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Aquila Celebrates 18 Years of School Playground Shelter Installations

Aquila Shelters is now twenty-five years old and our longest serving school installation at St Hilary’s School in Godalming, Surrey will soon be celebrating it’s eighteenth birthday. During the last 18 years we have installed 53 fixed outdoor canopies at … Continue reading

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Temporary Lambing Shelters to Hire

With the current cold snap being forecast to continue now is an important time for the animal farming community to consider the need to provide additional livestock shelters. With Spring just around the corner and sheep farmers already watching out … Continue reading

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Weather resistant marquees – A tale of two strong winds (and one city)

Case Study: Newcastle’s Christmas Market marquees take some beating! The annual Newcastle City Council Christmas Fair was scheduled to take place between the 7th and 11th December 2011 and as usual Aquila Shelters were responsible for building the covered street markets … Continue reading

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Celebrate your games in style with Olympic marquees

The chances are you’re among the 95% of people living within 10 miles of the Olympic flame once it begins it’s journey around the British Isles on the 18th May 2012. Millions will take part in celebrations & events being organised by Local leaders, Councils … Continue reading

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Calling all London schools, colleges & nurseries. Free site inspection visits now.

Are you responsible for a nursery, school, after-school or college building in need of more outdoor sheltered space? Aquila Shelters has been providing fixed marquees, tents, modular shelters, sails and awnings to nurseries, schools, after-schools and colleges for the last 25 years. Our stylish high quality … Continue reading

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Are you getting ready for the Cereals Event 2012?

Cereals 2012 will take place on Boothby Heath, Boothby Graffoe, near Lincoln, Lincolnshire on Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th June. Site preparation is already in full swing with grass and some crop plots already coming through and more being drilled. The exhibitor manual … Continue reading

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Fixed Canopies & Temporary Shelters

Images of our previous installations at some prestigious locations.

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Aquila Archive – Power Station Open-day

Looking through the Aquila archive we came across the 21st Anniversary of the Wylfa Nuclear Power Station situated just west of Cemaes, Anglesey, the northernmost village in Wales. It is the largest of the Magnox type of nuclear reactor and … Continue reading

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Summer canopies & marquees for hire

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Have you considered event insurance?

After public health & safety the next most important thing you need to provide cover for is the weather. In these climes our summer fetes, garden parties, weddings, festivals and shows are never guaranteed to be dry occasions. ‘Event Washout’, ‘Festival Downpour’, ‘Showground … Continue reading

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