Vol. XV · Nº 03
Established Somerton, MMXI
Tuesday, 7 April 2026

Worsdale & Co.

Fabricators of Steel — South West, England
07966 471155 · 01458 273737
The Lead — Workshop Notes

Steel, measured
twice. Cut &
welded once.

Worsdale Fabrication Ltd works with main contractors and private clients across the South West, providing an efficient, high quality fabrication service. Agricultural. Industrial. Domestic. Done once. Done right.

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Plate I — The workshop floor at Somerton Door Farm, evening shift. Photo / Plate

Worsdale Fabrication Ltd was built — and is still built — on the principle that good steel should outlive the person who installed it. Customers return time and time again. A great many come by referral, which is the kind of compliment a fabricator pays attention to.

The workshop at Somerton Door Farm is unhurried but never idle. Plate is squared. Welds are dressed. Drawings are checked against the actual material on the bench, because the material always tells you something the drawing did not. Quality services, exceptional efficiency, and the highest level of professionalism — that is the standing instruction.

The work moves between worlds. One morning it is an automated trough cover for a calving shed, controlled from a tractor cab. The afternoon brings a balcony for a Georgian rebuild, or a structural beam for a contractor whose timeline collapsed last week. The variety is the point.

Suppliers — Parker Steel, Parker Tools, AJN Steelstock — are chosen the same way the customers are: long relationships, no surprises, materials you can vouch for. Check the specification of our products against any other and you will find ours to be of peerless quality. Do it once and do it right.

§ II

Three trades, one workshop.

Agricultural
Industrial
Domestic
01
Field & Farmyard

Agricultural fabrication

Farmers constantly need to repair and modify machinery and equipment to suit their specific needs. The ability to alter buildings, gates, and animal pens is a massive benefit to the agricultural industry — and it is where Worsdale's roots run deepest. Founder Richard worked extensively for CNH across Russia and the CIS regions before turning to Somerset.

We manufacture, repair and modify buildings, gates, pens, sheeted gates, backing gates, walkways and much more. Featured: automated trough covers for a calving shed, operated remotely from the tractor cab — with all accompanying buildings fabricated by the same hand.

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02
Contractor & Site

Industrial fabrication

Worsdale Fabrication Ltd is able to undertake industrial projects of all sizes — there is no job too big or too small that won't be considered. Long-standing partnerships with main contractors mean delivery, drawings and dialogue stay in step with the schedule.

Specialist work in walkways, platforms, staircases, mezzanines and fire escapes for all kinds of buildings, plus complete buildings, extensions, gantries, security gates, guardrails and barriers. The workshop is sized for the heavy stuff.

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03
Home & Garden

Domestic fabrication

Worsdale also undertake domestic projects — steel work, gates, fencing, decorative garden projects, hand rails, stairs, balconies and balustrades. From traditional styles to sleek contemporary designs, the limitations are endless.

Available galvanised, powder-coated or painted, with optional full automation. The same standard that goes onto a portal building goes onto a balcony, which is the only standard worth keeping.

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04
Stock & Specials

Builders beams, bolts & fixings

Quick-turnaround beam fabrication for contractors who need it quickly: order before 3pm, processed and painted, delivered on day three (subject to steel stock). Custom bolts and fixings made to specification for the awkward, the bespoke and the urgent.

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§ III

From the archive.

Selected work
2011 — present