Tables hire
Trestles, rounds and poseurs, counted from your seating plan. Delivered, set up and collected by suppliers who cover your patch.
Table hire typically costs £8 to £14 per 6ft trestle table and £10 to £16 per 5ft 6in round. A 120-guest seated wedding needs about 15 round tables plus cake, gift and buffet trestles. Most suppliers bundle tables with chair hire and deliver stacked for self-placement.
Tables are simple to price and easy to get wrong in count. The seating plan drives it: rounds for dinners (8 to 10 per 5ft 6in round), trestles for buffets, bars and fete stalls, poseurs for drinks receptions. Then the forgotten ones: cake table, present table, DJ table, signing table, bar back tables. Order 10 percent spare and the day gets easier.
PLANNING RATIOBanquet seating: one 5ft 6in round table per 8 to 10 guests. Casual or fete seating: one 6ft trestle per 12 guests using both sides.
What it costs
| Item | Typical guide price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 6ft trestle table | £8–£14 | |
| 5ft 6in round table | £10–£16 | |
| Poseur / cocktail table | £15–£25 | |
| Rustic trestle (bare wood, clothless) | £25–£45 |
Guide prices exclude VAT and vary with season, region and site access. Quotes from suppliers are always the real number.
Tables hire across the launch corridor
Local pages for every corridor town, with the same honest ratios and local site knowledge.
Tables hire: questions organisers ask
How many tables do I need for 120 guests?
Seated dinner on rounds: 12 to 15 tables of 8 to 10. Add roughly 4 to 6 trestles for buffet, cake, gifts and the bar. Casual seating for a fete or street party: about 10 trestles seats a third of guests at once, which is the usual target.
Do hire tables come with tablecloths?
No: linen is a separate category (and usually a separate supplier discipline, because laundering is the real product). Order cloths from the linen line on your kit list, sized to drop at least halfway to the floor.
