Fencing in Stony Stratford
Fencing for Stony Stratford's rear yards and estate gardens, planned around the old town's conservation guidance and wet riverside ground.
Closeboard timber fencing in Stony Stratford typically costs £80–£100 per metre supplied and fitted on concrete posts, and composite and aluminium slatted fencing starts from about £240 per metre fitted at 1.8m high, as guide prices. In the old town, the conservation area review discourages close-boarded fencing and asks for historic brick and stone plot walls to be kept, so the location of your boundary matters.
- Closeboard, fitted
- £80–£100 per metre
- Planning
- Not needed up to 2m (1m by a road)
- Ground
- Low-lying, with high groundwater near the Ouse
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Guide prices from 2026 online price guides, at the higher end; your fixed price comes in writing after the free design visit. Planning rules checked October 2026.
Fencing in Stony Stratford
Stony Stratford has two quite different kinds of garden. In the old town, Georgian-fronted buildings have carriage arches through to rear yards, often bounded by historic brick or stone walls that are part of the conservation area's character. Around them, the Victorian streets along Wolverton Road and London Road and the post-war and modern estates such as Fullers Slade and Galley Hill have ordinary back gardens, where a straight, solid fence on sound posts is exactly what is wanted.
Our range here is closeboard on concrete posts with gravel boards, or composite and aluminium slatted fencing on aluminium posts, with gates and screens made to match. During a free design visit we look at what your boundary is now, whether wall, hedge or fence, and what would sit right in your street before suggesting anything. The cost of clearing the old fence is worked out on site, and a fixed written price follows so there are no surprises later.
What makes Stony Stratford different
The town sits low beside the Great Ouse on limestone and Lias beds, with river deposits near the water, and groundwater can sit high close to the river. Milton Keynes City Council's 2024 flood risk assessment records river flooding affecting properties in Stony Stratford. In wet ground like that, concrete or aluminium posts and gravel boards matter. Trees in the conservation area need six weeks' notice before any work, which can affect a fence line running past a mature tree.
On Fullers Slade or Galley Hill, a typical job is a semi with a rectangular rear garden and panels that have blown or rotted. The old run comes out, concrete posts go in with gravel boards, and closeboard is fitted at an even height with a side gate. In the old town, the job is more often a rear-yard screen inside an existing wall.
Sources: Stony Stratford Conservation Area review.
Permissions and checks in Stony Stratford
- Step 1A fence, wall or gate is normally permitted development up to 2m high, or 1m where it sits next to a road or footpath used by vehicles. Listed buildings need consent, and some estates have planning conditions on front boundaries. Listed buildings and conservation areas in Stony Stratford have tighter rules, so we check your address before anything is designed. Planning Portal: fences, gates and walls
- Step 2Trees in a conservation area need six weeks’ written notice before any work, and trees with a Tree Preservation Order need consent — both are free. Milton Keynes City Council: tree protection
- Step 3We check the ground and the planning position at the free design visit and give you one fixed written price.
Rules checked October 2026.
What you get in Stony Stratford
- Historic plot walls kept, not replaced with panels
- Concrete or aluminium posts for high-groundwater plots
- Tree notice checked where a fence passes a conservation-area tree
- Concrete or aluminium posts set in concrete at the right depth
- Gravel boards so timber never sits in the soil
- Composite and aluminium slatted panels that never need painting
The specification
- Old fence taken down and away
- Post holes dug to depth and posts set in concrete
- Gravel boards fitted along the run
- Panels or boards fixed and capped
- Gates hung and latched
- Five year written guarantee, transferable if you sell
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Fencing in Stony Stratford: questions
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What fencing cost
Our fencing cost guide breaks the price down: what is included, what changes it and what to check in any quote.
Free design visits across Stony Stratford
We measure up, check the ground, talk it through and send a written proposal with the build-up, the programme and one whole price. No pressure and no follow-up sales calls.