// Railway sleepers · Chester-le-Street · DH2, DH3
Chester-le-Street railway sleeper supply — raised beds, retaining walls, garden steps
Railway sleeper is what most Chester-le-Street fencers reach for first. Railway sleepers (also called railway garden sleepers) are heavy timber baulks — usually around 8" × 4" (200×100mm) — sized like the original railway sleepers but treated softwood, not creosoted oak. Good for almost anything that needs a chunky timber edge. We deliver across Chester-le-Street and the wider Durham footprint — Next-day.
Whether you're laying a single back-garden run on a Pelton or Great Lumley property or quoting a multi-house developer plot, the timber's the same: treated softwood, sized properly, dropped where you need it.
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
- Treated softwood (tantalised)
- Delivery to Chester-le-Street
- Kerbside, Next-day, flat fee at checkout
- Click & collect
- Free from NE13 7BA, 30 min from Chester-le-Street
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.
Installation notes are general guidance only. Timber sizes are approximate cut sizes (it's a natural material).
Railway sleepers sizes we stock for Chester-le-Street
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What Chester-le-Street looks like for fencing
The River Wear borders some of the Chester-le-Street and Lumley plots — riverbank fencing wants more careful spec (treated, gravel boards mandatory, posts set further back from the bank to avoid washout). Mostly fertile loam soil, posts go in easy.
Neighbourhoods we drop to: Pelton, Great Lumley, Bournmoor, North Lodge, Plawsworth, Waldridge, Edmondsley, Sacriston, Newfield. Plus surrounding postcodes (DH2, DH3) — drop your postcode at checkout if you're unsure.
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Fencers in Chester-le-Street →Delivery to Chester-le-Street
Next-day kerbside delivery. DH2, DH3.
Delivery info →Railway sleepers in Durham
DH1, DH6–DH7 · 45 min from the yard
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