Common lockout situations in London
- The door has shut behind you with the keys inside
- Keys lost on a night out or stolen
- The key turns but the door won't open
- A uPVC door handle has failed and the door won't open
- A tenant or family member has changed the locks
How we help
Most front doors can be opened without damage. Nightlatches (Yale-type locks) can often be slipped or bypassed. uPVC and composite doors can be opened with specialist tools. Mortice deadlocks may need picking. If a lock can't be opened without damage, your locksmith will explain why and agree a replacement with you before drilling.
1. Tell us where you are
Give us your postcode and describe the door and lock if you can.
2. Locksmith arranged
We arrange a vetted local locksmith and give you an estimated arrival time.
3. Back inside
Non-destructive entry first. If a lock is damaged, it can be replaced the same visit.
Areas of London we cover
We arrange locked out of house across these postcode districts in Tower Hamlets:
- E1 — Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Whitechapel, Shoreditch
- E1W — Wapping
- E2 — Bethnal Green, Haggerston, Shoreditch, Cambridge Heath
- E3 — Bow, Bromley-by-Bow, Old Ford, Mile End
- E4 — Chingford, Sewardstone, Highams Park
- E5 — Upper Clapton, Lower Clapton, Leyton, Stoke Newington
- E6 — East Ham, Beckton, Upton Park, Barking
- E7 — Forest Gate, Stratford
- E8 — Hackney Central, Dalston, London Fields
- E9 — Homerton, Hackney Wick, South Hackney, Hackney Marshes
- E10 — Leyton, Temple Mills, Hackney Marshes, Upper Clapton
- E11 — Leytonstone, Wanstead, Aldersbrook, Snaresbrook
- E12 — Manor Park, Little Ilford, Aldersbrook
- E13 — Plaistow, West Ham, Upton Park
- E14 — Poplar, Isle of Dogs, Limehouse, Canary Wharf
- E15 — Stratford, West Ham, Maryland, Leyton
- E16 — Silvertown, North Woolwich, Canning Town, Custom House
- E17 — Walthamstow, Upper Walthamstow
- E18 — Woodford, South Woodford
- E20 — Olympic Park, Stratford
- E98 — Non-geographic
- EC1A — St Bartholomew's Hospital
- EC1M — Clerkenwell, Farringdon
- EC1N — Hatton Garden
- EC1P — Non-geographic
- EC1R — Finsbury, Finsbury Estate
- EC1V — Finsbury, Moorfields Eye Hospital
- EC1Y — St Luke's, Bunhill Fields
- EC2A — Shoreditch
- EC2M — Broadgate, Liverpool Street
- EC2N — Old Broad Street, Tower 42
- EC2P — Non-geographic
- EC2R — Bank of England
- EC2V — Guildhall
- EC2Y — Barbican
- EC3A — St Mary Axe, Aldgate
- EC3M — Leadenhall, Lloyd's of London, Fenchurch Street
- EC3N — Tower Hill, Tower of London
- EC3P — Non-geographic
- EC3R — Monument, Billingsgate
- EC3V — Royal Exchange, Lombard Street
- EC4A — Fetter Lane
- EC4M — St Paul's
- EC4N — Mansion House
- EC4P — Non-geographic
- EC4R — Cannon Street
- EC4V — Blackfriars
- EC4Y — Temple
- N1 — Barnsbury, Canonbury, Kings Cross, Islington
- N1C — Kings Cross
- N1P — Non-geographic
- N2 — East Finchley, Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb
- N3 — Finchley, Church End, Finchley Central
- N4 — Finsbury Park, Manor House, Harringay, Stroud Green
- N5 — Highbury, Highbury Fields
- N6 — Highgate, Hampstead Heath
- N7 — Holloway, Barnsbury, Islington, Tufnell Park
- N8 — Hornsey, Crouch End, Harringay
- N9 — Lower Edmonton, Edmonton
- N10 — Muswell Hill
- N11 — New Southgate, Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove
- N12 — North Finchley, Woodside Park
- N13 — Palmers Green
- N14 — Southgate, Oakwood, Arnos Grove
- N15 — West Green, Seven Sisters, Duckett's Green
- N16 — Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, Shacklewell, Dalston
- N17 — Tottenham, South Tottenham
- N18 — Upper Edmonton, Edmonton
- N19 — Upper Holloway, Archway, Tufnell Park, Hornsey
- N20 — Whetstone, Totteridge, Oakleigh Park
- N21 — Winchmore Hill, Bush Hill, Grange Park
- N22 — Wood Green, Bounds Green, Bowes Park
- N81 — Non-geographic
- NW1 — Euston, Camden Town, Somers Town, Primrose Hill
- NW1W — Non-geographic, Euston
- NW2 — Cricklewood, Willesden, Neasden, Dollis Hill
- NW3 — Hampstead, Chalk Farm, Primrose Hill, Swiss Cottage
- NW4 — Brent Cross, Hendon
- NW5 — Kentish Town, Tufnell Park, Dartmouth Park, Gospel Oak
- NW6 — Kilburn, Brondesbury, West Hampstead, Queen's Park
- NW7 — Mill Hill, Arkley
- NW8 — St John's Wood, Primrose Hill, Lisson Grove
- NW9 — The Hyde, Colindale, Kingsbury, Queensbury
- NW10 — Willesden, Acton, Harlesden, Kensal Green
- NW11 — Golders Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb
- NW26 — Non-geographic
- SE1 — Bankside, South Bank, Southwark, Bermondsey
- SE1P — Non-geographic
- SE2 — Abbey Wood, West Heath, Crossness, Thamesmead
- SE3 — Blackheath, Kidbrooke, Westcombe Park
- SE4 — Brockley, Crofton Park, Western Ladywell, Honor Oak
- SE5 — Camberwell, Denmark Hill, Southampton Way Estate, Peckham
- SE6 — Bellingham, Catford, Hither Green
- SE7 — Charlton
- SE8 — Deptford, Evelyn
- SE9 — Eltham, Mottingham, New Eltham, Falconwood
- SE10 — Greenwich, Maze Hill, Greenwich Peninsula
- SE11 — Kennington, Vauxhall
- SE12 — Lee, Grove Park, Chinbrook, Hither Green
- SE13 — Lewisham, Hither Green, Ladywell
- SE14 — New Cross, New Cross Gate
- SE15 — Nunhead, Peckham
- SE16 — Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Surrey Quays
- SE17 — Walworth, Newington
- SE18 — Plumstead, Woolwich
- SE19 — Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace, Crown Point, Norwood
- SE20 — Anerley, Crystal Palace, Penge, Beckenham
- SE21 — Dulwich, Dulwich Village, West Dulwich, Tulse Hill
- SE22 — East Dulwich, Peckham Rye, Loughborough Junction, Herne Hill
- SE23 — Forest Hill, Honor Oak, Crofton Park
- SE24 — Herne Hill, Tulse Hill
- SE25 — South Norwood, Selhurst
- SE26 — Sydenham, Crystal Palace
- SE27 — West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Norwood
- SE28 — Thamesmead
- SW1A — Whitehall, Buckingham Palace
- SW1E — Buckingham Gate, Victoria Station
- SW1H — Buckingham Gate, Victoria St, Birdcage Walk
- SW1P — Victoria Station, the Houses of Parliament, Vauxhall Bridge, Pimlico
- SW1V — Vauxhall Bridge, Chelsea Bridge, Victoria Station, Pimlico
- SW1W — Belgravia
- SW1X — Belgravia, Knightsbridge
- SW1Y — St. James's
- SW2 — Brixton, Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill, Tulse Hill
- SW3 — Chelsea, Brompton, Knightsbridge
- SW4 — Clapham, Stockwell
- SW5 — Earl's Court
- SW6 — Fulham, Parson's Green
- SW7 — South Kensington, Knightsbridge
- SW8 — South Lambeth, Vauxhall, Battersea, Clapham
- SW9 — Stockwell, Brixton, Clapham
- SW10 — West Brompton, Chelsea
- SW11 — Battersea, Clapham Junction
- SW12 — Balham, Clapham South, Hyde Farm
- SW13 — Barnes, Castelnau
- SW14 — Mortlake, East Sheen
- SW15 — Putney, Roehampton University
- SW16 — Streatham, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Streatham Park
- SW17 — Tooting, Mitcham
- SW18 — Wandsworth, Southfields, Earlsfield
- SW19 — Wimbledon, Colliers Wood, Southfields
- SW20 — Merton Park, Raynes Park
- SW95 — Non-geographic
- W1A — Non-geographic
- W1B — Portland Street, Regent Street
- W1C — Oxford Street (west)
- W1D — Soho (south east), Chinatown, Soho Square
- W1F — Soho (north west)
- W1G — Harley Street
- W1H — Marylebone
- W1J — Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy
- W1K — Mayfair (north), Grosvenor Square
- W1S — Hanover Square, Savile Row
- W1T — Fitzrovia, Tottenham Court Road
- W1U — Marylebone
- W1W — Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia
- W2 — Paddington, Bayswater, Hyde Park, Westbourne Green
- W3 — Acton, East Acton, Park Royal, West Acton
- W4 — Chiswick, Gunnersbury, Turnham Green, Bedford Park
- W5 — Ealing, Park Royal
- W6 — Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Park
- W7 — Hanwell, Boston Manor
- W8 — Kensington, Holland Park
- W9 — Maida Vale, Little Venice
- W10 — North Kensington, Queens Park
- W11 — Notting Hill, Holland Park
- W12 — Shepherds Bush, White City
- W13 — West Ealing, Northfields
- W14 — West Kensington, Kensington Olympia, Holland Park
- WC1A — New Oxford Street
- WC1B — Bloomsbury, British Museum
- WC1E — University College London
- WC1H — St Pancras
- WC1N — Great Ormond Street Hospital
- WC1R — Gray's Inn
- WC1V — High Holborn
- WC1X — Kings Cross, Finsbury (west)
- WC2A — Lincoln's Inn Fields, Royal Courts of Justice
- WC2B — Drury Lane, Aldwych
- WC2E — Covent Garden
- WC2H — Leicester Square
- WC2N — Charing Cross
- WC2R — Somerset House
Prices
Cost depends on the lock, the work and the time of day. Your locksmith tells you the price before starting and nothing goes ahead until you agree. How pricing works.
Questions
Will I need to prove I live there?
Your locksmith may ask for ID or proof of address once inside. This protects you and stops people being let into homes that aren't theirs.
I rent. Can you still help?
Yes. Let your landlord know, as some tenancies require any lock change to be approved.
How much will it cost?
It depends on the lock, the work and the time of day. Your locksmith will tell you the price before starting, and nothing goes ahead until you agree.