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Fencing, decking, patios and garden maintenance across Didcot, from a family business based about five miles east in Wallingford.
Didcot is about five miles west of Wallingford, where we’re based — around twelve minutes by road — so it sits well inside the area we cover.
We take on the whole range here: patios, decking and garden builds; regular maintenance, hedges and lawns; and fencing and gates. One new gate or a complete garden makeover gets the same care.
Patios · decking · garden builds
New patios and paths, decking, sleeper beds, brickwork and complete garden makeovers. With Gault clay mapped close to the centre, what goes under a patio matters: the British Geological Survey lists Gault among the clays most prone to shrink and swell.
More on constructionMowing · hedges · clearance
Regular grass cutting, hedges, weeding and clearing, on a contract or as a one-off — plus new lawns, turfed, seeded or artificial. Where the ground is heavy clay it drains slowly and bakes hard in summer, which is worth knowing before a new lawn goes down.
More on garden maintenanceCloseboard · panels · gates
Garden and field fencing: closeboarding, panels, post and rail and gates. Most new fences up to two metres need no planning permission — one metre next to a road — but in a conservation area, check before taking an old one down.
More on fencingFrom Didcot we also cover East Hagbourne, North and South Moreton and Long Wittenham, with Cholsey a little further towards Wallingford.
Our base in Wallingford is about five miles to the east.
We love our beautiful new stone steps, oak walls and Millboard decking. Jamie’s advice for materials was excellent and he and his brother Sam and another Sam worked really hard and creatively to change a difficult and sloping area into a lovely place to complement the rest of the our very developed garden. It was a pleasure to have them working on site, they were very polite and friendly , and we highly recommend them. Will definitely be planning for some more work.
Jamie and his team did an amazing job on updating and modernizing my back garden. Vision was mine but they executed extremely well and would not hesitate in recommending- my neighbour now wishes to use them! Quality, Professionalism
Went with this company after being let down previously. These guys do a good job , and clear up after each visit. Happy customer 😀 Quality, Professionalism
Upper Greensand · Gault clay
Central Didcot is mapped on Upper Greensand, a fine sandstone and siltstone, but Gault clay is mapped within half a kilometre to the north and east.
Where the Gault comes to the surface, expect heavy, slow-draining soil that bakes hard and cracks in summer. The British Geological Survey counts Gault among the clays most prone to shrink-swell, which matters for fence-post depth, patio sub-bases and planting close to buildings. Ground can vary from one garden to the next, so two gardens in the same street can behave differently.
Didcot Old · Station Road · Northbourne
Three conservation areas — Didcot Old, Station Road and Northbourne — lie within half a kilometre of the town centre. Inside one, you need to tell the council six weeks before tree work (unless the trunk is under 75 mm across, 1.5 m above the ground), and demolishing a boundary fence, wall or gate may need permission first.
Elsewhere, a boundary up to two metres tall, or one metre alongside a road, normally needs no planning permission. In a front garden, new paving covering more than five square metres has to be permeable — or drain to a lawn or border — to stay within permitted development.
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. Didcot is about five miles west of our base in Wallingford — roughly twelve minutes by road. Ring or WhatsApp 07736 650477 to talk it through.
Usually not, if it’s no more than two metres high, or one metre next to a road. It’s different for a listed building, and in Didcot’s conservation areas taking down an old fence, wall or gate may need permission. The Planning Portal is a guide; South Oxfordshire District Council decides for your particular address.
The centre is mapped on Upper Greensand, with Gault clay close by to the north and east. Clay drains slowly and bakes hard in summer, and it can change from one garden to the next — worth knowing before a new lawn, patio or fence.
Yes — East Hagbourne, North and South Moreton and Long Wittenham, and Cholsey towards Wallingford.
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