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title: "Headboard Strut Centres"
description: "What headboard strut centres are, how to measure divan bolt holes, and why there is no single UK standard spacing."
url: "https://bedguide.co.uk/glossary/strut-centres/"
category: "glossary"
primary_entity: "headboard strut centres"
date_published: 2026-10-21
date_modified: 2026-10-21
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# Headboard Strut Centres

> Headboard strut centres are the hole-to-hole gap at the head of a divan base, where headboard struts bolt on. Many trade notes put each socket about 15 cm in from the side of the base. That is trade practice, not a British Standard. Measure your own bolt holes, then match the headboard to them.

**Definition.** Headboard strut centres are the distance between the two bolt holes at the head of a divan where a headboard fixes on.

Also called: strut centres, headboard bolt holes, headboard struts.

Struts are the upright bars that hold a headboard. Some headboards include
adjustable struts; others need them separately.

Metric mattress widths and imperial furniture widths can differ by a centimetre
or two, so measure rather than assume.

Full guide: [UK headboard strut centres](/beds/headboard-strut-centres). Also:
[how to attach a headboard](/beds/attach-a-headboard).

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Source: https://bedguide.co.uk/glossary/strut-centres/ · BedGuide — independent UK bed guide; paid links are labelled (see /how-we-make-money/). Facts checked against official sources where possible; see https://bedguide.co.uk/editorial-policy. Report an error: https://bedguide.co.uk/corrections.