Wingham · Ash · Staple · Wickhambreaux · Preston · Littlebourne · CT3
Closeboard, panel, picket, palisade, gates, decking and repairs across the Wingham CT3 patch. Fixed prices in £/m, no day-rate creep, Conservation Area timber choices where they matter. A proper job or you pay nothing.
Why local matters
Wingham sits on the A257 between Canterbury and Sandwich - a wide-street village with a Conservation Area covering the High Street, the Red Lion, the market square and the mixed period cottages around it. Dover District Council is the planning authority (not Canterbury), which changes the fence-height and timber-choice conversation on front-boundary work.
Behind the village the land runs into the North Downs edge and the East Kent fruit belt - orchards on the Preston and Staple side, downland chalk substrate on the rise behind, longer paddock and orchard-boundary runs than the town fencer usually handles. The materials shift to match: heavier posts, closer post centres on the exposed runs, concrete gravel boards on every orchard boundary.
Same trade as inland Kent, different jobs. Every quote is written against your actual boundary, not a generic price list.
Conservation Area & listed frontages
The Wingham CA is administered by Dover District Council. High front larch-lap panels do not belong on the High Street. Picket, closeboard at 900-1000mm, stained softwood - the CA-appropriate defaults on protected frontages. On listed stock (Red Lion end, several cottages around the market square), Listed Building Consent from Dover DC covers any fence attached to a listed elevation.
What I do
Priced against a real spec - post gauge, post-hole depth, treated-timber grade, gravel-board type. No day-rate quotes, no scope-drift extras once we've agreed the run.
Feather-edge closeboard on 4-inch mortised posts and gravel boards. Longest-lived timber fence on Wingham boundaries, priced £75-95/m installed.
Spec & pricingOverlap and closeboard panels on concrete posts and gravel boards. Quick, tidy, and the most common village-boundary spec. £55-75/m installed.
Spec & pricingTraditional picket and pointed-top palings, the front-garden spec on the High Street and Red Lion end of the village. £45-70/m installed.
Spec & pricingRound-top or pointed-top palisade in taller runs. Suits orchard-side boundaries and paddock frontages backing onto downland. £50-75/m installed.
Spec & pricingSoftwood and hardwood pedestrian and driveway gates, hung on morticed posts with heavy galvanised hinges. Pedestrian gate £220-320 supply and fit.
Spec & pricingSoftwood and composite decking on treated ground-contact joists, ventilated substructure, hidden fixings on composite. £120-180/m² installed.
Spec & pricingSlotted concrete posts and gravel boards as retrofit under an existing panel run - lifts the timber off the ground, doubles the life of the fence.
Spec & pricingStorm-damaged panel replacement, snapped-post concrete re-sets, board-by-board patching. Same-week callout on the CT3 patch.
Spec & pricingStandards
On completion I walk you round the whole run. If any post is loose, any panel fouls, any board is out of line, or the finish is not what we agreed - I stay until it is right, or you don't pay. No small print.
Priced against a real spec - post gauge, post-mix bag count per hole, timber grade. Once quoted, the price is the price. No day-rate creep, no "we hit a stone" mid-job phone call.
Every job leaves you with a photo record of the finished boundary. Useful for house-sale packs, useful for insurance, useful when the neighbour asks who did it.
Where I work
The village itself - wide Conservation Area High Street, Red Lion and market square, mixed period cottages and outlying farms.
More on WinghamThe larger village three miles east along the A257 - period cottages, newer developments off Guilton, and paddock boundaries backing onto orchard.
More on AshThe small settlement south-west of Wingham off Church Lane - orchard-country cottages, converted farm plots, longer rural boundaries.
More on StapleThe picture-book Conservation Area village on the Little Stour west of Wingham. Listed stock around the green, careful timber choices on protected frontages.
More on WickhambreauxThe village on the A257 north of Wingham, farmland edges and the drop down towards the Wantsum. Longer orchard-boundary runs common here.
More on PrestonThe Nailbourne-valley village west of Wingham towards Canterbury - period cottages, extensive garden boundaries, mixed stock.
More on LittlebourneRecent work
A running log of jobs across the Wingham patch. Updated as I finish them.
Frequently asked
Send photos of the boundary and the panel or door counts to WhatsApp on 07763 100 477. For most straightforward Wingham jobs (a panel run replacement, a gravel-board retrofit, a pedestrian gate) I can give a fixed-price quote inside a few hours from the photos. For anything longer or awkward (rear-boundary runs over 30m, gates on unusual openings, orchard-side runs on the exposed Preston side) a short site visit is needed - free, no obligation.
Closeboard runs £75-95/m installed on standard 1800mm rear boundaries with concrete posts and gravel boards. Overlap or closeboard panel fencing runs £55-75/m for the same spec. A 6ft softwood pedestrian gate is £220-320 supply and fit. Prices include labour, materials, spoil removal and post-mix concrete. VAT included where applicable.
Under permitted development, a fence up to 2 metres does not need permission on a non-vehicular boundary, and up to 1 metre on any boundary fronting a road. Wingham High Street sits inside a Dover District Council Conservation Area, so timber choice matters on protected frontages. Where a fence attaches to a listed wall or listed cottage, Listed Building Consent from Dover DC is required in addition. I flag this at quote stage.
A closeboard fence on 4-inch mortised posts, with concrete gravel boards, treated to at least Use Class 4, lasts 20 to 25 years on a sheltered garden boundary. On the exposed orchard-boundary runs on the Preston or Staple side, expect 15 to 20 years - the wind exposure and orchard-side moisture bring the working life down. Concrete posts and gravel boards under panel fencing extend life by 5 to 10 years by keeping the timber off wet ground.
Straightforward. On completion I walk you round the run. If any post is loose, any panel is fouled, any board is out of line, or the finish is not what we agreed at quote stage, I stay until it's right or you don't pay. No small print, no scope-drift arguments. The village is too small for anything else.
Send photos and a rough panel or door count on WhatsApp. Fixed price back same-day on straightforward Wingham jobs; site visit on anything bigger. No pressure, no upsell.