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Lawns, hedges, patios, decking and fencing in Checkendon, from a family business about five and a half miles north-west in Wallingford.
About five and a half miles south-east of our base in Wallingford, and fourteen minutes by road, Checkendon sits between Stoke Row, about a mile to the north-east, and Woodcote, to the south-west. Nuffield lies to the north.
The village is about 3.9 km inside the Chilterns National Landscape, and the Checkendon Conservation Area lies about 230 metres from its mapped centre. Garden builds, maintenance and fencing are all part of what we do here.
Patios · decking · garden builds
Brickwork, sleeper beds, decking, paths and patios, or the whole garden reworked. Checkendon’s centre is mapped on sand and gravel that the British Geological Survey classes as of uncertain age and origin, lying on chalk.
More on constructionMowing · hedges · clearance
Mowing and hedges, weeds and clearance, as a contract or a single job, plus new lawns: turfed, seeded or artificial. Sandy soils like this, the RHS says, are light: quick to drain after rain or watering, and easy to cultivate.
More on garden maintenanceCloseboard · panels · gates
Closeboard fencing, panel fencing, post and rail and gates, for gardens and for land. North, east and west of the centre, within half a kilometre, Clay-with-flints caps the chalk, so expect flints in post holes on those sides of the village.
More on fencingFrom Checkendon we also cover Exlade Street to the south-west, Hook End and Cane End to the south, and Well Place to the north-west.
Sonning Common is about three miles to the south-east. Wallingford, our base, lies about five and a half miles north-west.
Thank you to Jamie and Sam(s) for the pergola and paving job undertaken recently. We are really pleased with how it turned out. Thanks
Jamie and his team did an absolutely fantastic job cutting back and shaping a very large and wide hedge, made up of loads of different plants and trees. See before and after photos. They were very hard working and tidy, managing to do the whole job off ladders. Price was also very reasonable. I was extremely impressed and will definitely use them again.
Fantastic job, very pleased . Knowledgeable and hard working.
Sand and gravel · Clay-with-flints · chalk
Checkendon’s centre is mapped on chalk overlain by sand and gravel that the British Geological Survey can’t pin to an age or origin; it describes the deposit as sand and gravel with rare lenses of clay.
Within half a kilometre, Clay-with-flints caps the chalk to the north, east, west and north-west, while the chalk has no cover to the north-east, south-east and south. In one village, then, you can find free-draining gravel, heavier flinty clay and open chalk.
Chilterns National Landscape · Checkendon Conservation Area, 230 m away
Checkendon and the whole of its parish lie inside the Chilterns National Landscape. As designated land, any garden building beside the house requires a planning application, and the area covered by buildings, enclosures and pools more than 20 metres from the house can’t exceed 10 square metres without it.
The Checkendon Conservation Area lies about 230 metres from the village centre as mapped. Inside it, tree work needs six weeks’ notice to South Oxfordshire District Council (exempt: trees under 75 mm in trunk diameter at 1.5 m), and knocking down a fence, wall or gate could need permission; outside it, a two-metre fence, wall or gate (one metre by a road) normally needs no planning permission.
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. It’s about five and a half miles from Wallingford to Checkendon, around fourteen minutes by road. Call 07736 650477, or WhatsApp the same number, to talk it through.
Yes, about 3.9 km inside the Chilterns National Landscape, with the whole parish within it. That means a planning application for any outbuilding beside the house, and a 10-square-metre total for those more than 20 metres away.
Yes, the Checkendon Conservation Area, though the village’s mapped centre lies about 230 metres outside it. If your home is inside, tree work and taking down a fence, wall or gate come with extra rules, so check the council’s map first.
Yes — Exlade Street, Hook End, Cane End and Well Place, plus Stoke Row, Woodcote, Nuffield and Sonning Common.
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