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Our office and yard will be closed from 1pm on Friday 20th until 9am on Monday 6th January. We wish all our customers and suppliers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

It’s over two years since we first welcomed artist Emma Edmondson to our historic brickworks at Marks Tey. She was at the start of a journey to learn about the heritage of handmade bricks which has now resulted in a series of new public artworks around the City of Southend-on-Sea. Emma was fascinated in the…

We were delighted to again, support the trainee brickies from Suffolk New Collage as they demonstrated their skills at the Suffolk Show this year. Four teams built structures ranging from a show bench with planters to a fireplace and an Ipswich Town promotion wall. Each structure demonstrated a range of bricklaying skills and creative design…

Gerada/Hildebrand is a collaboration between two ceramic artists; Nina Gerada and Caz Hildebrand. Both Caz and Nina have experience in various design fields, including architecture, urban design, graphic design and creative direction. Their ceramic sculptures explore geometry and pattern and work at many scales. In 2020, they began a collaboration with us. This has included…

We are delighted to have again achieved ISO 14001:2015 for our careful approach to managing the potential environmental impact of producing our beautiful handmade bricks. The Certification covers both ‘Winning of Clay’ (the safe quarrying of our raw material) and the ‘Production of Clay Bricks’. In preparation for the assessment by Lucideon CICS Limited, we…

Teams and individuals from pony clubs in Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire competed in the 77th annual Gosling Cup One Day Event hosted by the Essex and Suffolk Pony Club at Stratford Hills. W H Collier are proud to have sponsored two of the jumps on the cross-country course. The young riders and their mounts…

We are delighted to invite you to download our new e-brochure. The brochure not only introduces our colours and product ranges but gives a ‘behind-the-scenes’ glimpse into how we make our beautiful bricks and introduces some of the people behind the magic. Don’t forget, if you are considering ordering our products we can supply a…

Our annual dig for the distinctive blue clay that produces our beautiful yellow and red bricks has produced approximately 2,290 tonnes of clay. Poor weather meant we had to cancel last year’s dig so we were particularly delighted with the run of dry weather we had this year. The clay is extracted from the quarry…

Through our association with local training establishments, W H Collier has a long-term commitment to supporting young apprentices to develop their bricklaying skills. We are annual sponsors of the Maurice Page Trophy at the Suffolk Show where teams from local colleges compete laying handmade bricks supplied by us. ‘It is really important that in learning…