How much does fencing cost in the UK?
Fencing costs £90 on average in the UK. Most jobs fall between £60 and £140 per metre. Fence type: Lap panels on timber posts £60 to £95, Closeboard on timber posts £75 to £125, Lap or closeboard on concrete posts £85 to £140. Prices reviewed June 2026.
Fencing is priced by the metre, supplied and fitted. The panel type and height, and whether you use concrete posts and gravel boards, are what move the price.
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Fencing cost breakdown
Typical fencing costs, by the unit:
| What | Typical UK cost |
|---|---|
| Per metre, supplied and fitted | £60 to £140 per metre |
| + Add a matching gate | add £150 to £450 |
| 10 metres | £600 to £1,400 |
| 20 metres (typical) | £1,200 to £2,800 |
| 40 metres | £2,400 to £5,600 |
Fencing cost by fence type
Board style and post type move a fence's price most. These rows come from UK fencing firms' own published prices outside London, checked in September 2026; set the calculator to London for prices there.
| Fence type | Cost per metre supplied and fitted | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lap panels on timber posts | £60 to £95 | Ready-made overlap panels, the budget choice |
| Closeboard on timber posts | £75 to £125 | Vertical featheredge boards on rails, built on site or bought as panels |
| Lap or closeboard on concrete posts | £85 to £140 | With gravel boards. Costs more at the start, but keeps the timber off the ground so it lasts longer |
Supplied and fitted, per metre, 1.8m high. From the published prices of 11 UK fencing firms outside London, September 2026. Not quotes.
What's included in the price?
Typical fencing prices include:
- Posts, panels and gravel boards
- Concreting the posts
- Removal of the old fence
- Fitting and clearance
What changes the price?
The things that move fencing prices most:
Total length in metres
Panel type and height (closeboard costs more than lap)
Concrete versus timber posts and gravel boards
Sloping ground and any gates
Does where you live change the cost?
In London, fencing typically costs around £110 per metre, about 20% above the UK average of £90. In the North, Scotland and Wales the guide figure is nearer £85.
| Region | From | Typical | Up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midlands / East (UK average) | £60 | £90 | £140 |
| London | £70 | £110 | £170 |
| South East / South West | £65 | £95 | £150 |
| North / Scotland / Wales | £60 | £85 | £140 |
Guide prices per metre, scaled with the same regional multipliers as the calculator. Not quotes.
Fencing cost in major UK cities
| City | From | Typical | Up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast | £55 | £85 | £130 |
| Birmingham | £60 | £90 | £140 |
| Bristol | £65 | £95 | £150 |
| Cardiff | £60 | £85 | £140 |
| Edinburgh | £60 | £85 | £140 |
| Glasgow | £60 | £85 | £140 |
| Leeds | £60 | £85 | £140 |
| Liverpool | £60 | £85 | £140 |
| London | £70 | £110 | £170 |
| Manchester | £60 | £85 | £140 |
| Newcastle | £60 | £85 | £140 |
| Sheffield | £60 | £85 | £140 |
City guide estimates, scaled by local labour costs. Indicative averages for fencing, not quotes.
Fairly consistent nationally, with London a little higher on labour.
Compare this with a real quote
The figures above are guide prices. Two or three quotes for your fencing tell you what it costs where you live.
Common questions
How much does fencing cost per metre?
Supplied and fitted, fencing is typically £60 to £140 per metre, so a 20 metre run is roughly £1,200 to £2,800 depending on the panels, height and posts.
Are concrete fence posts worth it?
Concrete posts and gravel boards cost a little more than timber but last far longer and stop the panels rotting at the base, so they usually work out cheaper over the life of the fence.
How much does it cost to fence a garden?
A typical 20 metre run costs £1,200 to £2,800 supplied and fitted, which works out at roughly £110 to £250 per standard 1.8m panel including posts and labour. Concrete posts and gravel boards sit at the top of that range but usually outlast two sets of panels. Add £150 to £450 for a matching gate.
Who pays for a fence between neighbours?
Whoever owns the fence or is responsible for it under the deeds. A T-mark on the deed plan sometimes records this, but HM Land Registry says it only has legal force if the wording of the deed refers to it, and most titles in England and Wales record nothing about it. There is usually no legal obligation to have a fence at all, so in practice most neighbours agree to split the cost of a shared boundary. Whatever you agree, confirm it in a text or email before the installer books the job.
Do I need planning permission for a 2 metre fence?
In England, a fence up to 2 metres tall is permitted development in most gardens. The main exceptions are fences next to a road used by vehicles or its pavement, where the limit is 1 metre, fences at a listed property or on the boundary with one, and homes where the right has been removed by an Article 4 direction or a planning condition. In a conservation area you may also need permission to take an old fence down. Trellis on top of a 2 metre fence technically takes it over the limit, which is worth knowing before a neighbour dispute makes it relevant.
Can I put up fencing myself?
Yes, fencing is one of the more DIY-friendly jobs, and doing it yourself saves the fitting labour on the £60 to £140 per metre rate, leaving mainly panels, posts and postcrete to buy. The hard parts are digging post holes to a true line and getting posts plumb and evenly spaced. On sloping or clay ground it is heavy going, and a leaning run is obvious, so hire help if you are unsure.
Does the side the posts are on show whose fence it is?
No. HM Land Registry says there is no legal foundation for the common belief that a fence's posts and rails sit on the owner's side. Its register only shows who owns or maintains a boundary feature where the deeds lodged with it say so. Where that cannot be worked out, it says the fence is best treated as a shared boundary, to be altered or replaced only with both neighbours' agreement. That is the position in England and Wales, so settle who pays in writing before the old fence comes down.
Official guidance and sources
The rules and schemes referenced on this page come from these official UK sources. The price figures are Costwise's own; see how we price.
- Fences, gates and garden walls: planning permission Planning Portal · Planning Portal's guidance for England: a fence needs permission over 1 metre next to a road used by vehicles or its footpath, over 2 metres elsewhere, at or next to a listed building, or where an Article 4 direction or condition removes the right.
- General Permitted Development Order 2015, Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A legislation.gov.uk · The statutory height limits for gates, fences and walls: 1 metre next to a highway used by vehicles, 2 metres elsewhere, and none at or around a listed building.
- HM Land Registry plans: boundaries (practice guide 40, supplement 3) HM Land Registry · A T-mark only has legal force where the deed's wording refers to it, the side a fence's posts are on proves nothing about ownership, and a boundary of unknown ownership is best treated as shared.
- Your property boundaries GOV.UK · GOV.UK says there is usually no record of who owns the fence between two properties in England and Wales.
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Costwise (2026): Fencing typically costs £90 in the UK, ranging from £60 to £140 per metre. Reviewed June 2026. costwiseuk.co.ukSource: Costwise (costwiseuk.co.uk)Costwise (2026). Fencing cost. Costwise UK cost data, version 2026-09-28. https://costwiseuk.co.uk/fencing-cost/2026-09-28 (156 jobs)Dataset DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21159943 · also on Kaggle, Hugging Face and Figshare. Method: how we price. Downloadable CSV.
These are independent guide prices based on typical UK jobs in 2026. Your actual cost depends on your property, spec, access and where you live. Always get at least three written quotes before committing.