What a new fence costs per metre
Per metre prices for timber closeboard and premium slatted fencing, with worked examples for typical garden runs in Milton Keynes.
Closeboard timber fencing typically costs £80–£100 per metre supplied and fitted on concrete posts, so a 20m run works out at about £1,600–£2,000. Composite and aluminium slatted fencing starts from about £240 per metre fitted at 1.8m high, which makes a 10m screen from about £2,400. Removing the old fence is priced on our free design visit.
- Closeboard, fitted
- £80–£100 per metre
- Includes
- Supply, fitting and clearing up
- Design visit
- Free
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Updated October 2026. Guide prices, not a quote. Your fixed price comes in writing after the free design visit.
Fencing guide prices (supplied and fitted)
| Fence | Guide price |
|---|---|
| Closeboard timber on concrete posts, per metre | £80–£100 |
| 20m closeboard run (20 × £80 to 20 × £100) | £1,600–£2,000 |
| 30m closeboard run (30 × £80 to 30 × £100) | £2,400–£3,000 |
| Composite or aluminium slatted at 1.8m high, per metre | From about £240 |
| 10m slatted screen (10 × £240) | From about £2,400 |
| Removing the old fence | Priced on the visit |
What is included in the price
For closeboard, the per metre rate covers concrete posts set in concrete at the right depth, gravel boards along the bottom so the timber never touches the soil, the rails and boards, and clearing up afterwards.
For composite and aluminium slatted fencing, the rate covers aluminium posts set in concrete and the slatted panels fitted to them. Matching gates, privacy screens and lit capping are priced as separate items, and so is taking out and disposing of an existing fence.
What makes it cost more or less
- The material: timber closeboard is the lower rate, composite and aluminium the higher.
- Height, especially for slatted fencing, where the starting rate is for 1.8m panels.
- Taking down and disposing of the old fence, posts and concrete.
- Slopes that need the fence stepped or raked to follow the ground.
- Gates, privacy screens and lighting added to the run.
- Access to the line of the fence, and roots or buried concrete in the way of new posts.
Fence costs around Milton Keynes
On the clay that runs under most of Milton Keynes and Bletchley, posts need setting deep enough to resist the ground swelling and shrinking, and that is built into the rate. In the grid-square estates many front gardens are open plan, and the original planning permission on some estates removed the right to put up a front fence, so we check before designing one. In Newport Pagnell's Castle Meadow an Article 4 direction covers walls, fences and gates. The conservation area reviews in Stony Stratford, Hanslope and Bletchley also discourage close-boarded fencing on street boundaries, which can steer you towards a different design.
What to check in any quote
- The total length in metres and the rate per metre.
- Post type, how deep the posts go and whether they are set in concrete.
- Whether gravel boards are included under timber panels.
- Whether removing and disposing of the old fence is included.
- The finished height, and whether it needs planning permission where it is going.
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