Secure Storage With 24/7 Access
A gated compound in Blyth, monitored by CCTV around the clock, where you hold the only key to your own unit — and you can get to it at any hour, on your own entry fob. No booking a slot, no ringing ahead, no waiting for someone to open up.
Six things that make the site secure
Plenty of places say “secure”. It is worth knowing exactly what that means before you hand over your belongings, so here is the whole of it, plainly.
Your own entry fob
Every customer gets a personal fob coded to them. The gate opens for you and logs that it was you — there is no shared keypad code doing the rounds, and no key hanging in an office. Lose it and we cancel that fob on the spot.
Electric gated compound
The yard is a private, gated compound, not an open piece of land with units on it. The gate is closed by default. If your fob does not open it, you are not getting in, and neither is anyone else.
CCTV, 24 hours a day
Cameras cover the gate and the container rows continuously, not just during office hours. The recording runs whether anyone is on site or not, which is rather the point of it.
You fit your own padlock
Your unit takes your lock and your key. We do not hold a spare, we do not have a master, and we cannot open your unit — which means nobody who talks their way past us can either. It is the simplest security there is and the most often skipped.
Drive right to the door
Pull up alongside your container and unload straight in. No lifts, no corridors, no trolleying a wardrobe across a car park in the rain. It matters more than people expect, particularly on a Sunday in February.
Lit hard standing throughout
The yard is lit and laid to hard standing, so a late-evening trip is a normal errand rather than an ordeal. Level ground the whole way, which also makes a sack barrow actually usable.
What “24/7 access” actually means here
Some sites advertise 24-hour access and then qualify it — office hours only, or by arrangement, or an extra charge for out-of-hours. Ours is not qualified. Once you have a fob, the gate is yours.
The office is open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm, and that is when a person is here to show you round, sort paperwork or answer the phone. Getting to your own belongings is a separate thing entirely, and it is never restricted to those hours. Plenty of our customers have never once come during office hours after the first visit.
It matters most for the people who cannot plan around a nine-to-five: tradespeople loading up before a 7am start, retail and market businesses restocking after closing, shift workers, and anyone mid-house-move who discovers at 9pm that one more carload will not fit in the spare room.
Lock-ups, in the old sense
A fair number of people arrive searching for a “lock up” — a garage-style space you rent, put your own padlock on, and come and go from as you please. That is essentially what a container here is, with the advantage of being brand-new, wind and watertight, ventilated against condensation, and sitting inside a gated compound on CCTV rather than down a back lane.
Where we are
The site is on Blyth Riverside Business Park, just off the A193 and a couple of minutes from the A189 — so it is a straightforward run from Cramlington, Bedlington, Ashington, Morpeth and the coast. See how to find us, or the container sizes if you are still working out what you need.
Access and security, answered
Is access really 24 hours, with no extra charge?
Yes. Every customer gets a personal entry fob and the gate works at any hour, seven days a week, at no additional cost. There is no out-of-hours fee and no need to ring ahead or book a slot.
Do I need to come during office hours at all?
Only for the first visit, so we can show you the sizes and sort the paperwork. After that, most customers never come during office hours again. The office is open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm, if you need to speak to someone.
Who else can open my unit?
Nobody. You fit your own padlock and keep the only key. We do not hold a spare and there is no master key, so we could not open your unit even if we wanted to. That also means nobody can talk their way into it through us.
Is the site actually monitored, or just signed?
Monitored. CCTV covers the gate and the container rows and records continuously, day and night, whether or not anyone is on site. The compound itself is gated and electrically operated, so it is closed by default rather than open with a camera pointed at it.
Can I drive up to my unit?
Yes. You pull up alongside your container and unload straight in — no lifts, no corridors, no long walk with a trolley. The yard is laid to level hard standing throughout, which makes a sack barrow genuinely useful.
Is it lit at night?
Yes, the yard is lit throughout. A late-evening or early-morning trip is a normal errand rather than something to psych yourself up for, which is rather the point of offering 24-hour access in the first place.
Is this the same as renting a lock-up?
Effectively yes, and better in the ways that matter. You get a space you put your own padlock on and come and go from as you please — but the unit is brand-new, wind and watertight and ventilated against condensation, and it sits inside a gated compound on CCTV rather than down a back lane.
Will my belongings stay dry through a North East winter?
Yes. The containers are brand-new VENT-XL units, wind and watertight, with ventilation designed specifically to stop condensation forming. Customers have stored furniture through a full winter here and taken it out completely dry.
What happens if I lose my fob?
Ring us and we cancel that fob immediately, so it will not open the gate for anyone who finds it. We will issue a replacement. Because access is logged to the individual fob rather than a shared code, cancelling one does not affect anybody else.
Come and have a look round
Security is one of those things that is easier to judge standing in front of it. Ring first so someone is free, and we will walk you round the gate, the cameras and the units — then you can decide.
Office open Monday to Saturday, 8am – 6pm. Access to your own unit, 24 hours a day, every day.
