Wells Locks

About Wells Locks

Wells Locks is a family-run locksmith business based in Wells, Somerset, and has been trading for over 20 years with 3 generations of locksmiths. It provides residential, commercial and vehicle locksmith services across the Somerset area, including Wells, Glastonbury, Cheddar, Shepton Mallet, Frome, Street, Axbridge, Wedmore, Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge, Midsomer Norton, Radstock and surrounding villages.

Wells Locks gains entry to homes, work premises and vehicles when keys are locked inside or lost. The business repairs and services damaged or faulty locks, and cuts keys for the locks it provides. A fully mobile service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a van stocked to fix most problems on site during the first visit. The business also checks whether locks meet home insurance regulations. Jamie Kirby runs the business and responds to emergency call-outs at any time. Wells Locks holds certification for its locksmiths.

The business describes itself as family run, with 3 generations working in the trade and over 20 years as a local locksmith around Wells. Everything is done from vans carrying stock, so faults are fixed on site and keys for the locks it supplies are cut at the customer's premises.

It also trades under town names, among them Cheddar Locks, Mendips Locks, Radstock Locks, Glastonbury Locks and Shepton Mallet Locks, with a Midsomer Norton name too. Westward the area reaches Priddy, Cheddar, Axbridge and Wedmore and on to the coast at Burnham on Sea and Highbridge; eastward it takes in Evercreech, Cranmore, Shepton Mallet and Frome, with Glastonbury, Street, Radstock and Midsomer Norton also named. Insurance standard locks are a recurring theme: upgrades are offered to meet policy requirements for homes and commercial premises.

Commercial jobs include British Standard lock replacement, upgrades to insurance standards, security surveys and access control. For larger sites it fits Paxton Net2, run from a central PC and scaling to hundreds of doors and as many as 10,000 users; single doors can take standalone Codelocks keypads, mechanical or electronic. Vehicle entry with keys locked inside is offered for most vehicles. For vans it fits anti-pick locks, armour plates around locks, security cages and additional deadlocks.

Wells and the Mendip area, from Cheddar and Burnham on Sea to Frome and Midsomer Norton.

Worth knowing: Proof of ownership is asked for before any vehicle is opened, whether at the roadside, at home or at work.

• Its own website, wellslocks.co.uk (home, commercial, contact, vehicle), read 4 October 2026: work detail, areas and lock brands.