Prop hire with a
magic touch

A unique range of authentic, original period props for the film, TV and theatre industries. Discover the secret ingredient of historically accurate and deeply immersive sets.

Welcome
to West Lea
Prop Hire

We are a prop hire company with years of experience in sourcing authentic period props for the film & TV and theatre industries. Specialising in art glass, ceramics, and vintage packaging and advertising from the UK & Ireland – we help our clients find what they’re looking for and produce richly detailed, historically accurate sets with our classic prop hire services.

Take a look at our props for hire

Why hire from us?

Inspirational Gallery

Take a look at our inspirational gallery to view a selection of the pieces we have available for prop hire. We’re passionate about providing authentic props to help set designers and prop technicians enrich their period sets and create results that are immersive, visually exciting, and historically accurate. For more inspiration take a look at our period lookbook.

Inspirational
Gallery

Take a look at our inspirational gallery to view a selection of the pieces we have available for prop hire. We’re passionate about providing authentic props to help set designers and prop technicians enrich their period sets and create results that are immersive, visually exciting, and historically accurate. Get in touch to find out more about hiring with West Lea Prop Hire.

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How to Hire

How to hire

Our range is so large and diverse that we can’t fit everything on our website – but we want to help you find what you’re looking for. Discover more about how to view our collection, choose the right items for you and hire our props for your project.  

West Lea Prop Hire - FAQs

All the pieces in our collection are available for hire to the film, TV and theatre industries, as well as for vintage photography and themed events. Find out the latest information about how access our prop hire services and get answers to your frequently asked questions.

The first step is to make an enquiry. Get in touch via our contact form or give us a call on 07901 277665 or 01403 915013. We like to talk with anyone interested in our prop hire services, so get in touch today to discuss the needs of your production. You can then visit us to view our range. 

We want our services to work for you and your project, so we don’t put a time limit on how long you can hire our props for. 

We’ve got a diverse collection of period props dating from the 1890s to the present day. We have a particular specialism in art glass and ceramics, household items and a unique selection of WW2 packaging and ephemera. That said, our prop hire range is varied and always expanding.

We don’t have all our items listed on our website because there are simply too many of them. We welcome all our customers to visit us to browse our props in person at our West Sussex site. 

Of course! We are specialists in period prop curation. If you know what scene you want to create, but aren’t sure what props are suitable for the period, we can help. We enjoy curating props for specific requests. From ‘a fully stocked bathroom cupboard from 1988’ to ‘items on a kitchen dresser in 1950,’ we can find and curate exactly what you need.

Westlea Fine Foods

Struggling to get permission to use branded props for your project? 

We are proud to introduce our own professionally designed generic branding – Westlea Fine Foods.