Bench Desks

Home / Office Furniture / Office Desks / Bench Desking
Modern back-to-back office bench desk with dividing screens & cable management
Explore Bench Desks

Shared Back-to-Back Bench Desking for Teams

Modular bench desks designed for collaborative team working — efficient, flexible, and built to make the most of your office space.

Bench desking systems use a shared structural framework to create continuous runs of workstations — either as narrow linear benches or deeper back-to-back bench desks for face-to-face team working. The shared leg and beam construction reduces material waste, simplifies installation, and keeps costs down without compromising on quality or specification.

Our bench desk ranges are built to a high specification using quality components and materials. Height-adjustable bench desks with electric controls and sliding desktop panels encourage posture changes throughout the working day and allow straightforward access to underdesk cabling. Integrated power and USB charging — including wireless through-desk supplies — keeps workstations tidy and ready to use, alongside modern cable management and optional acoustic dividers to support focus in open-plan environments.

Types of Benches Bench FAQs
  • show all
  • bench desk
  • worktable
  • height-adjustable
  • wood
  • colourful
CS5040 2-user white shared bench office desk with central dividing screen
2-user bench desk with wooden legs, fixed drawer unit and upholstered dividers
Creva worktable table with wood legs and movable dividers for team collaboration
Round 6-user bench desk with radius edges and 3 desktop dividing screens
Martin wood veneer bench desk with central cable access
wooden collaboration bench table for teams in touchdown spaces

What are the key differences of bench desking?

Bench Desks: Bring Teams Together

Bench office desks represent the flexible evolution of office desking, engineered specifically for high-density, collaborative environments. At their core, they function as a continuous, shared framework system where individual work surfaces are adjoined. The key benefit of this design lies in its inherent modular nature; units are typically supplied as "starter" and "add-on" sections, allowing for seamless expansion or reconfiguration as your team grows or your needs change. By sharing components like frames and leg uprights, bench desks offer a visually streamlined aesthetic, significantly optimising floor space with deep or narrow surfaces, while simplifying cable management across multiple users.

WorkTables: Resimercial Design

Inspired by the home's dining table, where the family meets to eat, entertain and work, office worktables evolved by integrating useful technology and accessories found in the modern-day desk. Unlike individual desks, these long, expansive surfaces are specifically built for group activities, making them perfect for team meetings, creative brainstorming sessions, or sustained computer-based work where input is shared. The open design with contemporary homelike aesthetics such as wood legs and soft table tops, encourages a flatter hierarchy and immediate communication, transforming a standard workspace into a dynamic hub for collective effort.

Height-Adjustable: Increase Wellbeing

Combining the space-saving efficiency of the standard bench system with crucial ergonomic benefits, height-adjustable bench desks offer the ultimate in workspace flexibility. These are modular desks connected by a continuous framework but feature integrated mechanisms that allow users to effortlessly change their working height. This capability directly supports a sit-stand working style, which is proven to boost user health, comfort, and concentration. This system ensures that while teams share resources and infrastructure, each individual maintains full control over their personal ergonomic settings.

How is a bench desk constructed?

An 8-user bench desk showing how the framework is configured with cable management and dividing screens

Above: 8-user back-to-back bench desk showing how the modular framework, cable trunking, access flaps, power modules and dividing screens are configured.

Explore our bench desks

Bench Desk FAQs

Bench Desks utilise a modular, shared frame system with deep or narrow desktops, meaning multiple workstations are linked together. This system drastically reduces the number of legs required and centralises cable management, leading to significant space efficiency and a cleaner aesthetic compared to rows of individual desks.
Yes. Bench Desks are designed for scalability. You typically purchase a "starter" unit and then add-on sections as needed. These add-ons seamlessly connect to the existing shared frame, making future expansion simple and cost-effective without replacing the entire system.
Height-Adjustable Bench Desks maintain the shared frame structure but incorporate individual lifting mechanisms (either electric or crank handle) beneath each workspace. This means every user can independently set their preferred sit-stand height without affecting the adjacent workstation.
Our systems are designed for straightforward assembly. While a larger bench desk setup requires more time than a single desk, the modular components and shared frame system simplify the process. Full, clear instructions are provided.
The easiest way is to use our complimentary space planning service. Simply provide us with your floor dimensions and requirements, and our team will create a layout showing the most efficient use of the space.
Yes, we provide detailed 3D design visuals as part of our consultation. This allows you to see exactly how the chosen bench desks or worktables will look and function within your specific office environment before any order is placed.