Bishops Lydeard · Somerset
Patios, Fencing & Landscapingin Bishops Lydeard
At the foot of the Quantocks, gardens here take water off the hills before it reaches anywhere else. Build for that and the garden works all year; ignore it and you own a bog with slabs in it.
Free site visit in Bishops Lydeard · Itemised written quote usually within a week · Written contract on every job
Serving Bishops Lydeard
Landscaping at the foot of the Quantocks
Bishops Lydeard is around ten miles from Wellington via Taunton or the back lanes, generally a twenty-minute drive.
Bishops Lydeard sits where the Quantock Hills meet the Taunton Vale, which gives it a distinctive mix of red sandstone cottages in the older core, substantial detached houses and bungalows from the post-war decades, and newer housing on the village edges. Plenty of properties have generous gardens, and a good number have a noticeable slope where the land begins to lift towards the hills.
That position also means water. Rainfall on the Quantocks does not stay on the Quantocks; it moves down through the ground and across the surface, and gardens on the upper side of the village get it first. Any hard surface built here without a fall and a drainage route is being built in the wrong place at the wrong level.
The work we get asked for most in Bishops Lydeard is patios with proper drainage, retaining walls and terracing where a garden steps up, feather edge fencing, turfing on prepared ground, and complete garden transformations on larger village plots.
Twenty minutes from base
About ten miles from Wellington. A comfortable regular run, with site visits usually booked within a week.
Water off the hills
Surface and ground water from the Quantocks shapes how every patio, lawn and wall here should be built.
Sandstone and older cottages
Red sandstone boundaries and period cottages need careful excavation and sympathetic material choices.
Most-requested work
Patios and paving, retaining walls, fencing, turfing, sleeper beds and full garden schemes.
Request your free quote
Free site visit, itemised written quote, typically back with you inside a week.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 07340 000463 between 8am and 8pm, Monday to Saturday.
What we build in Bishops Lydeard
Our services, available across Bishops Lydeard and the surrounding villages
Patios & Paving in Bishops Lydeard
Our specialty. Precision-laid patios with proper falls, drainage and edging so the finish still looks right in ten years.
Guide price £130–£180 per m²
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Driveways in Bishops Lydeard
Block paving and gravel driveways built on a properly dug and compacted base. We do not offer resin.
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Fencing in Bishops Lydeard
6ft feather edge, picket and closeboard fencing, set true and built to stand up to a Somerset winter.
Guide price around £100 per m²
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Landscaping in Bishops Lydeard
Full garden transformations: levels, hard surfaces, planting beds and borders, planned as one coherent scheme.
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Retaining Walls in Bishops Lydeard
Structural walls that hold back levels safely, with the drainage and foundations the job actually needs.
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Groundworks in Bishops Lydeard
Foundations, drainage and site preparation, carried out as part of our own landscaping projects for private clients.
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Turfing in Bishops Lydeard
New lawns laid on prepared ground. Price depends on how much digging out or topsoil the site needs.
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Decking & Sleepers in Bishops Lydeard
Timber decks, sleeper beds and raised planters, built with the joinery detail to match.
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Garden Rooms in Bishops Lydeard
A growing part of the business. Sheds, pergolas and full start-to-finish builds covering groundworks, insulation and electrics.
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Stonemasonry in Bishops Lydeard
Smaller feature stonework such as dry stone details. Larger walls are subcontracted to a trusted mason.
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Why Bishops Lydeard homeowners choose us
Drainage is not a glamorous selling point, which is exactly why it gets skipped. On the Quantock fringe it is the single biggest factor in whether a patio still looks right in ten years. We take levels at the site visit, work out where water arrives from and where it can legitimately be sent, and build the falls and drainage into the price rather than treating them as an optional extra.
Behind that is six years of landscaping from James and more than thirty years of carpentry, joinery and building from his dad, with a family team of up to four on site. Our reviews consistently mention three things: turning up when we said, working to a very high standard, and leaving the site immaculate.
Drainage designed in
Falls, channel drains and sub-base depth planned for the water this village actually gets.
Nine five-star reviews
All five stars, from homeowners across Somerset and Mid Devon.
Site left immaculate
A customer wrote that the site was 'kept clean and tidy throughout' and 'left immaculate once the work had been completed'.
Written quote and contract
Free site visit, itemised quote usually within a week, 50% at the start and the balance on completion.
Local conditions
Bishops Lydeard ground conditions
Gardens on the upper side of the village sit on ground that receives run-off from higher land. Even in a dry summer, a wet week reveals where the water tracks. Patios laid flat, lawns laid on compacted ground and fences with posts sitting in permanently wet soil all suffer for it: standing water, moss, rotting post bases and slabs lifting after frost.
The other recurring problem is level change. Where a plot rises towards the hills, homeowners often try to make a flat area by heaping soil behind a low wall that was never designed to retain anything. That wall then bulges and cracks. A properly founded and drained retaining structure costs more once and stops the whole cycle.
Run-off from higher ground
Water arriving from uphill has to be intercepted and routed before any surface is built over it.
Wet post bases
Fence posts standing in saturated soil rot early. Correct setting and drainage extend the life of the whole run.
Improvised retaining
Soil heaped behind an unfounded low wall is the commonest failure we are called to replace in villages like this.
Frost damage
Water trapped under a badly bedded patio expands in frost and lifts the slabs. A compacted, free-draining base prevents it.
Our Process
How a Bishops Lydeard job runs, from first call to final sweep
- 1
Call or send the form
Tell us the town, the rough size of the area and what you want out of it. We answer between 8am and 8pm, Monday to Saturday, and we will say straight away whether the job is one for us.
- 2
Free site visit
James comes out, walks the garden with you, takes levels and measurements, checks access for machinery and materials, and looks at where water currently goes.
- 3
Itemised written quote
You get a written quote, usually back within a week, broken down by excavation, base, materials and labour, so you can see exactly what you are paying for.
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Contract and start date
Both parties sign a written contract with the scope and price on it. 50% is payable at the start to cover materials, and the balance on completion. Then we book you a start date and keep to it.
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Build, snag and clear down
A team of up to four works on site until the job is done. We walk the finished work with you, sort any snags there and then, and leave the site swept and cleared.
Bishops Lydeard FAQs
Questions we get asked about working in Bishops Lydeard
Do you cover Bishops Lydeard?＋
Yes. It is around ten miles from our Wellington base, roughly twenty minutes away.
How soon can you come and quote?＋
Site visits are usually arranged within a week, with the itemised written quote following within about a week of the visit.
How much is a patio in Bishops Lydeard?＋
Guide price is £130 to £180 per square metre. Where drainage work or extra excavation is needed, those are shown as separate lines in the quote.
Can you solve a garden that holds water?＋
In most cases yes. We identify where water arrives from and where it can be sent, then build falls, drainage and sub-bases to suit. Sometimes the answer is re-levelling rather than adding drains.
Do you build retaining walls?＋
Yes, with the foundations, drainage and fixings the retained height actually requires. We will tell you honestly if a height or ground condition calls for engineered design.
What fencing do you install?＋
6ft feather edge as standard, around £100 per metre as a guide, plus picket and closeboard. Posts are set to cope with the wet ground common here.
Can you lay a new lawn?＋
Yes. Turfing is priced according to how much digging out and topsoil the ground needs, because laying turf on unprepared ground simply fails.
Do you work for commercial clients?＋
Not currently, our work is for private homeowners.
Nearby
We also cover the areas around Bishops Lydeard
Full coverage: Wellington, Taunton, Tiverton, Chard, Somerton, Ilminster, Wiveliscombe, Milverton, Cullompton, Sampford Peverell, Langport.
Get your Bishops Lydeard garden priced
Free site visit, levels and drainage assessed properly, and an itemised written quote with nothing hidden.
Family-run · 6 years landscaping, backed by 30+ years of family trade experience · Nine five-star reviews