Why Our Stillages
Are Trusted Nationwide
From muddy festival sites to high-security venues, Lowe’s steel stillages and cages are engineered to perform wherever speed, safety and reliability matter most.
Custom Fit for Every Event Asset
From barriers to bespoke hoarding, we design stillages around your exact equipment specs, no wasted space, no risky improvisation.
Weather Ready Construction
Hot dip galvanised or powder-coated options available for outdoor durability in rain, mud, or heat, keeping your gear protected all season.
LOLER & CE Certification Available
Where required, we provide certified lifting options to meet UK compliance standards for overhead handling and regulated work zones.
Manufactured in the UK
All our stillages are designed, fabricated, and tested at our UK facility, ensuring quality control, faster lead times and local support.
Ready to Streamline Your Event Logistics?
Let’s Design a Solution That Fits Your Site, Your Crew, and Your Kit
Speak to the team at Lowe Stillages & Cages today, we’ll help you improve efficiency, cut manual handling and keep your equipment safe in transit.
Engineered for Rapid Deployment
Event proven Durability
Secure, Stackable, Space-Saving
Custom built for Your Inventory
Efficient Equipment Management for Events
Stillages and cages help maintain organisation and order. Equipment like metal fencing panels or barricades can be locked into a stillage so nothing falls over or gets lost during a hectic event setup. By avoiding loose stacks of barriers or piles of fence panels, teams can prevent accidents and enhance safety for workers. In short, investing in proper event stillages leads to faster deployments, safer handling, and longer lifespans for the equipment (thanks to reduced wear and tear).
Using stillages and cages in event management offers technical and operational advantages. Built from robust steel, these units protect valuable equipment from damage during transit and storage. Most designs are forklift compatible and stackable, allowing crews to transport bulk equipment easily and save space when storing items in a warehouse or on-site depot. For example, a crowd barrier stillage can be lifted by a forklift or pallet truck and stacked, minimising the footprint needed for hundreds of barriers. This efficiency is crucial for events working under tight setup schedules – stillages let staff load and unload equipment faster, reducing manual handling and improving on-site safety.
Key Stillage Types for Event Logistics
Events often require different types of stillages and cages, each tailored to specific equipment. Some of the main event stillage types include:
| Stillage Type | Description | Example Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Crowd Barrier Stillages | Designed to store and transport interlocking crowd control barriers (metal pedestrian barricades). Each unit holds 20–30 barriers securely upright. Ideal for festivals, concerts, and large public events where rapid deployment and safety during transit are essential. |
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| Temporary Fence Stillages | Used to organise and transport mesh fencing panels for event perimeters and construction zones. Holds 20–30 panels per unit with a rack-style design. Forklift-friendly and stackable for efficient storage and movement across sites. |
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| Festival Logistics A-Frame Stillages | A-frame design ideal for transporting flat items like fencing panels, signage, or stage set panels. Panels lean against the A-frame for secure support. Base straps or locking bars improve stability during movement, especially in rugged event environments. | – |
| Hoarding Panel Stillages | Built to hold solid hoarding boards or large printed panels upright. Each unit typically accommodates 20–25 heavy-duty boards. Helps prevent warping or edge damage and includes forklift access for safe and efficient handling on site. |
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Benefits of Using Stillages & Cages at Events
Using event stillages and cages provides a range of practical benefits for event organizers and production teams:
| Stillage Type | Description | Example Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Crowd Barrier Stillages | Designed to store and transport interlocking crowd control barriers (metal pedestrian barricades). Each unit holds 20–30 barriers securely upright. Ideal for festivals, concerts, and large public events where rapid deployment and safety during transit are essential. |
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| Temporary Fence Stillages | Used to organise and transport mesh fencing panels for event perimeters and construction zones. Holds 20–30 panels per unit with a rack-style design. Forklift-friendly and stackable for efficient storage and movement across sites. |
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| Festival Logistics A-Frame Stillages | A-frame design ideal for transporting flat items like fencing panels, signage, or stage set panels. Panels lean against the A-frame for secure support. Base straps or locking bars improve stability during movement, especially in rugged event environments. | – |
| Hoarding Panel Stillages | Built to hold solid hoarding boards or large printed panels upright. Each unit typically accommodates 20–25 heavy-duty boards. Helps prevent warping or edge damage and includes forklift access for safe and efficient handling on site. |
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Frequently Asked Questions
An event stillage is a durable steel frame designed to securely store, transport, and deploy equipment like barriers, fencing panels, signage, and hoarding boards. They’re essential for fast-paced event environments where efficiency and safety are critical.
Our stillages are custom-built to handle:
Crowd control barriers
Temporary fencing panels
Hoarding boards
Signage and stage panels
Audio/visual flight cases or crates
We can tailor each unit to fit your specific inventory.
This depends on the size and type of equipment. Typical capacities include:
20–30 standard crowd control barriers
20–30 mesh fence panels
20–25 solid hoarding boards
Custom capacities available on request
Yes — all event stillages and cages from Lowe are designed with forklift pockets or bases for easy handling on site and in transit. Many models are also stackable to save space.
Absolutely. We manufacture collapsible and stackable stillages to suit touring productions, tight storage yards, and mobile logistics setups. This helps reduce return freight costs and site clutter.
Yes, we offer LOLER-certified lifting stillages where required. These are tested and CE-marked for safe overhead lifting during transport or rigging.
Yes — our security stillages feature lockable lids, tamper-proof mesh panels, and heavy-duty frames to protect valuable gear on-site or in transit.
Most quote requests are turned around within 1 working day. For custom builds, we’ll typically request dimensions, part specs, or photographs to get started.
