Family Tree
Grounds Maintenance & Construction
Landscaping and garden maintenance, plus fencing, in Binfield Heath, from our family business in Wallingford, about eleven miles north-west.
Binfield Heath is half an hour or so by road from our base in Wallingford, about eleven miles to the south-east. Shiplake is about a mile to the east and Caversham about three miles south-west.
The village’s mapped centre sits only about 70 metres from the edge of the Chilterns National Landscape, and about 68% of the parish is inside it, so whether the National Landscape rules apply depends on your address. Our work here covers garden builds, regular maintenance and fencing.
Patios · decking · garden builds
Patios and paths, decking, brickwork, sleeper beds and complete garden makeovers. The centre sits on Winter Hill Gravel, which varies in how clayey and sandy it is, according to the British Geological Survey, with the Lambeth Group underneath.
More on constructionMowing · hedges · clearance
Hedge work and grass cutting, weeding and clearance, regular or occasional, plus new lawns in turf, seed or artificial grass. On the gravel, expect light soil that the RHS describes as quick-draining, so a new lawn there can dry out faster than one on the clay.
More on garden maintenanceCloseboard · panels · gates
Gates and fencing (closeboard, panels or post and rail) for gardens and land alike. With no conservation area within a kilometre of the centre, new fences up to two metres (one metre beside a road) normally go up without planning permission.
More on fencingFrom Binfield Heath we also cover Mays Green to the north, Playhatch to the south, and Crowsley.
Shiplake is about a mile east and Henley-on-Thames about two and a half miles away; our base in Wallingford is about eleven miles north-west.
Professional and friendly service from quote to installation of our pergola. Pleased with the result.
We would certainly recommend Family Tree Landscaping! The two Sam’s have done such an amazing job, I’m thrilled with the hedge & trees. It is all just how we wanted and they worked so carefully watching out for my plants! They have tidied everything away! You wouldn’t know they’d been here especially in this awful weather today!
Thank you Jamie at Family Tree. Another excellent job by Joe and Thomas. Cheerful and efficient. As always, listened to what we what we wanted and worked out with us how to get it done. Thoroughly recommended.
Gravel cap · Lambeth Group clays · chalk
Binfield Heath is mapped on Winter Hill Gravel lying over the Lambeth Group’s clays, silts and sands. Within half a kilometre the gravel continues to the north, south-west, west and north-west.
To the east, south-east and south the gravel gives out and the Lambeth Group is at the surface; to the north-east it’s chalk. Off the gravel, expect heavier soil: the RHS says clay drains slowly and bakes hard in summer, often cracking noticeably.
Chilterns (most of the parish) · no conservation area
The edge of the Chilterns National Landscape runs about 70 metres from the village’s mapped centre, and about 68% of Binfield Heath parish lies inside it, so find out which side of the line your address is on before planning a garden building. If you’re inside, side outbuildings need planning permission, and those more than 20 metres from the house may total 10 square metres at most.
South Oxfordshire’s list of conservation areas has no Binfield Heath entry, and the nearest is more than a kilometre from the centre. In a front garden, paving more than five square metres in area needs planning permission unless it’s permeable or drains to a lawn or border; these allowances apply to houses, not flats.
Sources: British Geological Survey, Natural England and planning.data.gov.uk (open data); the Planning Portal, GOV.UK and the RHS. The Planning Portal is a guide — your council has the final word for your address.
Yes. Binfield Heath is about eleven miles from Wallingford, roughly half an hour’s drive. Get in touch on 07736 650477 by call or WhatsApp.
It depends on your address. Binfield Heath’s mapped centre is about 70 metres from the Chilterns National Landscape boundary, and about 68% of the parish is inside it. Inside, garden buildings have tighter permitted-development limits.
Both, depending on where you are. The centre is mapped on Winter Hill Gravel over the Lambeth Group, but to the east, south-east and south the clay is at the surface. On the gravel, water drains away quickly; on the clay, slowly.
Yes: Mays Green, Crowsley and Playhatch are all part of our patch, and so are Shiplake, Henley-on-Thames, Caversham and Sonning Common.
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