We have been supplying engineering steel bar since 1977. A lot has changed since then — our size, our range, our fleet, our facility. One thing has not: every order matters, and every customer gets the same level of service regardless of how much they buy.
We are a growing business. But no matter how big we get, we believe every order matters — whether it is one piece or a full load.
Parkside Steel was founded in London in 1977. Over the decades the business has grown steadily — in range, in capacity, in reach — relocating to our Nottinghamshire base in 2006 and expanding again with a new 60,000 sq ft warehouse in recent years.
Today we operate from Sherwood Park, Annesley, at the heart of the UK's motorway network. We stock 25 grades across five profiles, run 13 saws on site, and deliver on our own fleet of vehicles as well as through specialist carrier partners. But we have never lost sight of where we started: as a business built on doing right by every customer, every time.
A one-piece order gets the same care as a full artic load. A new customer calling for the first time gets the same advice as a long-standing account. That is not a marketing line — it is just how we work.
Parkside Steel (Stockholders) Ltd was incorporated on 15 August 1977 and began trading in London. The business was built on a simple proposition: hold the right engineering steel grades in stock, cut to the length the customer needs, and get it there when they need it. That proposition has not changed in 49 years.
Through the 1980s and 1990s the business grew its range of engineering grades and its customer base. Investing in sawing capability early gave us the ability to offer cut-to-length service that many competitors were not providing at the time — turning a stockholder into a genuine service operation.
In 2006, Parkside Steel relocated to Nottinghamshire — positioning the business at Junction 27 of the M1, at the geographic centre of England's motorway network. This move gave us direct access to every major industrial region in the UK and the space to significantly expand our stock holding and sawing capacity. It was the foundation for the business we are today.
The 2010s saw sustained investment across the business — expanding the fleet of delivery vehicles, adding grades and size ranges to the stock list, and investing in additional saws to reduce lead times. The introduction of the TSUNE high-speed circular saw was a step change in cutting capability for high-volume bulk orders.
Parkside acquired an additional 60,000 sq ft unit at Sherwood Park, allowing us to increase both our product range and the processes we can offer across both sites. The same year we added new Renault vehicles to the fleet and launched dedicated delivery runs to the North West — covering Stoke, Manchester, Leeds and surrounding areas.
A site move in early 2025 marked the next chapter. After a demanding transition, we entered 2026 fully settled at our new Sherwood Park facility with more saws, more vehicles, more grades and sizes, and lead times and output at their best ever levels. The business is in the strongest position it has ever been — and still growing.
We begin 2026 with 13 saws running, a growing fleet, and a stock range that covers everything from 3mm bright bar to 600mm diameter black round. 2–3 day cutting and next-day picking. Delivering daily across the UK. And still answering the phone when a customer has a problem.
These are not values we wrote for a website. They are the things that have kept customers coming back for decades.
A single piece of 25mm EN8 gets the same attention as a full artic load of 300mm black round. No order is too small to care about. Whether you are a one-man machine shop or a major engineering contractor, you will speak to someone who knows their steel and wants to help.
We do not list grades we cannot supply. We hold real stock across 25 grades in five profiles, from 3mm bright round to 600mm black round, in both metric and imperial. If we have it listed, we have it. If we have run out, we will tell you and give you an honest lead time.
Our sales team commits to delivery dates that the warehouse can meet. That means 2–3 days for cut-to-length work, next-day picking on stock lines, and same-day collection at the gate. When something changes, we pick up the phone first rather than waiting for you to chase us.
Every year we put money back into the business. New saws, new vehicles, more warehouse space, more grades. Not because we have to, but because standing still in this industry means going backwards. Our customers need us to keep up with their demands — and we do.
Our sales team understands engineering steel grades — not just the catalogue. They can help you choose between EN8 and EN19 for a specific application, explain what a 3.1 cert means, and advise on which tolerance class suits your machining process. Technical knowledge is part of the service.
Our own flatbed fleet covers the East Midlands and beyond. Our specialist carrier partners cover the rest of the UK mainland. Next day is available on the vast majority of stocked lines. We do not tell customers we cannot deliver to their postcode — we find a way.
Our last ten posts on LinkedIn, newest first — what we are investing in, what is moving in the market, and what it means for the material you buy. Each one links through to the original. See everything we post on LinkedIn ›
Thursday marks an important date for UK steel buyers.
On the 1st of October, Quarter 2 of the UK's new steel trade measure opens, but it also marks the end of the transitional exemption that has protected certain imports since July. From this point onwards, any material in a covered category must either sit within the available quota or face a 50% out-of-quota duty.…
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🎉 2,000 Followers! 🎉
A huge thank you to everyone who follows, engages with and supports Parkside Steel on LinkedIn. Reaching 2,000 followers is a fantastic milestone for us and reflects the continued support of our customers, suppliers, partners and the wider engineering community.
Over the past year we've made a real effort to share more of what goes on behind the scenes at Parkside – from technical insights and industry updates to investments in our facilities, stock and people.
We're proud of how far the page has come and we're excited to continue growing, sharing knowledge and connecting with even more people across the engineering and manufacturing sectors.
Thank you for being part of the journey. Big in Steel. Bespoke in Service.
If you moved from 8620 to EN36 because you needed a harder core, you bought the wrong thing.
Put the two Jominy curves side by side and they track each other almost exactly. At 10mm from the quenched face, you are looking at 23–30 HRC vs 22–28 HRC. At 15mm, they are virtually identical.…
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Melt & Pour. It's one of the most common questions we are seeing from customers over the last few months.
"Country of origin" on your invoice is not the same thing as where the steel was melted.…
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100% doesn't happen easily but that's what production has achieved
Bright or Black, Pick or Cut. Our team has made sure every order was processed and ready at least 1 working day prior to its due date over three consecutive days.
Picking - Next Day
Cutting - 2 to 3 Days
With all the variety of issues steel stockholding can throw at you this is an achievement worth rewarding.
With more news on the way to keep us improving this is a great foundation to build from.
Highlight on EN24T (817M40'T')
With a range from 8mm Diameter up to 500mm Diameter across bright & black we are well covered to offer all your requirements.
Cut to size or bar lengths ask our sales team today.
sales@parksidesteel.uk.com
01623 687 660
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Most mill certificate problems aren't exotic metallurgy.
They're a mismatched grade, a missing heat number, or a certificate type that doesn't match what the order asked for.
The heat number is the one that matters most. It ties the material in your hand back to the specific batch of molten steel it was poured from and it's the thread that connects a finished part to the mill's records if a question comes up two years later.
Read a certificate in one disciplined pass: heat number, grade, chemistry, mechanicals, condition. Tick each against the order and the product standard. That's most of the value, and it takes a couple of minutes.
Our guide to EN 10204, the four types, what a 3.1 shows field by field, and where 3.1 and 3.2 genuinely differ:
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We're moving up in the world... of sizes.
Our new facility let us make the jump to 400mm diameter bar. Inevitably, that wasn't enough for the sales team.
We're now stocking up to 500mm diameter in:
070M20 (EN3B)
080M40 (EN8)
S355J2
817M40T (EN24T)
Cut to length on site.
Quotas are already tightening and CBAM lands in January. Having the big sizes on the floor matters more than it did.
sales@parksidesteel.uk.com
01623 687 660
More work is coming. Less duty-free steel is coming with it.
The £298bn Defence Investment Plan sets out four years of procurement aimed squarely at British industry, with a deliberate push toward regional SMEs — the machine shops and subcontract engineers who actually buy alloy bar. July's manufacturing figures back it up: output growing at its fastest pace in nearly two years, and backlogs rising for the first time in over four.…
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Adding capacity. Improving service.
With import quotas tightening, availability is what customers are asking about most. Holding more here means fewer conversations that start with "when can you get it".
Outdoor racking has started going up at our Annesley site and it's already taking shape.
More Sizes
More Stock
More Grades
Picked or cut and out within 2–3 days. Let us know how we can help.
sales@parksidesteel.uk.com
01623 687 660
We have never been a business that stands still. Since the move to Nottinghamshire in 2006, we have invested consistently and deliberately — in machinery, in vehicles, in warehouse space, in people.
That investment is not about growth for its own sake. It is about being able to say yes when a customer needs something. A wider range means fewer times we have to tell someone we do not stock their grade. More saws means faster turnaround. More vehicles means fewer delivery promises we cannot keep.
We are a growing business. We are proud of that. But the measure we care about is not the size of our fleet or the square footage of our warehouse — it is whether the customer who called us this morning gets exactly what they needed by the time they needed it.
That is what we are building towards. Every order, every day.
Acquired in 2024, expanding both product range and processing capability across two Sherwood Park sites.
New vehicles added in January 2024. Dedicated delivery routes to Stoke, Manchester, Leeds and surrounding areas now running weekly.
12 band saws and 1 TSUNE high-speed circular saw. The TSUNE outfeed table upgrade in 2024 reduced lead times on bulk longer-length orders.
Fully settled after the 2025 site move. Lead times and throughput at their best ever levels. More grades, more sizes, more capacity than at any point in our history.
Our quality management system is independently assessed and certified to ISO 9001. This covers our stockholding, sawing operations, material traceability and customer service processes.
Material test certificates to EN 10204 2.2 and 3.1 available on all alloy grades. Full material traceability from mill to delivery note on every consignment.
Incorporated 15 August 1977. Registered in England & Wales. Privately owned and operated. Accounts filed regularly at Companies House. A business with history and financial stability.
Whether you need one piece today or a regular supply arrangement, we want to hear from you. Our sales team is on the phone Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 and will respond to email enquiries within 2 working hours.