Yarrow Valley · Chorley
Outdoor living, properly considered.
Outdoor living is how you enjoy the garden all year, not only in high summer: furniture for long afternoons, cooking you can gather around, light that keeps the terrace open after six, and water and planting that still give the space a reason when the evenings draw in. Thought through properly, the outdoor room works in July and still feels like yours in November.
Come and sit in the pieces. The photographs only tell half the story.
The hall
Come and sit in it.
We have a large range of outdoor furniture, with sets to suit every size of garden — from a small patio to a full terrace. Lounge, dining, recliners and pergolas from Bramblecrest, Hartman, Kettler, Loom and Norfolk Leisure are on the floor in daylight, so you can sit in the pieces before you buy. Our team will help with covers, winter storage and delivery into the garden.
Garden furniture
A place to sit, and relax.
The furniture hall is where outdoor living begins. Lounge sets for late afternoons, dining tables for the long lunch, recliners for doing very little, and pergolas when you want a room without walls. We hold Bramblecrest, Hartman, Kettler, Loom and Norfolk Leisure — rattan on aluminium frames, season-proof cushions, ceramic tops recessed into the weave.
Chedworth in Dove Grey or Sandstone if you want a lounge that can recline; Hartman’s Crucible if the garden is also a games table; Royce Cube pergolas with louvres you can open to the weather. Nothing here is throwaway. The weave, the powder-coated frame and the cushion fill are specified for Lancashire rain as much as for a still July evening.
Come and sit in it. Compare the depth of a seat, the height of a table, the way a corner sofa turns a terrace into a room. We will talk through covers, winter storage and delivery into the garden — not just to the kerb.
Barbecues
A place to cook, and gather.
Cooking outdoors is part of the same idea: stay in the garden a little longer. Weber is the line we trust — Spirit gas barbecues when you want four burners and side tables, the Traveler when it has to fit in the car, the Q 2200N on a compact stand for a patio, and the 47 cm Compact kettle when charcoal is the point.
The right barbecue is the one you will light every week, not the largest lid in the catalogue. We can talk through space on the terrace, gas versus charcoal, how many you actually cook for, and whether a lid thermometer and a side table will change how you use it.
Bring the measurements of the patio if you like. We would rather send you home with a Weber that fits the way you eat than a range that looks impressive in the aisle and lives under a cover.
Garden lighting
The garden after dark.
Light is what turns a terrace into an evening. Path lights for the walk from the back door, a lantern on the table, solar where you would rather not run a cable, and the warmer wash of LED along a pergola beam. We keep lighting that is meant to live outside — not indoor lamps pressed into service.
Norfolk Leisure’s Royce Cube pergolas arrive with LED already in the frame, so the room you sit in by day is still a room after dusk. Pair that with a dining set or a lounge and you are specifying the whole evening in one visit: furniture for the hours of sun, light for staying on.
If you are planning a new terrace, ask us to look at the lighting with the furniture. The two belong together, and it is easier to get the cable — or the solar — right before the slabs are down.
Water features
Sound, and a little stillness.
A cascade or a small fountain changes a garden more than its size suggests. Hamac pieces — Altmore, Colchester, Lewisham, the woodland river, solar birds and the duck family at the tap — are chosen because they work: resin and stone-effect that can stay out, LED for dusk, solar where a socket is a faff.
Place one where you sit, not where you mow. The point is the sound in the evening, and a focal point the planting can gather around. Self-contained bowls do not need a pond or a plumber; they need a level slab, a fill of water, and occasionally a wipe of the pump.
We keep mains and solar in the same hall, so you can compare the glow of the LED and the weight of the piece before you decide. Bring a photograph of the bed if the spot is already planted — we would rather match the stone-effect to what is already there.
Garden ornaments
The last, necessary pieces.
Garden ornaments are the finishing touches: figures, urns, planters, lanterns and the smaller pieces that sit beside the planting. Birkacre has a great range, with something for every type of garden — a compact courtyard, a family lawn, a long border or a terrace by the house.
You can compare styles on the floor, in daylight, rather than guessing from a photograph. Traditional, contemporary or something quieter: the point is a piece that belongs in your garden, not one that only works in the aisle.
Bring a photograph of the bed if you like. We are happy to help you choose one or two things that settle the space, rather than a car full that do not.
Find your way in
Shop by room.
Birkacre is a garden centre, a furniture hall, a restaurant and a food hall, all in Yarrow Valley. These rooms are the outdoor living side of that — start with whichever part you need.
In the hall now
Seasonal displays.
A handful from the floor: lounge, dining, a Weber, a cascade, a pergola with light already in the frame.
