Two centuries of timber.
Timber merchants since 1814. We’ve milled in Syston since 1915 and still cut at our own sawmills today — over two hundred years on.
The timber you order is timber we milled.
For over two centuries, George Walker has traded in good timber. We’re not a national chain — we’re a working yard and sawmill business in Leicestershire, on the same trade since 1814.
We mill at our own sawmills — in Syston since 1915, and on the Belvoir Estate since 2014 — alongside a full range of fencing, gates, bark and hardware at the yard.
It’s a slower, more hands-on way of doing things. We think it shows — in the timber that leaves the yard, and in the trade customers who come back year after year.
1814
1915
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2014
Two hundred years in the timber trade
1814
Haulage and timber
George Walker begins trading as a haulage business and timber merchant, serving farms and builders across Leicestershire.
1915
A sawmill of our own
The company establishes its sawmill in Syston — no longer just trading timber, but milling it.
1977
The move to the Fosse Way
The business moves to its present home on the Fosse Way at Syston — the yard customers still visit today.
2014
A second sawmill
George Walker expands with a new sawmill on the Belvoir Estate, milling British timber alongside the Syston yard.
Today
Two sites, one trade
Still trading from the Fosse Way, with sawmills at Syston and on the Belvoir Estate. We mill what we sell — so the timber you collect is timber we cut.
The way we work
01
Milled, not just sold
We’re a working mill, not a shed full of pallets. We cut, grade and machine on site — so we can make the length you actually need.
02
Treated to last
We stock pressure-treated timber for the jobs that need it — and we’ll tell you straight what needs treating and what doesn’t.
03
Trade prices, plain English
The same fair pricing for a weekend gardener as a fencing contractor — and honest advice on what the job really needs.
Pop in, or give the yard a ring
The yard team know the stock inside out. Call us, or come and see us on the Fosse Way in Syston.