Our History

Since Michael Mart founded our company over 50 years ago, many things have changed. Today’s designs, manufacturing processes and materials are very different from when we manufactured our first gates in the late 1960s. However, the essence of Bennington remains unchanged – namely to hand build the very finest bespoke products in our Nottinghamshire workshops and to provide exceptional levels of service to our discerning customers.

Today our firm is run by Michael’s two daughters, Sue and Wendy, who still remain very much in charge of both strategy and day to day operations. Michael and wife Margaret still play a very active part in the operation of the firm and Michael’s tireless pursuit of innovation and excellence ensures that new technologies and materials abound at Bennington. Whether for domestic or commercial purposes, each Bennington gate is custom manufactured in-house to our exacting standards that will ensure a lifetime of pleasure is obtained from your investment. Each one represents the output of our team of dedicated, highly skilled craftspeople and the efforts required to transform the highest quality raw materials into products that will exceed your expectations and provide a lifetime of service.

We pride ourselves on innovation and relish the challenges that our clients trust us to solve. By combing hundreds of years of collective metalwork and manufacturing experience with the latest manufacturing processes, technologies and materials, including stainless steel, aluminium and electrostatic powder finishes, we use both insight and engineering to deliver the exceptional. We know our exacting clients demand and expect the very best – and we always deliver. Our customers know that nothing is too big or too small, too complex or too challenging.

Whilst our history begins with gates and weathervanes, our commitment to the exceptional has seen the continued success our sister businesses. Bennington Carriages are recognised as the world’s best and we are proud to have supplied HRH Prince Phillip with many of his carriages since the 1970s. Our other business, Bennington Metal Furniture, uses contemporary materials and cutting edge manufacturing technologies to create the very finest metal furniture for the home, garden and conservatory. In addition, we undertake bespoke projects for our exacting clients that trust us to create the incredible.