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uk manufacturers
I've listed the UK manufacturers alphabetically. This is intended as simply a reference. Please contact me if you'd
like extra information added for your company.
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a c ford
www.acforddudley.co.uk
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abacus lighting
www.abacuslighting.com
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carbon reduction technology
www.carbonreductiontechnology.com
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cu phosco
www.cuphosco.co.uk
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dw windsor
www.dwwindsor.com
"Designer and manufacturer of exterior lighting, street lighting and urban furniture, providing real value to our customers."
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holophane
www.holophane.com
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jw (uk) ltd
www.jw-uk-ltd.co.uk
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kingfisher
www.kingfisherlighting.com
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philips
www.lighting.philips.co.uk
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sugg (manufacturer)
www.sugglighting.co.uk
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sugg (definitive historical site by chris sugg)
williamsugghistory.co.uk
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thorn
www.thornlighting.co.uk/gb/en
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woodhouse
www.woodhouse.co.uk
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reclaim
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fenori
www.fenori.org
Fenori Cast Iron reclaim, restore and recycle traditional cast iron lamp posts and
other products from the roads and highways. They specialise in cast iron columns, but can also supply
swan neck brackets, pendant lanterns, cobble stones, railings, signs, traffic signals and other
road furniture.
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lantern collectors
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mike barford: english street lights online
www.streetlightonline.co.uk
A combination of blog, pictures of installations and the genesis of his own collection, Mike Barford's
site documents what happens when collecting lanterns moves from being an idea to an actual hobby.
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matthew eagles: sox lamps
www.mattheweagles.co.uk/soxlamps.htm
Everything you wanted to know about low pressure sodium lamps and more. Matthew's site covers the history of the light source,
the SOX lamp, lanterns, items in his collection, the pros and cons of low pressure sodium and more. Extremely readable and packed with text, diagrams
and graphics.
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tim luckett: street lighting gb
www.lightgb.myfreeola.com/lights
The longest running UK street lighting site, Tim Luckett lists lanterns made by various
manufacturers and documents remaining lanterns and columns of interest installed throughout the UK.
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brian randall: bedfordshire street lighting
www.bedfordshirestreetlighting.webs.com
Brian's excellent website shows the various ancient installations which can still be found around Bedford (called REVO City
on my site). There's also pictures of the various old lanterns still in use in Bedfordshire and the lanterns in his collection.
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chris sugg: william sugg and co
www.williamsugghistory.co.uk/index.html
A superb page outlining the history and products of William Sugg and Co. Sugg were
responsible for many of the major gas innovations of the last century, and designed some of the most
iconic 'traditional' lanterns: the Windsor, Littleton and Rochester.
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lamp collectors
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lamptech
www.lamptech.co.uk
Don't know your SO from your SOI, or your MA from your MB? Well Jame Hooker's website documents all
the differences, and features pictures of his own collection of historic discharge tubes.
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metal-halide.net
www.metal-halide.net
This site documents Philip's collection of discharge bulbs. And you should also check out
www.lighting-gallery.net, which is a gallery of bulbs and
lanterns.
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photographers
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phil macbean: lighting here and there
ecc83.hopto.org/site/index.php
There's loads to explore here from pictures of UK installations, a large section devoted to US street scenes, lamp videos, Phil's collection,
US advertisements and lots more.
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overseas collectors
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michael glück: west german street lights
westdeutschestrassenleuchten.npage.de
This great site documents the street lighting scene in West Germany and Michael's own collection
of lanterns.
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professional organisations
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institution of lighting professionals
www.theilp.org.uk
I'm proud to be an Affilate Member and they've kindly given me permission to reproduce articles from
Public Lighting, now known as Lighting Journal.
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manufacturers
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indo
http://www.indolamp.com
Induction lighting is fully explained on Indo Lighting's website along with
descriptions of the lamps and lanterns. Induction lighting is seen as one of the light sources
of the future (along with LED and metal halide).
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tofco limited
http://www.tofco.co.uk
Tofco are the UK market leader of street lighting cutout units and isolators,
(over 4 million operating in the UK alone), distribution panels (carrying the supply to the lights)
and passive safe termination connections
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