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Benchprojectuk Benches and public seating should be designed to encourage conversation. It's all about both form and function.

We host community workshops to inspire our seating installations that are designed to last for years, using timber from local parks.

finally got round to making some elm frames to tell the patrons of The Swan that i was responsible for making the bar an...
04/09/2026

finally got round to making some elm frames to tell the patrons of The Swan that i was responsible for making the bar and tables there - thanks to Stef Consulting Designer

well, we made it on to page 3 at last! Our Curlew Bench was unveiled on Saturday- designed to last decades and to encou...
13/04/2026

well, we made it on to page 3 at last! Our Curlew Bench was unveiled on Saturday- designed to last decades and to encourage people to rest and reflect on the beauty of the reedbeds and perhaps share a few words with a fellow bencher. Thanks to for the galvanised frame and and and for funding this to commemorate the founding of SCS at Snape back in 1970

after 6 years of gestation, of course it had to be a right wet, cold n' miserable morning when we finally installed this...
19/02/2026

after 6 years of gestation, of course it had to be a right wet, cold n' miserable morning when we finally installed this bench to celebrate the founding of at snape maltings in 1970. thanks to danny for going the extra mile this morning! and to for not getting any spelling mistakes in their beautiful lettering (tbc)-(part-funded by )

snape maltings bench progress: the wording of the w. h. auden poem On This Island is now all picked out in ebony to make...
12/02/2026

snape maltings bench progress: the wording of the w. h. auden poem On This Island is now all picked out in ebony to make it easier to read for the public and, weather permitting, we are hoping to install next week in time for the show there. thanks as ever to for the frame and for the beautiful lettering

so thanks to for doing such a lovely job with the lettering (an Auden poem) for our Bench Project for on the Henry Moo...
06/02/2026

so thanks to for doing such a lovely job with the lettering (an Auden poem) for our Bench Project for on the Henry Moore lawn at Snape Maltings

Right! The Snape Maltings concert hall bench is neeeaaarrrly ready to install.... so we move on to prepping for The Next...
30/01/2026

Right! The Snape Maltings concert hall bench is neeeaaarrrly ready to install.... so we move on to prepping for The Next Bench Project for the folk who we worked for 3 years ago. This time to make a series of 11 benches for Ipswich town centre, along a route connecting the Cornhill to the docks with local, truly sustainable oak supplied (see photo) by the wonderful volunteers of and with a sturdy, long-lasting galvanised steel frame made by the lovely lads

so the Britten Bench for and is now well and truly underway as we translate a 1cm-long squiggle written by Benjamin B...
06/12/2025

so the Britten Bench for and is now well and truly underway as we translate a 1cm-long squiggle written by Benjamin Britten in a letter to Peter Pears into a 10m-long steel and wood bench. Thanks to for the frame and and for help with funding

so yesterday we took Benjamin Britten's hand-written, half-inch long, weird musical annotation for "rest" and turned it ...
06/11/2025

so yesterday we took Benjamin Britten's hand-written, half-inch long, weird musical annotation for "rest" and turned it into an A4 print-out.....today it has become a 24'-long paper template for to build the galvanised steel sub-frame for our new Bench Project for and - supported by

and so it begins! the lay-out for the next Bench Project for and . all we need to do now is to take this print-out of ...
05/11/2025

and so it begins! the lay-out for the next Bench Project for and . all we need to do now is to take this print-out of this musical annotation invented by Benjamin Britten from a letter he wrote to Peter Pears and scale it up x26 into a bench made of galvanised steel by and iroko wood. funding support from

Installed today a pair of our long-lasting well-being benches for the upcoming show
30/07/2025

Installed today a pair of our long-lasting well-being benches for the upcoming show

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