Garden Centre Shopping rocking and reclining rattan chairs are weatherproof and aluminium-framed, built to leave outside all year (no cover required). Family-run from our Leicestershire showroom since 2001, with cushions, delivery, and a 3-Year Rust-Free Structural Guarantee included on every set.
Our rocking and reclining chairs are what we'd recommend when you want both motions in one chair: rock gently while you read, lean back to almost flat when you want to doze, and lock the rock when you're holding a coffee. The Burbage Rocking and Reclining Bistro Set is the one we make for that, in three rattan colours.
Garden Centre Shopping has sold rattan since 2001. Every set in this range is built on the same aluminium frame that cannot rust, the same UV-stabilised HDPE rattan, and the same 10cm cushions used across our larger Sapcote and Burbage ranges.
Garden Centre Shopping Rocking And Reclining Chairs. Two Motions On One Chair, Built To Stay Outside All Year.
Garden Centre Shopping rocking and reclining chairs are what we'd recommend when a static armchair doesn't quite match how you want to sit outside. We've watched, since 2001, which two-motion chairs hold up to British weather without the moving parts seizing or the cushions wearing flat. The Burbage Rocking and Reclining Bistro Set is the one in our range that does both, with a Stop Rock Lock so the chair holds still when you need it to.
- Strong Aluminium Frame That Cannot Rust: Every frame in this range is aluminium, which physically cannot rust. We use a 0.2mm powder coating on top, 2.5 to 3 times thicker than the 0.06 to 0.08mm coating most aluminium frames are sold with. That coating thickness seals the metal through repeated frost cycles. Steel-framed rocking chairs in less expensive sets rust at the moving joints first, which is where seizing starts; aluminium has no equivalent failure mode.
- UV-Stabilised Rattan That Won't Fade: We use UV-stabilised HDPE rattan in every set in this range, hand-woven over the aluminium frame. We don't use the PVC rattan that dominates the supermarket end of the market, because PVC contains plasticisers that escape under UV exposure, turning chalky and cracking at the weave joints after a couple of summers in direct sun. HDPE doesn't degrade that way. We have customers coming back into the showroom 15 years later, quite often, with rattan that's still perfectly fine.
- Thick Cushions With Washable Covers: Our cushions are 10cm thick, with breathable, non-waterproof fabric and removable washable covers. At 6 to 8cm, the cushions in less expensive sets compress under you within 30 to 40 minutes, and you start to feel the rattan through. Ours hold their shape across the long afternoons a rocking chair is meant for. Our covers slide off in seconds for a wash, which on a chair you sit in most days matters more than it does on a set you only sit on briefly.
- Leave Outside All Year, No Cover Required: Every set we make in this range has an aluminium frame and UV-stabilised HDPE rattan, so there's no rust, no fading, and no cracking at the weave joints. We back that with a 3-Year Rust-Free Structural Guarantee on every set. We don't ship covers because they're a problem in themselves: they degrade in UV after a couple of summers, blow off the patio in strong wind, and you'd lose track of yours by next spring anyway. Our sets stay where you left them in October and look the same the first March after you buy them.
- Ready To Use Straight Away: Every set in this range ships ready-assembled from our Leicestershire warehouse. The chair backs slot into the bases, which takes a minute. We designed the range that way deliberately, because two-motion chairs are pointless if you have to fight a flat-pack to get them into use.
- Two Motions, And A Lock For When You Don't Want Either: We use a hydraulic side-handle on the recline so the back leans through any angle from upright to almost flat. The rocking sits on a separate gentle pivot at the base. Both happen on the same chair: pick which you want, both, or neither. The Stop Rock Lock on the side of each chair physically disables the rocking motion when you want the chair to hold still, which is useful for a cup of coffee, a plate on your lap, or anyone who prefers a steady seat when getting in and out.
Garden Centre Shopping Rocking And Reclining Sets. The Burbage Range In Three Rattan Colours.
We make this set as one core configuration with two chairs, a small table, and the same rocking-and-reclining mechanism in every variant. We use the same aluminium frame, same UV-stabilised HDPE rattan, same hydraulic recline mechanism, and same Stop Rock Lock across all three colours. We've kept everything else identical, so the colour you choose is the only variable.
- Burbage Rocking & Reclining Rattan Bistro Set in Latte - Our Burbage in latte is the one we'd recommend if your patio uses pale stone, light decking, or any of the lighter paving colours, where the latte rattan lifts the patio rather than weighing it down the way a dark grey set tends to. Two chairs, small table, delivery included.
- Burbage Rocking & Reclining Rattan Bistro Set in Cappuccino - The Burbage in cappuccino is the middle-tone option, a touch darker than latte but well short of dark grey, so it works on most patio surfaces from light stone through to mid-tone brick. Same chair, same mechanism, just a richer brown weave. Two chairs, small table, delivery included.
- Burbage Rocking & Reclining Rattan Bistro Set in Silver Grey - Silver grey is the option for darker paving and stone, with the Burbage in this colour sitting closer in tone to slate, granite, or contemporary new-build paving than the lighter weaves do. Same chair, same mechanism, just the colder weave. Two chairs, small table, delivery included.
For other reclining-mechanism options without the rocking motion, see our broader reclining garden chairs range. For reclining chairs that pair with separate matching footstools, see rattan recliners with footstools. For a sofa-set scale where you want reclining backs across multiple seats, see rattan sofa sets.
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Our rocking and reclining chairs are for the patio where you settle in for an afternoon, not where you sit upright between activities. Rock gently when you want to, recline back when you want to, lock both when you want a steady chair. We made these for that.
