I am thinking of making my own workbench and was wondering where would be best in the North West to source hardwood timbers? The local merchants that know of only have softwoods.
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I know suppliers in my neck of the woods are few and far between, so I tried Cornwall - it gave me somewhere "only a mile and a half from J27 on the M62!"
I believe Howarth Timber Barnsley deal in hardwoods; if you rang them they may be able to arrange to have an order delivered to one of their branches more local to you.