An optical fibre coupling device and a method are disclosed. The optical fibre coupling device comprises a first patch strip comprising a first plurality of optical fibre connectors arranged along a face of the first patch strip and a second patch strip comprising a second plurality of optical fibre connectors arranged along a face of the second patch strip, the first and second patch strips being in a stacked arrangement where the second plurality of optical fibre connectors is offset from the first plurality of optical fibre connectors in a first and a second direction transverse to a stacking direction. Such offsetting improves access to the individual optical fibre connectors. This improved access assists an operative when managing or maintaining optical fibre connections and helps to reduce the likelihood of fatigue or failure since adjacent optical fibre connections are undisturbed during this process and the optical fibre connections may be easily accessed without needing to move or manipulate adjacent patch strips.
