About Birkdale | Fencing & Gate Accessories Supplier

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Whether you’re in the planning stages of an upcoming project or are on a job and have come across a last minute need, we can help. We offer same-day dispatch on all orders placed before 5pm, as standard.

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High quality products

All the fencing products you need from one reliable supplier, that’s the dream isn’t it? Knowing that everything - from individual gate hardware and tools to pre-packed ironmongery and complete electric fencing systems - can be found under one innovative, high quality name.

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Are you in Europe?

As well as the UK and Ireland, we supply distributors and stockists across Continental Europe too. If you’re looking for a new supplier of gate and fencing accessories, we can help.

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Our Story

1982

The business was founded by John Abernethie in 1982, from his home on Birkdale Road. John had spent a few years as a fencer and initially started the business to sell accessories to fencers to make their lives a bit easier.

1990

By 1990, the business had started to take off and we took on our first employees.

1992

We moved over to an import model shortly afterwards, working with suppliers with factories across China and India. In 1992 we received our first container of imported gate hardware.

1999

In 1999, the MATE concept was born, and we launched our first sub-brand, GATEMATE®

2002

We went international as GATEMATE® products started to make their way over to the USA for the first time.

2005

And in 2005, we had our first warehouse and office space designed and built.

2006

2006 saw the launch of FENCEMATE®.

2008

And we achieved further global expansion as we shipped GATEMATE® products to contacts in Canada.

2012

We celebrated receiving our 1,000th container of imported gate hardware, 20 years after the first!

2013

Launched SITEMATE®, and acquired Hulme Architectural Fencing

2015

We launched our Post Concrete product under the FENCEMATE® sub-brand in May 2015.

2016

Followed by the Euro Profile Longthrow Lock under our GATEMATE® sub-brand in February 2016.

2017

We had continued to grow at a steady rate, so built a 50,000 sqft Distribution Centre in Coventry

2018

We also needed a little more space for our team, so moved from Uxbridge to new purpose built offices in Stokenchurch in July 2018.

2018

Our innovation continued as we launched DuraPost, our unique concept steel fence post system at Fencex in October 2018.

2019

We launched PowerPro Screws in March 2019

2019

We launched our first app; DuraPost FenceBuilder, to assist contractors and homeowners when specifying projects.

2020

And after a lot of work within our team, our DuraPost patented design was approved in January 2020 and we launched the DuraPost Trained Installer Scheme across the UK and Ireland.