Fire and security systems in Kingsclere

Kingsclere is about 20 minutes south of Newbury on the A339, the Newbury to Basingstoke road, with the B3051 Winchester Road climbing south onto the downs. Racehorses have been trained here since the 1860s, and much of the parish is farmland and yards, so outdoor security, gates and cameras matter as much as anything inside a building. We're fully insured, and over 800 customers in the last two years have used us.

Looking for fire alarm maintenance? Go to fire alarm servicing in Kingsclere for six-monthly visits to BS 5839-1, taking on systems from other installers, and records ready for Hampshire inspectors. This page is about our other systems in and around the village.

Yards, farms and stables

Rural sites are spread out, often unmanned at night, and a long way from help. What tends to work:

• CCTV on the yard entrance, machinery stores, tack rooms and fuel tanks, with infrared for night images and alerts to your phone.
• Intruder alarms with barns and outbuildings on separate zones, so you know where a trigger came from. With the analogue phone line switch-off due by January 2027, remote alarms should signal over a digital path with a mobile backup.
• Electric gates and barriers serviced, repaired and safety-inspected to BS EN 12453. Where horses, tractors and cars share an entrance, safety edges and photocells must stop the gate every time.
• Access control for farm offices or staff accommodation, so keys don't need to be copied for seasonal workers.

Hampshire, not Berkshire

Kingsclere is in Basingstoke and Deane, so it's served by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, whose on-call station is on George Street in the village, and by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary rather than Thames Valley Police. Hampshire's fire safety inspectors check that businesses meet the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Police response to a monitored intruder alarm depends on the system being installed and maintained to the required standards by a certified company, registered with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, and on its false alarm record. When we take over a system, we confirm how it's registered and how it signals.

The village centre

Kingsclere's conservation area dates from 1969 and was extended in 2017. It holds more than 70 listed buildings, mostly timber-framed or brick, along Swan Street, George Street and North Street. For shops, pubs and houses here we tend to use wireless detectors and small, carefully placed cameras and sounders. Anything fixed outside a listed building may need listed building consent or planning permission, so check with Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council before work starts.

Business units

Kingsclere Park and Orchard Business Park are mostly small offices and workshops. A typical unit needs an intruder alarm, a few cameras and sometimes door access, plus emergency lighting tested to BS 5266-1. Failed emergency fittings, lamps and batteries are swapped like for like; any new wiring is done by an electrician. If the building has smoke vents (AOVs), we service those on the same visit, and when a unit is refitted we can install a new fire alarm.

Plans for Kingsclere sites

With Protect, paperwork reaches you within 24 hours of each visit and is stored in our customer portal, and a yearly call-out is included (two where there are three or more systems on site). With Essential, certificates come by email within 48 hours and call-outs are pay as you go. Both plans keep your fire log book current. Our fire alarm team includes engineers with a Level 3 fire alarm qualification, and every service follows BS 5839-1.

We answer the phones from 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday. Evenings and weekends, 01635 938998 diverts to the emergency line, which runs 24/7. Already with another company? A system health check is the place to start.

Villages around Kingsclere

• Kingsclere
• Ecchinswell
• Sydmonton
• Wolverton
• Ashford Hill
• Headley
• Hannington
• Highclere

See also Newbury, Basingstoke and Andover.