Welcome to the OTTER website!
(Cockerel , painted as Rhode Island Red + Gold leaf on cardinals. Just one of around 900 designs available)
Welcome to the website of Otter Wrought Iron Products - we are a family business and leading designers and manufacturers of weathervanes in the UK. We are based on the Essex/Suffolk border, in the market town of Halstead and we have been in business since 1976. We currently have around 800 exclusive designs which we use for weathervanes, house signs and hanging basket brackets. We make our weathervanes in three sizes to cater for everything from a garden shed to a two storey house - and we will custom-make larger sizes for churches and mansions.
When browsing this site, you will notice a letter, J-V, by the design. This indicates the Price Band and you will need to make a note of this before proceeding to the order page or price list. Any weathervane can be hand coloured by our artist- painting costs vary according to the complexity and degree of accuracy required. If a design is not illustrated as a painted version, that means we haven’t done it yet - but please enquire for a cost.
You can place an order on-line, using our secure server. We accept Visa, Maestro, Electron & Solo cards, but not American Express.
Click on the subject headings to the left of any page to view the designs - it is a long list, so keep scrolling to the end of the page. Nearly every weathervane, house sign or hanging basket bracket shown here is a photograph of an actual article made by us - we do not use drawings or computer simulations, except where we have forgotten to photograph a new design before it its despatched! Each subject heading shows images as thumbnails - click on the image for an enlarged view.
Otter Weathervanes
12 Fourth Avenue
Bluebridge, Halstead
Essex, CO9 2SY
Tel: 44 (0) 1787 475060
Fax: 44 (0) 1787 475161
Our hours of business are Mon-Fri, 8am - 4 pm. There is an answerphone for calls outside these hours.
Trade enquiries are welcome - please contact us on your company letterhead.
Visitors are welcome, but please telephone first, as we do have to be away from the workshop on occasion.
Site last updated: Thursday June 25th 2009
The UK & EU prices on this website include VAT at 15%.