Fence Panels

Garden fence panels are used to create a closed off, private place to relax in.

Garden Fence panels help define the borders of your outdoor space for privacy, shade, and protection.

Waney lap is the cheapest, at £34.54 for a waney lap panel, against £46.14 for heavy duty feather edge and £89.41 for flat top tongue and groove. The price reflects what you get: waney lap uses thin overlapping boards in a light frame, feather edge is a heavier closeboard construction, and tongue and groove is the most solid and most private. For a long boundary on a budget, waney lap is the usual choice. 

Our panels are a standard 6ft wide, in heights of 3ft, 4ft, 5ft and 6ft. Trellis panels also come in 1ft and 2ft, which suit fence toppers and wall trellis. The 3ft and 4ft heights are typical for a low front boundary, and 5ft and 6ft for a rear garden where privacy matters. Check your planning permission before going above 2m in total height, including any trellis topper and the posts. 

Building from boards usually costs less in materials. Our feather edge boards start at £0.72 for 22 x 125mm, so a 6ft bay works out well below the £46.14 of a ready-made heavy duty panel once you add rails. The trade-off is labour: building board by board takes far longer and needs more skill. Closeboard is stronger and follows sloping ground, where panels have to be stepped. 

Lower and more open panels suit a front boundary, where the job is defining the space rather than screening it. Our Horizontal Lattice at £65.35 and Square Horizontal at £49.48 both work well at 3ft or 4ft, and the arched versions add a bit of shape at a gateway. Solid 6ft panels at the front can look closed off and also cut visibility for drivers on the pavement. Trellis panels in 1ft and 2ft make good low dividers. 

Expect well over a decade from a pressure-treated panel kept out of ground contact, and longer from the heavier constructions. The frame and the fixings usually fail before the boards do. What shortens the life of any panel is standing water, so use a gravel board so the panel never touches soil, keep soil and planting from piling against it, and make sure posts are set in concrete that sheds water rather than holding it. 

Panels are delivered on a pallet by lorry, with charges based on the number of pallets and your postcode, and delivery within 7 working days. The driver delivers to the kerbside or a hard, accessible point at the property, not around the back of the house. Pricing and availability vary by location, so enter your postcode on the product page for an accurate figure. 

Feather edge boards fixed to rails cost less per metre than ready-made panels and give a stronger fence. Below that, post and wire with planting is the cheapest boundary of all, though it offers no privacy. Trellis panels are lighter and cheaper than solid ones where you only need to mark a line. If an existing fence is sound but low, a 1ft or 2ft trellis topper adds height for far less than replacing it. 

Either works. Wooden posts are cheaper and look better with a timber fence, with the panel fixed using panel clips or screwed to battens on the post face. Slotted concrete posts cost more and are heavier to handle, but they never rot and the panel slides in and out, which makes replacement after a storm much easier. Concrete posts also pair naturally with a concrete gravel board for a fence that outlasts several sets of panels.