Devon and Somerset locksmith. Est. Locksmith since 2008.

About Devon and Somerset locksmith. Est. Locksmith since 2008.

Devon and Somerset Locksmith is based in Minehead and run by Nick Priddle, who has been working as a locksmith since 2008. Before setting up the business he worked for a national locksmith company, and he was a carpenter for more than 22 years. The business is mobile and covers Exeter, Taunton, Minehead and Bridgwater, near the Devon and Somerset border and the M5 corridor.

For homes, it provides locksmith services with a focus on uPVC multi-point locking doors and windows. Commercial work includes high-security systems, access control, and restricted or master key systems. The business also supplies and fits wall, floor and free-standing safes, and cuts keys on board its van with its own key cutting machine.

Examples of recent work on the website include upgrading locks at a cafe in South Molton and cutting seven extra keys, fitting a high-security lock to the front door of a shop in Porlock, and replacing a mortise deadlock on a materials locker at Washford Mill in west Somerset.

Nick Priddle worked for a national locksmith company before setting up on his own to deal directly with customers. He has lived around Taunton, Bridgwater and Exeter all his life, with spells near Barnstaple and Bideford, and works from a van with onboard key cutting.

His job notes show the range of work: a thumb turn cylinder and key safe so carers could reach an elderly woman in Minehead, a front door lock change on a Porlock shop with 8 keys cut, and a lock changed on a hazardous materials locker. He offers advice on security and on what insurers ask of locks.

Nick says he has long experience with uPVC multipoint mechanisms and can source parts for old, discontinued mechanisms, gearboxes and handles so a door need not be replaced. He knows what insurers ask of locks and gives security advice.

He supplies Burton safes in standalone, wall and underfloor versions and fits them himself. Other work includes high security systems and restricted keys, master and suited key systems, and access control.

Exeter, Taunton, Wellington, Bridgwater and Minehead, along the Devon and Somerset border near the M5.

Worth knowing: Nick works alone and fully mobile, cutting keys from the van; Exeter and Taunton numbers are listed alongside a freephone line.

• Its own website, devonandsomersetlocksmiths.co.uk (home, services, onboard-key-cutting, job-notes, contact), read 4 October 2026: about, work detail, areas and who runs it.