How Much Room to Leave Around Dining Table?

Planning a dining room starts with how people move through it, not with the table. This guide sets out the clearances that make a dining space work: 90cm as the working minimum on seated sides, 110cm to 120cm on circulation routes, and 75cm where a table sits against an unused wall. We break the 90cm figure into its components so you can adapt it to your own chairs, map the door swings, radiators and projecting sills that quietly reduce your real measurements, and identify the pinch points that spoil an otherwise good layout. Also covers pendant height, rug sizing, sideboard access and the space saving options that make tight UK rooms workable. A summary section collects every figure in one place for quick reference, and a final section explains how to revise the plan as the household and its habits change over time. Taken together these sections should give you enough confidence to commit to a table size....