{"id":2665,"date":"2025-07-12T14:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:59:14","slug":"lock-stock-self-storage-expands-with-new-site-in-runcorn-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/lock-stock-self-storage-expands-with-new-site-in-runcorn-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Lock Stock Self Storage Expands With New Site in Runcorn [England]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2666\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2666 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LockStock-Runcorn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"326\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image: Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A self-storage company has expanded its footprint with a major acquisition.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lock Stock Self Storage has purchased U Lock It in the north west, adding three locations to its network, including a site in Runcorn.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The other newly acquired sites are in Lostock and Wincham.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mike Trow, operations manager at Lock Stock, said: &#8220;This is a significant investment for us and something we\u2019re really pleased to have now completed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;We\u2019ve worked with U Lock It over the last few months to ensure a smooth transition for customers and everything is now in place as we take over the three new sites.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;Those arriving at the sites will notice changes to signage and branding over the next few weeks, but what won\u2019t change is the excellent service provided to them previously \u2013 we\u2019ll only work to enhance their experience.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The acquisition brings Lock Stock\u2019s total number of sites to 31, with more than 5,000 storage units now in operation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The company began operating in Denbigh in 2000 and has since expanded across 24 towns and cities, making it the largest container storage provider in the UK.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Runcorn site joins the recently opened Winsford location as part of the firm\u2019s ongoing expansion across Cheshire and the wider north west.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lock Stock has set a goal of opening 10 new sites by 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">With the addition of the three U Lock It sites and the Winsford location, it has already reached four of those targets by mid-2025.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk\/news\/25308302.lock-stock-self-storage-expands-new-runcorn-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A self-storage company has expanded its footprint with a major acquisition. Lock Stock Self Storage has purchased U Lock It in the north west, adding three locations to its network, including a site in Runcorn. The other newly acquired sites are in Lostock and Wincham. Mike Trow, operations manager at Lock Stock, said: &#8220;This is a significant investment for us and something we\u2019re really pleased to have now completed. &#8220;We\u2019ve worked with U Lock It over the last few months to ensure a smooth transition for customers and everything is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,18,22],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2669,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions\/2669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}