Sleepers in Durham — pressure-treated railway-spec timber

What we stock

Dimensions

8" × 4" (200×100mm), 6" × 3" (150×75mm) on request

Lengths

8ft (2.4m), 10ft (3m), shorter lengths on request

Material

Pressure-treated softwood (tantalised)

Delivery to Durham

Kerbside, 1–2 day, flat fee at checkout

Click & collect

Free from NE13 7BA, 45 min from Durham

Common uses

Raised vegetable beds, garden steps, retaining walls for sloping gardens, log-store sides, simple boundary edging, planter boxes.

How to install / use

Lay flat for retaining walls (use rebar through holes for stability above 3 courses), stand vertically for low boundaries, stagger joints. Cut with a chainsaw or a quality circular saw.

What Durham looks like for fencing

Heritage-area planning rules apply in the city centre — anywhere near the Cathedral, the peninsula or the conservation areas. We'll flag if your build needs a planning chat. Clay-heavy soil through Belmont and Pittington means deeper postcrete sets — we factor in extra cure time before fitting rails. Rural Durham village plots often run longer than city ones; bigger orders, longer runs, more cost-effective.

Neighbourhoods we drop to: Belmont, Brandon, Bowburn, Pittington, Carrville, Sherburn, Coxhoe, Framwellgate Moor, Newton Hall, Gilesgate, Nevilles Cross. Plus surrounding postcodes (DH1, DH6–DH7) — drop your postcode at checkout if you're unsure.