Monday, 29 March 2021

It's been a while.

 

March 2021....It's been a while.


 Well here we are March 2021........A virus, three lock downs and a lot of stress later and we are still  here (thankfully!!) and we are processing wood orders at the rate of a family of beavers on speed.  

   2020 saw the sawmill close the doors to the public, everyone bunkered down and orders were               delivered everywhere, the emails came in day and night and the telephone rang all day long but             luckily the daily grind carried on almost as normal except for food shopping which was something         else entirely.  Towards the end of the year there was a lot of talk about Christmas and how things            would work selling our home grown tree's, well it was crazy socially distanced affair but still crazy,         we over cut our quota of trees for the year and sold out entirely at least a week before Christmas.  It was exhausting!!!!  And now here we are, well into the new year and hopefully the end is in sight and        things may hopefully get back to some kind of normality.  We've been planting lots of new tree's of        all varieties, we've got friends sheep in the field eating the grass and lot of projects lined up for the          rest of the year.

Some photo's from 2020-2021 so far.

           


     


   

   

























    

        

Monday, 26 November 2018


🎄🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 

It's Christmas tree time!!


Christmas tree's will be available from 1st December. 

Monday, 13 August 2018

New Product



NEW PRODUCT IN !!


20kg of Post Mix Concrete

Coarse and Fine mix.

Saturday, 28 April 2018



Offers

On occasions we will  run some special offers on general stock, over cuts, or products that we don't normally hold in stock.
We currently have a batch of 8" (approx) pressure treated waney edge board in 12 foot lengths phone for price. Ideal for fencing/sheds.
New Lines
We hope to be able to add new lines either to our 'cut to order' repertoire or to our general stock. 
Due to several requests from customers we have are currently in the process of purchasing a trial pack of oak sleepers which should be with us shortly. Price to be confirmed shortly.
Oak sleepers 2.4m long x 200mm x 100mm

Monday, 6 November 2017


The colder months are here.

With the colder months now upon us it's never to early to think about get those supplies in.

Bags of logs, kindling wood and potatoes are all in stock, crates of logs available by pre order and within the next few weeks the C word.

Yes Christmas tree's. 


If you're a happy over excited individual who loves Christmas and want a Christmas tree earlier than the dates shown please give us a ring and we'll be happy to help. 

😊




Sunday, 1 January 2017




RIDLEY SAWMILL


From all of us at Ridley Sawmill we would like to wish all our family, friends and customers a very Happy New Year
and wish you all the best for 2017.


NEW OPENING HOURS:

Monday - Friday 8am - 5.30pm

Saturday - CLOSED
(*Open by prior arrangement only)

Sunday - CLOSED


See you all soon !!



Sunday, 20 November 2016






RIDLEY SAWMILL


HOME GROWN CHRISTMAS TREES.






HIGH STREET, ANSTY, SP3 5QD

TEL: 01747 870351

OPEN MON-FRI 8-5pm

SATURDAY 3rd, 10th, 17th, 9-4pm

SUNDAY 4th, 11th, 18th, 10-4pm




Monday, 3 October 2016

Autumn News


Autumn News.

The lorry is now fully up and running also displaying it's new art work.
You may have seen it out and about already.





It's that time of year again folks the potatoes are now in - 25kg bag £7.




With the weather getting colder you'll be lighting those fires, bags of logs are in stock and crates of logs available for collection BUT please phone ahead for crates of logs as they will need pre-ordering.

Telephone 01747 870351.




Monday, 1 August 2016


Just a quick note.

Ridley Sawmill will be closed from 28th August
and
Re-opening on Tuesday 6th September.

Happy holidays everyone.

Wednesday, 22 June 2016



NEWS

The new lorry is now up and running so we can now deal with the larger deliveries.


Please note that Ridley Sawmill will be closed for business on Saturday 2nd July.


For the second year running we have supplied Glastonbury Festival with firewood so for all your mud loving festival goers - Enjoy !!!




Saturday, 23 April 2016



News update.

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We have a new email address please take a moment to write it down.

ridley-sawmill@btconnect.com

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Did you know that Ridley Sawmill has been
going for 70 years this year?

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The new lorry is almost up and running for future deliveries.  All thanks must go to Ben who has spent many hours of hard graft rebuilding it to the required specification.

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Wednesday, 23 December 2015

We would like to wish all our customers
friends and neighbors a very
 Merry Christmas
&
A Happy New Year !
The sawmill will be closed for the Christmas period -
12 noon Thursday 24th December
until 
4th January 2016.
Emails will be looked at and answer phone messages will be listened to.
Tel: 01747 870351




Wednesday, 2 December 2015





CHRISTMAS TREES
NOW IN STOCK





Sizes 4 - 8 foot
Prices from £20.

Open:
Monday - Friday 8-5pm
Saturday 5th, 12th, 19th  9-4pm

Sunday 6th, 13th, 20th  10-4pm  

High Street, Ansty, SP3 5QD
Tel: 01747 870351
caridley42@btinternet.com

Thursday, 26 November 2015

 
 
 
News update.
 
 
 
At long last the new saw is up and running there are a few minor adjustments to be made but we are operational again!!
 
We would like to thank every one for their patience and support whilst this major operation took place.
 
Preparations are also under way for next month, we shall be open for Christmas tree sales as follows:
 
Monday - Friday 8-5pm
Saturday 5th, 12th, 19th  9-4pm
Sunday 6th, 13th, 20th  10-4pm  

 
 
You can also follow us on Facebook:
 
 
High Street, Ansty, Nr Salisbury, SP3 5QA
Tel: 01747 870351
 
 
 


Monday, 28 September 2015



Out and about at Ridley Sawmill.

First of all thank you to everyone who came and said hello at the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show.



As you may have seen/ heard or been told we are upgrading our main band saw, it's an extremely slow process and is likely to take another 2-3 weeks to finish.  We are still able to cut most things but may be a bit slower than normal. We would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding whilst this work is being carried out.

Potatoes are once again in stock - £7.50 per bag!!

Now autumn is upon us and with night time temperatures dropping you may be thinking about lighting that fire??  Logs are available from the yard during normal opening hours, please phone and check availability before travelling.

Bags - £4
Crates COLLECTED - £65
Kindling - £7


Next thing on the list will be Christmas trees which are nicely taking shape !!








Sunday, 16 August 2015



Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show 2015
Wednesday 19th August

(THIS WEDNESDAY)

We will be attending the show again this year.
Look out for the trade stand and come and say hello if you are going yourselves.

See the link below for more details for the show:



Summer Holidays

As usual the sawmill will but shut 
Midday Saturday 29th August - 7th September 2015.
(Open as normal Tuesday 8th September!!)

Please email or leave any message on the answer phone, these will be picked up daily but may not be answered for a few days.








Monday, 6 July 2015



From Ansty to Glastonbury Festival 2015


Many of you will already know that we were asked if we could supply slabbing/firewood to Glastonbury Festival 2015 and of course we said YES !! (be stupid not too!!)

After several phone calls and three lorry loads later we had supplied 84 bundles of slabbing/firewood.






 

This last one is from a friend who attended the festival and spotted some of our wood whilst setting up and kindly took a photo.  Thanks Daisy. 




Sunday, 12 April 2015


 
A day out at Yandles Woodworking Show.
 
So Chris and I decided to go for a trip out to Yandles Woodworking Show in Martock on Saturday.  The wood turning demonstrations were first class and a joy to watch and the assortment of wood available was some what exhausting to look at.  We both managed to come away with only one purchase each which was pretty amazing BUT I might have to investigate online the nice double ended wood turning chisels that were on display and being used.
 
  
 
 
 
          
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      

Feedback.
 
Everyone likes to receive nice emails, even more so when we get to see where and what the wood is used for. 

 
 
Hi The Ridley Family,
 
You remember that green oak you kindly cut for us, well here are some images of the finished item!! 
 
Thank you and use the images as you wish.
 
Regards
 
Alan.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Out and about in the sawmill.
For the last few months Chris has been pruning and shaping the Christmas tree's.
And I'm thinking about planting these little ones!


Ben has finished renovating.




And Jack has a new product for the sawmill to sell - wood chips..