Stop your car being driven off your drive. Driveway security bollards and parking posts fitted across Hitchin, including Walsworth, Bearton, Highbury, by vetted local installers. Fitted from £799.
Which? Trusted TraderCovering SG4 · SG5Vetted local installersWhat the Census tells us about homes and cars in Hitchin, and how to protect yours.
Source: ONS Census 2021 (tables TS044 and TS045), Hitchin (5 wards).
Thieves can open and start many modern cars without the keys, but they still need to drive them off the drive. A security post set deep in concrete blocks that getaway, so the car stays where you left it.
34% of homes in Hitchin are semi-detached, often with drives side by side up to the boundary. A post placed close to your own car stops it being driven off without blocking your neighbour.
52% of homes in Hitchin are detached or semi-detached, most with somewhere to park off the road. A telescopic post sits flush when it’s down, so it’s there when you need it and out of the way when you don’t.
Our base-model security post: the right start for most drives
Our base-model telescopic security bollard, in brushed stainless steel from Marshalls Rhino: the RT/RD4 at 500mm, or the larger RT/SS5 at 710mm and 900mm for big SUVs.
From £849 fitted
82% of households here have a car: thicker steel for bigger cars and vans
The Marshalls Rhino RT/R8: thicker steel built to stop 4x4s and vans, certified Sold Secure Gold, and one of our best-selling driveway security bollards.
From £949 fitted
If the problem is people parking on your drive, not theft
Our best-selling anti-parking post. Fold it flat to drive over, lock it upright to keep your space free.
From £310 fitted
Our vetted local installers fit across Hitchin and the surrounding area. Not sure if we reach your street? Pop your postcode in and you’ll know straight away.
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Your council is North Herts Council. Here’s what to know locally, and where to go if someone blocks your drive.
Local parking
North Herts Council's 2019 parking strategy pointed to a growing commuter parking problem around the district's railway stations, and the council manages controlled parking zones covering a large share of Hitchin's residential streets. In 2022 it proposed a permit scheme for part of Bedford Road after residents raised concerns about cars being parked all day by people walking to work in the town centre.
Cars blocking your drive?
Ask for an H-bar markingA white H-bar line across your dropped kerb makes it clear no one should park there. Apply through North Herts Council (parking authority, on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council).Open council page ↗Planning
Conservation areas and planningA bollard on your own drive rarely needs planning permission. If you’re in a conservation area or a listed building, check with North Herts Council first.Open council page ↗Parking problems
Report a parking problemCars parked on the road across your drive are a job for North Herts Council (runs on-street parking enforcement)’s parking team. Your own drive is where a post comes in.Open council page ↗4.9 on Google, from 177 reviews
“Initially got in touch with James and he was such a professional, had a chat about Security Bollards, well impressed and fitted 4 days later by Dean, very impressed, really knew his job, fitted bollards, explained the workings left the site clean and tidy. As I said impressed, definitely 5 stars.”
“Wentworth Security did a great job fitting a security bollard for me, in super quick time at a competitive price. And to cap it all, they are really nice people! Highly recommended”
“Fantastic service from start to finish! The team installed my security bollards quickly and professionally. Great communication and quality work — highly recommend!”
A raised, locked security post in front of your car stops it being driven off the drive, even if a thief has got in or copied a keyless fob. With 34% of Hitchin households running two or more cars, we often fit one post per car. It’s the layer that still works when alarms and trackers don’t.
The same as everywhere we work. Fully fitted, telescopic security posts start from £799, heavy-duty from £949, automatic bollards from £2,999 and parking posts from £310. Every price includes fitting, concrete, drainage, making good and a full clean-up.
Yes. Our vetted local installers fit driveway security posts and parking posts across Hitchin, including Walsworth, Bearton, Highbury, Oughtonhead, Westmill, Purwell, St Ippolyts, Charlton (SG4, SG5). Enter your postcode for your fitted price.
Usually not, for a bollard on your own drive. If your home is listed or in a conservation area, check with North Herts Council first.
If they’re on the road across your dropped kerb, contact North Herts Council (runs on-street parking enforcement), and ask North Herts Council (parking authority, on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council) about an H-bar marking. If they’re parking on your drive itself, a fold-down or telescopic parking post stops it for good.
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