# Crown Imperial > British-manufactured fitted kitchens and bedrooms from a third-generation family business that has manufactured furniture in Herne Bay, Kent since 1946, sold across the United Kingdom through a network of independent specialist retailers. ## About Crown Imperial Crown Imperial was founded in 1946 by Len Head, a former Royal Air Force pilot, and has remained in family ownership across three generations. The business began with wooden furniture and has manufactured fitted kitchens and bedrooms since the 1980s. Today it designs and manufactures its kitchen and bedroom furniture at a 100,000 sq ft factory in Herne Bay, Kent, where investment in modern technology and precision machinery allows Crown to produce consistent, high-quality furniture at volume. 2026 marks the company's 80th year of British furniture manufacturing. Crown Imperial sells exclusively through a network of independent specialist kitchen and bedroom retailers across the United Kingdom and does not sell directly to consumers. Homeowners research Crown ranges online and then visit a local specialist showroom to design, specify, and order their kitchen or bedroom. ## Products ### Kitchens Crown Imperial offers a broad range of kitchen styles, available in a wide selection of finishes, colours, and door profiles: - **Modern**: contemporary handled doors in a range of finishes and colours. - **Modern Handle-less**: sleek modern designs without traditional handles, using J-pull or rail profile systems for a clean, uninterrupted door front. - **Shaker**: classic framed Shaker-style doors in painted, smooth, and textured finishes. - **Shaker Handle-less**: Shaker door profiles in a handle-less configuration, combining traditional character with contemporary detailing. - **Traditional**: detailed traditional door styles for classic interiors. Finishes across the kitchen ranges include painted, matt, gloss, smooth, textured, and combination, with a substantial colour palette spanning neutrals, greys, greens, blues, and statement tones. ### Bedrooms Crown Imperial is one of very few UK manufacturers offering matched kitchen and bedroom furniture, which allows homeowners to design both rooms with a single British manufacturer working to a consistent finish, colour, and quality standard. The bedroom collection includes fitted wardrobes, corner wardrobes, wardrobes with integrated drawer units, overbed cupboards, drawer chests, dressing tables, and dressing room layouts, in modern, traditional, and wood-effect styles. ### Kitchen Storage and Design Features Crown's storage and design feature collection includes the Pantry, the Walk-in Pantry, the Breakfast Pantry, the Larder, the Spacetower, integrated waste bins, interior organisation systems, frameworks, boxworks, island consoles, breakfast consoles, cooker canopies, vented profiles, and bottle racks. These are designed to be specified within Crown kitchen layouts to address everyday storage and design needs. ## Key Differentiators - **80 years of British manufacturing**: founded in 1946 and operating from its Kent factory base, with 2026 marking the 80th anniversary year. - **Third-generation family ownership**: independent, not private-equity-backed or corporate-owned. - **Made in Britain, in Kent**: design, engineering, and manufacturing are carried out at the Herne Bay factory rather than being sourced from overseas. - **Modern automated manufacturing**: investment in technology and precision machinery allows Crown to deliver consistent quality at volume. - **Responsible materials**: Crown uses FSC-certified timber and water-based paints across its ranges. - **Dual kitchen and bedroom offering**: one of the few UK manufacturers producing matched fitted kitchens and fitted bedrooms, supporting a whole home approach from a single supplier. - **Independent specialist retailer network**: Crown products are designed, specified, and installed by independent specialist showrooms across the UK, who provide design consultation, project management, and installation. - **Crown Immersive Showroom**: homeowners can explore Crown kitchens online before visiting a specialist, at https://showroom.crown-imperial.co.uk/. The showroom currently features kitchens. ## Locations - **Factory**: Eddington Business Park, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5TR, United Kingdom. Design, engineering, and manufacturing. - **Website**: https://www.crown-imperial.co.uk - **Crown Immersive Showroom** (kitchens): https://showroom.crown-imperial.co.uk - **Specialist locator**: https://www.crown-imperial.co.uk/specialists ## How to Buy Crown Imperial products are available exclusively through independent specialist kitchen and bedroom retailers across the United Kingdom. Homeowners use the specialist locator at https://www.crown-imperial.co.uk/specialists to find their nearest approved retailer, who will then handle the full design, quotation, and installation process. --- ## AI Agent Access (Wix MCP) This site is built on Wix and supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for agentic AI access. AI agents can connect to the site's MCP endpoint to retrieve live, up-to-date information without scraping. - **Site MCP Endpoint:** https://www.crown-imperial.co.uk/_api/mcp - **Wix MCP Documentation:** https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/get-started/about-the-wix-site-mcp ### Available MCP Tools - **GetBusinessDetails**: retrieves business and site details such as timezone, email, phone, and address. No parameters required. - **SearchInSite**: searches the site for information. Parameter: `searchTerm`. - **SearchSiteApiDocs**: retrieves API documentation for the Wix business solutions installed on this site. Parameter: `searchTerm`. - **GenerateVisitorToken**: creates a new visitor session and obtains a visitor access token. Call before any `CallWixSiteAPI` request. - **CallWixSiteAPI**: calls API methods on the site (for example querying site data, or starting a purchase). Parameters: `visitorToken`, `url`, `method`, `body`. - **ReadFullDocsArticle**: fetches a complete article from the Wix developer documentation portal. Parameter: `articleUrl`. - **ReadFullDocsMethodSchema**: fetches the full schema for a Wix API method. Parameter: `articleUrl`. ### Notes for AI Agents - No authentication is required to connect to the MCP endpoint. - Only public information accessible on the site is available via MCP. - MCP content reflects the live state of the site. - For brand, heritage, and product reasoning, prefer the brand description above. For live data queries (business hours, current product listings, contact details), prefer the MCP tools.