Fencing service highlights for Dorking
Same-day
RH4–RH4
£120 survey
Fencing in Dorking
lmost nothing in Dorking is flat. The town sits in the gap between Box Hill and the Greensand ridge, and the gardens climb with it — which means the fencing question here is rarely which panel, it's how the run handles the fall. Get that wrong and you end up with a wedge of daylight under one end and a fence that looks like it is sliding downhill. Get it right and nobody notices, which is the point.
What Dorking throws at a fence
Ground varies sharply across RH4: greensand towards Westcott and the Ranmore side digs easily but is loose, while the lower streets around Pixham hold heavy wet clay through winter. Both want a full-depth hole and a complete fill, for opposite reasons. Wind funnelling through the gap is the other local factor — exposed boundaries here take more of a beating than the same fence in Reigate. Dorking is our Outer drive-time tier: the estimate is free with no obligation and the optional survey is £120, credited in full against the job.
Most Dorking jobs are one of two things: a new fence installation where there's nothing there yet, or a full fence replacement of a boundary that's come to the end of its life.
Quick facts
- Survey fee
- £120
- Typical job
- £1.5k–£4k
- Typical timeline
- 1–3 days on site
Later, only if you want it · comes off your job
Minimum job £1,200
Weather depending
Most-requested fences in Dorking.
- 01
Hit-and-miss on wind-exposed runs
The honest answer where a boundary faces the gap — it looks the same from both sides and lets the wind through.
- 02
Stepped closeboard on sloping plots
What most of the town needs, because most of the town is on a hill.
- 03
Fence with a matching side gate
Steep side returns need a gate hung to the slope, not dropped in as an afterthought.
Dorking prices, per metre fitted.
Supply and installation, VAT included, for a standard replacement on clear ground. These are the same figures our estimator uses — updated August 2026.
Worked example
18 m of 6 ft closeboard with concrete posts and gravel boards, standard access, clear boundary — £2,800–£3,800 fitted.
Taking the old fence away is an optional extra you choose on the estimate form — it's priced separately and isn't in the figures above. Minimum job £1,200.
Ground varies sharply across RH4: greensand towards Westcott and the Ranmore side digs easily but is loose, while the lower streets around Pixham hold heavy wet clay through winter.
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What that looks like on a real Dorking garden.
The same per-metre rates above, applied to three jobs we see often around here. Illustrative, not a second price list — your figure is fixed at the survey.
Example job
20m hit-and-miss, 6ft, on an exposed boundary.
£3,700
Wind passes through it instead of pushing it over.
Example job
25m closeboard, stepped down a sloping garden.
£3,875
Includes setting out and stepped gravel boards.
Example job
40m overlap panels on a larger plot.
£4,800
Best value per metre where the run is long and sheltered.
Send photos through the estimate form and we'll come back with your indicative figure the same day (next morning if it's the evening).
Four steps, no surprises.
Send photos
Through the estimate form. Takes 3 minutes.
Indicative estimate
Same day in working hours. Free, honest range, no pressure.
£120 fixed-price survey, if you want it
Want a fixed price? We visit Dorking, measure, and lock it in. The fee comes off your job price.
Install
Our team fits it — usually 1–3 days on site.
Why Dorking homeowners pick us over a random trade.
One company, end to end
GoodFence is a small London fencing company. We survey every Dorking job, price it, fit it with our own team and stand behind it ourselves. One contract, one number, one company on the hook — not a directory, not a stranger off a phonebook.
Fixed price, no day-of surprises
The price you sign off doesn't move unless the ground itself tells us otherwise — and if it does, we put any change in writing before we touch a tool. One quote, one number to call.
Specced for Dorking ground
Free-draining sand and greensand around Woking and Guildford, heavier London clay towards Epsom and Esher, and plenty of mature root systems on the wooded plots. Sandy ground digs quickly but wants a deeper set on tall panels. Concrete posts on exposed runs, pressure-treated rails, proper feather-edge — we spec the bits that decide how long it lasts.
On an exposed Dorking boundary we'd rather talk you into hit-and-miss than sell you a solid 6ft panel that acts like a sail. It costs more per metre and it is still cheaper than replacing the cheap option after a January gale.
Where in Dorking we work.
- Dorking town
- North Holmwood
- Westcott edge
- Deepdene
- Pixham
- Ranmore side
On the edge of Dorking? Drop your postcode into the estimate form and we'll confirm coverage.
Worth reading before you commit.
The three things Dorking homeowners ask us most, answered in full — no sign-up, no catch.
Dorking questions.
Ready when you are, Dorking.
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