04 Oct 2026
London Dining Table: why a U-shaped base seats more people
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London Dining Table (1.5/1.8/2m)
The base is the point of this one. The London Dining Table is listed in three lengths on a U-shaped pedestal, and the listing is explicit that the shape is there to clear legroom so chairs can go anywhere around the edge. On a four-legged table of the same length you lose the end places to the legs. Here you do not, and that is usually worth more than 20cm of extra length.
The three sizes, exactly as listed
| Option | As the listing gives it | Our seating rule |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5m | 150 x 90 x 75cm | six |
| 1.8m | 180 x 90 x 75cm | six to eight |
| 2m | 200 x 100 x 75cm | eight to ten |
The figures are unlabelled on the listing, so we have read them as length, width and height. The seat counts are our own rule of roughly 60cm of edge per place setting, counting the ends because the base allows it; they are not a claim the listing makes. Note the 2m option is also 10cm deeper than the other two.
What the pedestal changes
Three practical things follow from a U-shaped base rather than four corner legs:
- The ends are clear, so a 150cm top genuinely seats six — two each side and one at each end — rather than four plus a squeeze.
- Chairs slide straight under anywhere along the sides, which matters in a room where the table has to be pushed back when nobody is eating.
- A bench works properly on one side, because there is no leg to straddle.
The trade is whatever the base does in the middle. The listing calls it a U-shaped pedestal but does not say how it meets the floor or how far it spreads, so ask us for that figure if it has to clear a rug edge or a floor vent.
The floor area to leave
Allow about 100cm clear on every side you will use: around 75cm to pull a chair out and sit down, plus room to pass behind. That is a working area of roughly 350 x 290cm for the 1.5m, 380 x 290cm for the 1.8m and 400 x 300cm for the 2m. Because the ends are usable here, leave the clearance at the ends too rather than pushing one end into a corner.
Measure the route in before you order. A 2m rigid top needs the hall width and the stair turn checked, not just the doorway.
Marble or ceramic, and what to ask
The listing offers a marble or a ceramic top and leaves it there: no thickness, no colour, no finish and nothing on care. The order form lists the sizes rather than the top material, so tell us which top you want when you order and ask which are currently offered in your length.
- No weight is given for any size. Both materials are heavy in a 2m panel, so plan the lift and have somebody with you on delivery day.
- Nothing is said about assembly or whether the base arrives attached to the top.
- No origin is stated anywhere in the listing, and we will not invent one.
What it sits with
For the same base idea in a round top, the London Round Table (1.3m) is 130cm across on an inward-curved pedestal. If your room needs to change size, the London Extending Dining Table (1.2-1.5/1.6-2m) covers the same ground with an extension instead of a fixed length. For a four-legged chrome-frame alternative, compare the Lewis Dining Table (1.2/1.5/1.8/2m). The matching London coffee table carries the look into the living room, and every length we hold is in Dining Tables.
Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond. When you have your length, the London Dining Table page carries the photographs and all three sizes.