Deer and rabbit-proof rural fencing for the Wingham CT3 patch
Roe deer and rabbits are a real pressure on the Wingham orchard-belt and Preston farmland edges. Fence height, mesh gauge and dig-in specification that actually works.
The Wingham patch has a genuine wildlife pressure the town fencer does not deal with. Roe deer come down from the downland edge into the orchards and back gardens on the north side of the village. Rabbits are established through the whole fruit-belt. A garden boundary that keeps out both takes a different spec.
Rabbits
- Height above ground: 900mm minimum of small-gauge (31mm x 31mm) galvanised weldmesh or hexagonal wire netting. A jumping rabbit clears 600mm easily.
- Dig-in: 200mm below ground level, folded 300mm outwards in an L-shape. This is the non-negotiable part. Rabbits dig at the base, not at the top. Without the dig-in they are under the fence in three days.
- Wire clipped to a closeboard or panel fence on the field-side face using U-nail staples, or run standalone on 50mm timber stakes at 2m centres.
Roe deer
- Height: 1800mm minimum. A determined roe deer clears 1500mm. 1800mm keeps them honest.
- Solid face preferred. Deer are far more likely to try a wire fence than a solid closeboard. A closeboard boundary at 1800mm is what you want - do not mix rabbit wire and open-panel deer wire on the same run.
- Where a gate is needed, closeboard-clad gate to full height, top rail not lower than the panel run. Deer look for the gap.
Where this matters most
The rear-garden boundaries on the Preston Road side, the Wingham Green side, and any Wickhambreaux plot backing onto the Little Stour marshes - all have documented deer pressure. Rabbit pressure is universal across the CT3 fruit-belt. Every closeboard rear boundary on that side gets the wire-and-dig-in package quoted as an option.
What we do not do
We do not sell electric fencing for domestic gardens. It works on farmland; it does not belong on a village-garden boundary next to a footpath.
Not sure whether this applies to your address?
Send your postcode and a photo of the boundary to WhatsApp 07763 100 477 or email hello@winghamfencing.co.uk. I'll tell you whether Conservation Area, LBC, or exposure/substrate concerns apply before we quote.