Fencers in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Great Yarmouth fencing, from the seafront to the villages

Town centre, Southtown, Cobholm, Gorleston and Bradwell, and the coast from Hopton up to Winterton. Tell us which one is yours and a fencer who works nearby will ring you.

Great Yarmouth town, Southtown and Cobholm
Gorleston-on-Sea and Bradwell
Caister, Scratby, Hemsby and Winterton
Hopton, Belton, Burgh Castle and Martham

Which side of the Yare are you on?

Fencing is heavy work. Concrete posts, bags of ballast and a stack of panels all have to reach your garden, and a fencer would sooner drive them two miles than twenty.

The river matters too. A job in Gorleston and a job in Caister are on opposite sides of the Yare, with a bridge between them. Name your area and the call comes from someone for whom your street is on the way.

From form to fence in three moves

Describe the fence
Give your name, a phone number and the part of town you are in. Then say what is wrong or what you want built. A rough length in metres or a count of panels is the most useful detail.
A local fencer phones you
Your phone rings at the time of day you picked. Expect questions about height, posts and access to the garden. For a new run of fencing, the fencer will usually want to walk the boundary and measure it.
You get a price and choose
The price is yours to weigh up. Ask for it written down with the materials listed. Accept it, turn it down or sleep on it. You have spent nothing by asking.

Places covered in and around Great Yarmouth

Not on the list but close by? Send the form and name your village.

Town centre, seafront and the quays: The middle of Great Yarmouth, on the spit of land between the River Yare and the North Sea.
Southtown and Cobholm: On the far side of the River Yare from the town centre, reached over Haven Bridge.
Gorleston-on-Sea: South of Great Yarmouth, on the opposite side of the mouth of the River Yare.
Bradwell: Immediately west of Gorleston, with the A143 running through the village.
Caister-on-Sea: A seaside village a little under three miles north of Great Yarmouth.
Hopton-on-Sea: About four miles south of Great Yarmouth, on the coast towards Lowestoft.
Belton: About five miles south-west of Great Yarmouth.
Burgh Castle: About three miles south-west of the town, near the western end of Breydon Water.
Ormesby St Margaret and Scratby: Villages in the borough between Caister and Hemsby.
Hemsby: A coastal village about eight miles from Great Yarmouth, with a long beach and holiday parks.
Winterton-on-Sea: The next village up the coast from Hemsby.
Martham: About ten miles north-west of Great Yarmouth.
Filby and Fleggburgh: Inland villages in the borough of Great Yarmouth.

How exposed is your garden?

Where you live in the borough changes what your fence has to put up with.

The seafront and the spit. The town centre stands on a narrow strip between the North Sea and the Yare. Gardens here get wind from the sea and off the river, with salt in it. Heavy fencing, deep posts and rust-proof fixings earn their keep. See closeboard fencing.

Gorleston and Hopton. The coast south of the river mouth faces the same sea. Hopton has grassy cliffs above a wide sandy beach, and that beach has suffered from coastal erosion.

Caister, Scratby, Hemsby and Winterton. Seaside villages north of town, with holiday parks as well as homes. At Hemsby, large sand dunes stand between the beach and the village. Plots on the seaward side take the worst of an easterly.

Bradwell, Belton and Burgh Castle. Further from the beach, though Burgh Castle parish reaches the western end of Breydon Water. Belton grew quickly in the 1970s, so plenty of its gardens were laid out around the same time. For tired runs see fence panels.

Martham, Filby and the inland villages. Away from the sea there is less salt in the wind, but the country is flat and open. Field-edge boundaries still need solid posts.

Planning: who to ask

Most of the area comes under Great Yarmouth Borough Council for planning. Parts of the borough lie inside the Broads, and there the Broads Authority handles planning instead. If your fence or gate would be over the usual height limits, or your home is listed, check which of the two covers your address. South of Hopton you are into East Suffolk, which has its own council.

Fencing services in Great Yarmouth

Worth knowing before you press send

No fee, and the decision stays yours. There is no charge for sending the form and no duty to accept the price you are given.
About a minute of your time. Your name, your number, your area and the job. No email address, no street address.
Prices here are sourced, never guessed. Each figure on this site is a typical UK guide price taken from a published cost guide, and the guide is named and linked next to it. A guide price helps you budget. It cannot stand in for a price on your own boundary.
Your details are used for one thing. Getting your fencing looked at. They are not sold and not added to any mailing list.

Common questions

Do you cover Lowestoft?

Lowestoft is in Suffolk, about five miles beyond Hopton. It is worth asking if you live on the Great Yarmouth side of it. Say exactly where you are in the form.

Can I ask about a holiday let, a caravan plot or a rented house?

Yes. Say in the form what the property is and who the fencer should speak to about access. For a rented home, check with the landlord before agreeing any work to a boundary.

Say where you are and what the fence needs

The right fencer for your job is one already working your side of the river. Leaving a broken fence until someone happens to be passing means leaving it through the next gale as well.

Sending the form is free, and you are not signing up to anything.