Bedside tables UK, every size in cm
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.
More ranges
Browse by width and type
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Narrow, up to 35 cm
29 in stock, from £101
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20 cm wide
3 in stock, from £101
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Wall mounted
16 in stock, from £104
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Bedside cabinets
50 in stock, from £55
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Sets of two
3 in stock, from £224
Room scenes are AI illustrations of the tables in each range.
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.
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.