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The Best Sheds for Small Gardens: Wood, Plastic & Metal

The Best Sheds for Small Gardens: Wood, Plastic & Metal

emily-bradshaw

The Best Sheds for Small Gardens: Wood, Plastic & Metal

The Best Sheds for Small Gardens: Wood, Plastic & Metal

Written by Emily Bradshaw
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Sheds are designed to meet the various needs of homeowners, including size. Even if you have limited square footage, there’s a storage solution that will work for you. This guide has compiled a list of the best BillyOh sheds for small gardens to give you options.

Best Sheds For Small Gardens

Let’s start with wooden sheds:

BillyOh Master Tall Store

The Master Tall is a vertical storage unit available in compact 3×2 or 3×3 sizes. It features internal shelves to maximise the space. Inside, there’s enough room for garden tools, cleaning supplies, and other small items.

The single door opens fully for easy access, and the height is handy for taller bits like brooms or rakes. Small but practical, it’s a good way to keep your garden tidy and clutter-free.

BillyOh Keeper Overlap Apex Shed

The BillyOh Keeper is roomier than the tall store model, starting at 4×6 feet. It’s ideal for bulkier tools like a lawnmower (as shown in the picture) and still leaves space for more. Even better, it has built-in wall shelving for extra storage and side walls for hanging tools.

If you need a small shed that can handle larger equipment, this could be the one.

BillyOh Switch Overlap Pent Shed

BillyOh Switch Overlap Pent Shed

The Switch comes in three small sizes: 4×4, 4×6, and 4×8 feet. All are 4 feet wide, but the length increases slightly with each size, giving you extra space. This makes it one of the best small sheds for tight spaces—easy to fit in a corner, yet still practical for storage.

Make the most of your layout with the adaptable, wide double doors and window placement. You could put the doors at the front or side, and place the window where it gets more light. Windowless option is also available if you want to keep things out of sight or plan to place it near a wall or fence.

Get the same features, but pressure-treated in the BillyOh Switch Pressure Treated.

BillyOh Mini Keeper Overlap Pent Store Shed

The mini Keeper is a low-profile, horizontally designed storage with a minimal footprint. Unlike the other models, this one features a wide and shallow structure. It’s suitable for storing larger items that don’t need much vertical space.

You can fit a bike inside and access it through the double doors. The boards inside the doors are ideal to attach hooks for helmets and other gear. Its low height is also great for storing lawn equipment, sports gear, or outdoor tools.

Overall, the mini Keeper is a compact but roomy garden storage unit that won’t take over a small garden.

Next are plastic sheds:

BillyOh York Pent White Plastic Shed

BillyOh York Pent White Plastic Shed

The York is compact in the sizes of 4×4 and 4×6, featuring a modern design and an edge skylight under the low pent roof. The thick 10mm polypropylene panels are paired with an aluminium frame for a robust shed. It’s waterproof, UV-protected, and designed for size-limited gardens—what’s not to love?

Duramax Cedargrain Durabox 416 Litre Plastic Storage Box

This storage box is a fresh take on the standard plastic shed, designed to look like an oversized box. It has an impressive 416 litres of space, perfect for outdoor kids’ toys, seat pad cushions, and more. It can even double as a bench for additional outdoor seating!

At 130cm wide, 70cm deep, and 63cm high, it’s compact enough to fit in a corner or along a wall without taking up too much space.

Now, onto metal sheds:

Sapphire Metal Garden Shed

Sapphire Metal Garden Shed

This metal shed is slightly bigger than the compact units above, but still fits in small gardens. It’s made from galvanised steel, so you don’t have to worry about rot, rust, or regular upkeep. There’s even built-in ventilation to help stop condensation.

Inside, the 6×4 layout gives you enough space to line up garden tools along the walls. Or, keep a mower at the back and store bikes or bins with room to move around.

The windowless design keeps the contents hidden from view, which can help deter theft. The angled roof also helps rain drain off instead of pooling.

Globel Apex Metal Shed

The Globel in 6×4 is made from high-tensile, hot-dipped galvanised steel. This makes it weather- and rust-resistant, giving you another built-to-last metal shed option.

The apex roof provides extra headroom, while the wide, flat walls can be added with shelves. With this layout, you can store ladders and other tall items, with still space left for smaller tools. The sliding doors also save space, so you don’t have to worry about door clearance.

All the garden sheds for sale on this list are great options, and most of them come in other colours and sizes. We hope this guide has helped you find the perfect small shed you’ll love for years to come!

Our sheds buying guide has more information for you to consider before making your purchase.

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