info@stilesandbates.co.uk
Order Enquiries: sales@stilesandbates.co.uk
For those in the US, call for international shipping rates:
Bell Forest Products
200 E. Hematite Dr.
Ishpeming, MI 49849
877-770-9663
https://www.bellforestproducts.com
A few more in Northern Ireland:
Murdock Hardwood – construction timber, but also supply a great range of hardwoods.
Murdock Hardwood Industries Ltd.
51 Rathfriland Rd. Newry, Co Down
N. Ireland BT34 1ld
tel: 028 302 61011 fax: 028 302 66929
email: info@murdockhardwood.com
http://www.murdockhardwood.com/
Sister company:
James McGregor & Sons
49 Sydenham Rd.
Belfast BT3 9DR tel: 028 90 451244
fax: 028 90 456433
http://www.mcgregorhardwood.com
The Wood Shed
11 Lowtown Road, Templepatrick Co. Antrim BT39 0HD
+44 (0)28 9443 3833
enquiries@wood-shed.com
https://wood-shed.co.uk/
Lots of wood, supplies, equipment and courses.
Ocean Hardwood,
1 Meadowbank Road, Trooperslane Ind. Estate
CARRICKFERGUS, Co. Antrim BT38 8YF
Tel: 02893 365746 Fax: 02893 363733
https://www.oceanhardwoodni.com/
Anyone knows a suplier located in Belgium?
You would greatly help me out.
Hey, I’m also from Belgium 🙂
I get mine at http://www.vanhardhout.be , thats a local sawmill in west flanders
R.H. Chappelow
Kettlestring Lane
York
YO30 4XF
United Kingdom
http://www.rhchappelowyork.co.uk/
Someone else already mentioned it but I think I will add link to their website : https://www.hardwoodoffcuts.co.uk/
The Wood Yard
Canterbury Tye Farm
Doddinghurst Road
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 OSD
sales@unitedwoodproducts.co.uk
01277 205990
Any tips for wood suppliers in the Netherlands?
in Zwolle, Masave, http://www.masave.nl
in Arnhem, Arnhemse Fijnhouthandel, http://www.af.nl
in Amsterdam, Amsterdams Fijnhout, http://www.fijnhout.nl
Hi everyone, does anyone know of a good hardwood supplier in the South Wales area??
Thanks
https://www.chilterntimber.co.uk/
Chiltern Timber Supplies Ltd, Unit DC4, Prologis Park, Maylands Gateway, Blossom Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 4ZB, United Kingdom.
As of June 19, 2020 not yet open for collection. When they are, you can browse the racks and they have cages of off-cuts. A few turning blanks. Some big slabs of tropical hardwood for counters and tables.
Carries a growing stock of hardwoods, in addition to birch ply, laminates, and softwoods (inc western red cedar).
Hardwood: Ash, Beech, Black Walnut, Cherry, Maple, lot of White Oak, Poplar and Meranti.
At this time they are not stocking for figure specifically, but thinner curly boards do appear and are not priced at a premium.
The hardwood offcut shop.
Doddinghurst Rd, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood CM15 0SD
Top place. Not so much offcuts as seconds so you can get some top notch wood there. Tons and tons of blanks for turners etc too.
Awesome place ??
Anyone know of a wood yard in SW France in the Charente that supplies high quality wood?
I had an exceptional service, fabulous wood at a very competitive price in Devon from:
UK Hardwoods, Johnstone Moor, Folly Lane, South Molton, Devon EX36 3EE
https://www.ukhardwoods.co.uk/
07809 773 492
info@ukhardwoods.co.uk
Nice, helpful people- highly recommended.
Timber merchant in Nuremberg, Germany.
Sells rough sawn local timber, also in small quantities:
https://www.schmidtholz.de/
Schmidt Holz
Saganer Str. 33
90475 Nürnberg
Germany
At the moment, the map doesn’t seem to have any suppliers marked on it, just the usual roads, towns, cities and so on. I’d originally thought it was an iOS thing, but t’s the same on a desktop PC.
W L West & Sons in Selham, Petworth GU28 0PJ have some nice stuff at reasonable prices
Strahan Timber
Good selection of hardwoods
https://www.strahan.ie/
B4/B5, Block 3 Aerodrome Business Park, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, D24 X371, Ireland
Would you know any out Galway side? I’m new to the hunt haha.
Timspec
64 Stoddard Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland 1041, New Zealand
https://ititimspec.nz/
Great central Auckland for city dwellers to get any hardwoods and furniture grade softwoods
For Canadian woodworkers and hobbyists:
KJP Select Hardwoods
K2E6T7
http://www.kjpselecthardwoods.com
W. Hanson predominantly sell construction timber. However, they have a small selection of hardwoods available also. This is a great place for those in West London, who do not want to travel too far.
W.Hanson (Iron Bridge) Ltd
Uxbridge Road
Southall
Middlesex
UB1 3EQ
Tel: 020 8571 3161
Mon-Fri 7.00am – 5.15pm
Sat 8.00am – 2.00pm
http://www.w-hanson.co.uk
I know they are a big chain company, but might be worth adding Arnold Laver
https://www.laveronline.co.uk/
They have 16 depts across the UK, and while it looks like they are set up to supply the trade, they will sell to indivduals (although I am not sure on their cost).
They also said they can get just about any hardwood you want.
Wood4yew
Cumberworth Road
Mumby
Alford
Lincolnshire
LN13 9LA
(Also known as Mumby Timbers on Facebook)
No idea how good they are.
Treestation
Vaughan st
Manchester
M12 5FQ
Sell local wood
Wood4yew
Cumberworth Rd, Mumby, Alford LN13 9LA
https://wood4yew.co.uk/
(Also known as Mumby Timbers on Facebook)
Never used them, but its one of the few local to the Peterborough area ive been able to find.
Theres also Arnold Laver Timber World
https://www.laveronline.co.uk/
They have 16 stores across the UK
I think they are aimed more at the trade side of things, but I went in an enquired, and they will sell to individuals (not a clue on their costs, its all quoted based on quantity), and they claim they can get just about ANY wood (On hand, they had English and America Oak, Red Wood, Sepele – but they said they can get anything I wanted
Vastern Timber in Wiltshire
Witney on Wye sawmills
Gibbs and Dandy (Mainly construction, however, the hereford branch do Hardwoods and deliver, also have self selection)
Pontrilas merchants- have self selection with some interesting exotic species such as Wenge.
Capital Crispin-veneer
Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Joe
Although the following do sell for construction, I’ve had no issues in hand picking hardwoods and small purchases.
Belvoir Sawmill
Belvoir Road
Knipton
Grantham
NG32 1HA
https://www.belvoirsawmill.co.uk/
Brooks Timber
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2PR
https://www.brookstimber.com
Tree House Hardwoods & Millshop, 1891 Williston Rd, South Burlington VT 05403 USA – http://treehousehardwoods.com
Haley Wood Products, 19 Gauthier Dr Essex Junction VT 05452 USA – https://hayleywoodproducts.com
British Hardwoods
The Crossings Business Park,
Unit 9 Riparian Way,
Cross Hills,
Keighley
BD20 7BW
https://www.britishhardwoods.co.uk/
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