Stop your car being driven off your drive. Driveway security bollards and parking posts fitted across Sydenham and Forest Hill, including Sydenham, Forest Hill, Catford, by vetted local installers. Fitted from £799.
Which? Trusted Trader5+ customers in Sydenham and Forest HillCovering SE23 · SE26 · SE6What the Census tells us about homes and cars in Sydenham and Forest Hill, and how to protect yours.
Source: ONS Census 2021 (tables TS044 and TS045), Sydenham and Forest Hill (4 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.
58% of homes in Sydenham and Forest Hill are flats, so many cars sit in allocated bays or shared car parks rather than on a private drive. A lockable post in your own bay protects the space and the car in it. Check your lease first.
44% of households in Sydenham and Forest Hill don’t have a car, and many that do park on the street. If you have a drive or a bay, it’s worth protecting: a parking post keeps the space yours, and a security post keeps the car on it.
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
58% of homes are flats, many with an allocated bay to protect
Our best-selling anti-parking post. Fold it flat to drive over, lock it upright to keep your space free.
From £310 fitted
Thicker steel for higher-value 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
We’ve fitted bollards for 5+ households across Sydenham and Forest Hill, most of them in SE23 and SE26. Our vetted local installers cover the whole area. Pop your postcode in to check your street.
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Your council is Lewisham Council. Here’s what to know locally, and where to go if someone blocks your drive.
Local parking
Lewisham's latest Sustainable Streets parking consultation covered parts of the Sydenham, Forest Hill, Perry Vale, Bellingham and Catford South wards, and closed on 16 June 2025. The council says controlled parking zones will only be introduced where feedback shows strong local support.
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 Lewisham 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 Lewisham Council first.Open council page ↗Parking problems
Report a parking problemCars parked on the road across your drive are a job for Lewisham Council’s parking team. Your own drive is where a post comes in.Open council page ↗4.9 on Google, from 177 reviews
“Bollard bought and installed by Wentworth to prevent car being stolen. Wentworth helped me choose the right one (recognised by insurance industry to also help reduce insurance premiums). Install team turned up exactly on time. Extremely professional and very experienced. Checked for sewer, gas and electric conflicts then very quickly installed with a superb finish and tidy up. Very nice job. Can’t recommend more highly.”
“The guys at Wentworth Driveway security where quick to respond and clean and tidy when carrying out the install noting was a issue for them and fully transparent with the invoice even come on a Sunday to carry out the install highly recommended”
“From my initial contact with Wentworth Driveway Security Bollards until the work was completed (the next day, as it happened) I have been very impressed by their efficiency, helpfulness and friendly pleasant approach - both by phone and on site. Thank you.”
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. 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 Sydenham and Forest Hill, including Sydenham, Forest Hill, Catford, Bellingham, Honor Oak, Lower Sydenham, Perry Vale, Sydenham Hill (SE23, SE26, SE6). 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 Lewisham Council first.
If they’re on the road across your dropped kerb, contact Lewisham Council, and ask Lewisham 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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