Bedside tables UK, every size in cm
30 cm Bedside Tables
Every table on this page is 30 cm wide. Not "compact", not "space-saving": thirty centimetres, measured across the widest point of the carcass, handles included where they stick out.
30 cm Bedside Tables compared: width, depth, height and price
This page has 29 30 cm bedside tables, all 30 cm wide (11.8 in) and 40 to 65 cm tall (15.7 to 25.6 in) for the freestanding ones; wall-mounted tables go at the height you fix them. Prices run from £64 to £326 (the lowest price of each table, in any of its finishes), with free UK delivery. The table lists every one by width, with the published outside measurements.
W = width, D = depth, H = height, all in centimetres as published. A pair is priced for both tables.
Which is the narrowest of our 30 cm bedside tables?
The Slim Black Bedside Table, 30 cm, 2 Drawers and Shelf, at 30 × 25 × 65 cm (W × D × H), £64.
Which is the cheapest of our 30 cm bedside tables?
The Slim Black Bedside Table, 30 cm, 2 Drawers and Shelf, at £64: 30 × 25 × 65 cm.
How many of our 30 cm bedside tables have drawers?
27 of the 29 have at least one drawer; the other 2 are open shelves, doors or slots.
There are 29 here, all 30 cm wide: 23 single tables from £64 to £205 and 6 sets of two from £224 to £326 for the pair. All are solid mango wood except the slim black table, which is engineered wood. 20 stand on the floor and 9 fix to the wall, and 27 have at least one drawer. Depths run from 25 to 30 cm.
Thirty centimetres is the width people arrive at after they have measured the gap and found that the usual bedside table does not go in. We recorded the published dimensions of 262 bedside tables for our height study: the median width is 40 cm, and only a small minority come in at 30 or under. That is why the search that brings most people here is phrased as a limit rather than a style.
What actually fits on 30 cm
A lamp base is usually 12 to 18 cm across. A paperback is about 13 cm wide. A glass or a mug is about 9 cm. Add them up and 30 cm takes a small lamp base and a paperback side by side (12 + 13 = 25 cm), or a lamp and a glass (12 + 9 = 21 cm), but not all three, which needs 34 cm before you allow any gap at all. The third item goes in front, or in the drawer. If you want the three of them in a row with room to spare, you are looking for 40 cm, and the full range has those.
Before you order
Width is only one of the three numbers. Check the depth against the distance from the wall to the side of the mattress, and check the height against the top of your mattress. A table more than about 5 cm off that line reads as wrong in the room. Our height guide explains why, with the full dataset, and the fit checker takes your three measurements and tells you what is left.
Narrower still: the 20 cm range. Wider, or wall-hung to free the floor: everything under 35 cm and the wall-mounted pieces.
Does 30 cm wide also mean 30 cm deep?
Not always. The Arun 30 cm bedside table is 30 cm wide and 30 cm deep, 40 cm tall. The Severn 30 cm wall mounted bedside table is also 30 cm wide but only 25 cm deep, and it fixes to the wall. Check the depth on each product page if the table sits in a walkway.
Questions
Is 30 cm wide enough for a bedside table?
For two things at a time, yes. A lamp base is usually 12 to 18 cm across, a paperback about 13 cm and a glass about 9 cm, so 30 cm takes a small lamp and a book side by side, or a lamp and a glass. All three in a row needs 34 cm before you allow any gap, so the third item goes in front or in the drawer.
How much space do you need between the bed and the wall for a bedside table?
You need the width of the table plus a walkway, and the two compete for the same gap. Forty-five centimetres is about the tightest a person squeezes past and sixty is comfortable, so a 30 cm table asks for roughly 75 cm of clear space to be tight and 90 cm to be comfortable. Below that, a wall-mounted piece takes no floor at all.
What is the difference between a 30 cm and a 40 cm bedside table?
Ten centimetres, and it is the difference between two objects on the top and three. Forty centimetres is the median width of the 262 UK bedside tables we recorded, so it is what the market treats as normal; 30 cm is what you buy when the gap has already decided for you.
