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2025 Store opening hours
Monday – Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm
Sunday Closed
Store closed - 18th January 2025

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Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday Closed

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Up next: Saturday 25th January
Open Box Clearance Event​

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Built on a shared passion for great craftsmanship

Woodwork sits at the heart of our story and we continually strive to support the creative community by providing honest advice, project inspiration and trusted tools.

Whatever your woodworking passion, your local Axminster Tools store gives you access to inspirational makers, traditional and trusted tools, and friendly, knowledgeable advice from our experts.

So come and discover the complete Axminster Tools experience.

What's in store

Live Workshop

Practical solutions by passionate advisors

Create with confidence

Get hands-on in our Live Workshops and talk tools, projects and everything woodwork with our friendly, knowledgeable team.

Demonstrations and events

Free demos & events

Uniting creativity through sharing

Surround yourself with like-minded makers and join our product demonstrations or project based events.

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Planks and blanks. Plus tool sharpening - only in store

Timber supplies and tool sharpening

The best finish starts with quality material and sharp tools!

Choose from a wide selection of high-grade wood planks and blanks and get your tools sharpened to as good as new condition!

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Planks and blanks. Plus tool sharpening - only in store

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Supporting our communities

Through our community programmes we aim to support what matters to our customers and colleagues.

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Environmental pledge

We're doing everything we can to reduce our carbon footprint and aim to reuse, recycle or upcycle as much as we can.

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Events calendar

Our in-store events are a hub for makers of all skill levels. Designed to help you expand your product knowledge, develop your practical skills and find inspiration from like-minded enthusiasts.

January 2025

Saturday 25th January
9:00am - 5:00pm

​​Sittingbourne Store - Open Box Clearance Event​

​Don't miss this opportunity to grab a great deal on a range of tools, machines and accessories in our Open Box Clearance Event.

Visit our Sittingbourne Store between 9am and 5pm and grab yourself a deal. Includes restocked open box and last chance to buy bargains at heavily reduced prices, including customer returns, samples, ex-display and obsolete lines. All clearance lines must go so don't miss out on this great opportunity to save big and bag a bargain.

Note: All machinery has all been checked through by our servicing engineers.​

February 2025

Saturday 1st February
10:00am - 1:00pm

Sittingbourne Store - Tormek Discovery Day

Join Lee in store where he will be discussing all things Tormek.

Discover the Tormek sharpening system along with all the tools, jigs and accessories, to find out which machine will suit your needs. Come and join us for an informal chat, see it in action and get your questions answered.

Saturday 15th February
10:00am - 1:00pm

​​Sittingbourne Store - Guest Turner Fred Day Turns Bottle Stoppers & More

Join guest woodturner, Fred Day, in store for a demo on turning bottle stoppers, bottle openers and a goblet.

Our special guest turner, Fred Day, will be answering questions and demonstrating how to turn bottle stoppers, bottle openers and a goblet in this session. So come along for this free demo and why not search out your next tool too. Our helpful staff will be on hand as ever. We look forward to seeing you there.

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