Access Self Storage Islington turns 10!

Access Self Storage Islington celebrates its ten year anniversary this month. The store opened in April 2000, offering approximately 16,000 sq ft of storage space spread over 2 floors. In 2006 a three storey extension building was completed, taking capacity to 66,567 sq ft of storage units, big enough to house the main exhibition hall of Islington’s Business Design Centre!

The team have been marking the store’s 10 years in the Eagle Wharf area of Islington by offering Islington Chamber of Commerce members 10% off storage, and reminiscing with current customers, some of whom have been with Access since the Islington branch opened!

Access Self Storage Islington Manager, Martin Cottmore, also recently reached his 10 year anniversary with the company, though he hasn’t been at our Islington store all that time. Martin began his career in our Kings Cross store, then crossed the river leaving central London behind for South London, and our Woolwich store. After a couple of years commuting to Charlton, Martin then headed for North London, where he has happily remained since.

We look forward to organising a joint 21st for Martin and the Access Islington store in 2021!

And our winner is…

…after much deliberation over which of our fantastic store teams should get the Access Self Storage Blue Peter badge, a decision has been made.


Did we go for Access Harrow, where a donation of 180 gowns from local Stag Lane Primary School was covered in the local Harrow Observer newspaper? Or Access Self Storage Southampton, who had 367 gowns dropped off by a school who we desperately tried to trace so we could let Blue Peter know who they were? Was it Access Kingston where 400 gowns from Grand Avenue Primary were donated?

Whilst all of these stores accepted some impressively large donations from local schools, and all of our stores entered into the Send-a-Smile appeal with gusto, we have decided that the Blue Peter badge should live at our Wandsworth store, where all of the appeal gowns have been stored. Manager Alison Clark and her team have supported the appeal enthusiastically throughout the campaign, from being a drop off point, acting as the central storage location, hosting Blue Peter presenters and children from local schools during filming, to stepping in with cardboard boxes to pack-up gowns when Operation Smile were let down by their suppler – nothing has been too much trouble for Al and her team.

And don’t the team look chuffed with Al wearing the badge in the picture above?

Enjoy guys – you deserve it!