"2pods" wrote:

"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote:

http://www.mcmaster.com/
http://www.mcmaster.com/aboutus/ordinfo.html

What bit of the UK do they cover ? ;-)
The OP wanted one in England.
I'd like one in Scotland, but would settle for one in the UK.

If you looked at the cited reference you will find:

"Q: Do you ship orders outside the United States?

A: We ship our products throughout the world using air and ocean
transportation services."

Hence, they cover England, Scotland and Ireland.

McMaster-Carr is a prime supplier of industrial supplies. Their catalog
is the gospel of industrial supplies.