How many fence panels do I need — and what will it cost?
Enter the length of your fence run. We'll count panels, posts and postcrete, and give you honest 2026 prices for lap, closeboard and slatted fencing.
Quick answer: A fitted fence costs £110–£165 per bay for lap panels and £200–£275 per bay for closeboard in 2026. A bay is one 6ft (1.83m) panel plus its share of the posts. A typical 12m fence is 7 panels and 8 posts: roughly £800–£1,150 fitted in lap, or £490–£1,120 for the materials if you fit it yourself.
These figures are planning estimates for a straight run on reasonably level ground. Slopes need stepped panels, corners need extra posts, and gates are priced separately — measure your run at ground level and check quantities before ordering.
💷 Where you can save on this job5 honest saves
Replace panels, not the fence. If your concrete posts and gravel boards are sound, new panels just slot in — a £32–£55 DIY lift per bay instead of £110–£165 fitted. Check posts for cracks and wobble before assuming you need everything new.
Mix your heights. You need 6ft where you're overlooked — not everywhere. Dropping to 4ft along borders saves £10–£20 a panel and lets light into the garden.
Paint before fitting. Panels painted flat on trestles take half the time and get proper coverage on both sides. Painting a fitted fence against your neighbour's side is nobody's idea of a weekend.
Split the boundary bill. A fence serves two gardens. One polite conversation about sharing the cost saves 50% more than any other tip on this page — just agree whose fence it is in writing first.
Buy repairs in spring. Fencers' gold rush is storm season (October–February). Planned work booked for late spring or summer quotes noticeably better.
What to actually buy (and where)
Every fence is the same sum — a 1.83m panel plus a post per bay, and posts = panels + 1. The panels get all the attention, but the posts and gravel boards decide whether the fence survives: fences fail at the ground line, not in the middle. Where the budget option is a false economy, we say so.
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Dip-treated overlap (lap) panel, 6ft x 6ft
£32–£34 per 6x6 panel; £41.50–£43 for the pressure-treated overlap upgrade
Wickes and B&Q both sell a Forest Garden dip-treated 6x6 at the same £32, so shop on delivered price. The label must say dip treated with a 10-year anti-rot guarantee — and the fine print: that guarantee assumes you re-treat every year. At £32 vs £41.50 for pressure-treated overlap, the upgrade pays for itself the first year you can't face re-treating 15 bays.
Need it this weekend: B&Q and Wickes both do the £32 overlap panel with free click & collect in as little as 15 minutes — but a 6ft panel is a rigid 1.83m square and fits in no car, estates included. Van hire runs about £150 all-in for 24 hours, so past five panels, paying for delivery usually beats the van.
Can wait a week or two: Have it delivered: Wickes from £5, Travis Perkins free next day over £150, Buy Fencing Direct free over £100 (from 3 days, though made-to-order ranges can run 3–4 weeks). It's a kerbside drop, so be home and check every panel face before the driver leaves — a cracked one found Saturday morning is an argument.
Fence leaning but still standing: Buy in the calm months. After the 2013/14 storm winter, trade press reported replacement-panel demand at 'upwards of five times the normal level' and retailers sold out — the pattern repeats every named-storm winter. If the fence is genuinely end-of-life, July at list price beats February at whatever's left. Panels merely faded? Treat them and wait.
Tempted to one-click the whole job?: Wrong for panels: marketplace sellers wanted £40 plus £25 delivery for a 6x6 lap against £32 collected at the sheds, and the search is mostly decorative edging and willow hurdles. Right for the parcel-sized kit — panel clips, exterior screws and post-spike multipacks land at or below shed prices with free delivery.
🪵 Panels (shop by treatment, not looks)3 honest picks
Most gardens
Dip-treated overlap (lap) panel, 6ft x 6ft£32–£34 per 6x6 panel; £41.50–£43 for the pressure-treated overlap upgrade Wickes and B&Q both sell a Forest Garden dip-treated 6x6 at the same £32, so shop on delivered price. The label must say dip treated with a 10-year anti-rot guarantee — and the fine print: that guarantee assumes you re-treat every year. At £32 vs £41.50 for pressure-treated overlap, the upgrade pays for itself the first year you can't face re-treating 15 bays.Forest overlap 6x6 at Wickes →
Wind or exposure
Pressure-treated closeboard panel, 6ft x 6ft£58–£84 per 6x6 panel (dip-treated closeboard sits at £48–£60) £26–£51 more per bay buys a panel that takes wind instead of shedding boards, plus 15 years with zero re-treating. Weight is the spec: proper closeboard runs about 27–32kg against 15–17kg for overlap — if it's light, it isn't closeboard. The catch: a 32kg panel loads its posts far harder, so budget the post upgrade with the panel or don't bother.PT closeboard at Buy Fencing Direct →
Sheltered boundaries
Cheapest full-height 6x6 lap panel£32 per 6x6 panel is the realistic floor (£24–£26 only gets a 3–4ft panel) Genuinely fine in a sheltered garden between houses, where the fence marks a boundary rather than fights weather — £32 buys the same panel as our default pick, and it can see out its 10-year guarantee. False economy on exposed corners, hilltops or open fields: one blown bay in a January storm costs more than the £26-a-bay upgrade to closeboard. Below £32 you're only buying shorter panels.6ft dip-treated panels at B&Q →
Slotted concrete post, 8ft (2.4m)£35 each (Wickes, 104 x 80mm) Panels slide in and out with no fixings, so a rotten panel swap takes ten minutes — and the post itself never rots. Honest downsides: a two-person lift, a harder DIY set, and the looks. If you're going closeboard, this or the 100mm timber post below isn't an optional extra — it's where the wind load ends up. Posts = panels + 1, and 8ft posts for a 6ft fence.Slotted concrete post at Wickes →
Prefer timber
Incised pressure-treated timber post, 100 x 100mm x 2.4m£26 each (Wickes); the 75mm posts sold as panel companions are £19.99 Insist on all of it: 100x100mm, incised, Use Class 4, 15-year in-ground guarantee. The cheap 75mm posts sold alongside panels are only adequate for lap panels in shelter — a heavy closeboard panel on tired 75mm posts just moves the failure point, and the fence goes over with the posts still attached.Incised timber post at Wickes →
Non-negotiable either way
Gravel board, timber or concreteTimber £9.49; concrete £23.60–£39.99 per 1.83m board Genuinely fine — in fact the best-value item in the whole project: fences fail at the ground line, and a £9.49 timber board stops a £58 panel sitting in wet soil. The false economy here is skipping it, not buying it. Concrete boards cost more and outlast everything; on slotted concrete posts they drop straight in.Concrete gravel board at Wickes →
🪣 Setting the posts4 honest picks
New posts, normal ground
Fast-set postcrete, 20kg bags£7.49–£7.50 per 20kg bag (Screwfix £7.49, 5 for £30; Wickes £7.50) — budget 2 bags per post Pour dry into the watered hole — no mixing — and the post is self-supporting in 5–10 minutes, so you hang panels the same hour and set a whole run solo. It's a commodity: buy whichever fast-set bag is cheapest — from a shed, not a marketplace seller, where the same Blue Circle bag was £14.02. The one-bag-per-post claim on packaging assumes a smaller hole than a 6ft fence should get: 600mm deep.Blue Circle Postcrete at Wickes →
No dig, or onto concrete
Steel post spike (750mm) or bolt-down base£11.50 per spike at Wickes (12 for £96); Amazon 4-packs £29.99 (£7.50 each); bolt-down bases £9 each or 6 for £48 Spikes skip digging and concrete entirely — a fence goes up in an afternoon — and bolt-down bases are the only sensible way to put a timber post on an existing sound concrete pad. The trade: neither is as strong as a concreted post. A 6ft closeboard panel is a sail, so in soft or exposed ground spikes work loose — postcrete-set posts are the right call there.View on Amazon →
Rescue a rotted post
Concrete repair spur (godfather), 1m–1.2m£24–£28 per spur (B&Q £24; Wickes £28) plus about £15 of postcrete and bolts A spur, two bags of postcrete and coach bolts is a £40-ish repair that saves replacing the whole fitted bay — and it's how many fencing contractors do the same job, so it's honest engineering, not a bodge. Only worth it when the panel and upper post are sound. Steel repair spikes hammered down beside the stump only work if the old concrete is absent or already loose.Concrete repair spur at Wickes →
Long runs only
All-in ballast plus cement, mixed 6:1 on siteAbout £7/post via 850kg bulk bag (£75, 2 for £135) plus 25kg cement £7.50; about £10.50/post from 22.5kg bags (£4.10 each) Genuinely the cheap option for a long run — 8–10+ posts — if you can tip a bulk bag and don't mind barrow-and-shovel mixing: roughly £7 a post against £15 of postcrete, and at least as strong once set. False economy for 1–5 posts: small bags cost about £10.50 a post, and slow-setting concrete means bracing every post plumb overnight. Pay the £4–£5 extra and finish the same day.Ballast jumbo bag at Wickes →
🖌️ Fixings, caps and treatment (the small-basket stuff)4 honest picks
Panels into posts
Galvanised panel clips plus exterior-rated screwsClips £6.99 for 16 (44mm); exterior screws £5.99 per 200 (4x40mm); 75mm galvanised nails £6.39/kg Clips are the difference between a panel that rattles loose in the first named storm and one that lifts out in minutes when it needs swapping. The screws must say exterior — gold 'multi-purpose' screws streak rust down the fence within a couple of winters. For closeboard built board-by-board, 75mm galvanised nails are still the cheapest honest fixing.View on Amazon →
Dip-treated panels only
Water-based fence treatment, 5L (Fence Life Plus class)£9.99–£16.81 per 5L (Screwfix £9.99, Toolstation £10.18, both promo; Amazon £13.97–£16.81 by colour) Check the panel first: pressure-treated timber needs nothing for rot — Forest Garden asks only that cut ends are treated — so a tin there is colour, not maintenance. Dip-treated panels are the ones that must be re-coated annually to keep the guarantee. A 5L can does 4–5 rough-sawn panel faces per coat, and the sheds were the cheapest place for it in July 2026.View on Amazon →
Exposed runs and cut ends
Oil-based penetrating treatment, 4L (Creocote class)£16 per 4L (B&Q, about 9m² per litre) Oil-based, so it soaks in rather than forming a film — it cannot peel, which is why it suits exposed or damp runs, closeboard built in place, post tops and cut ends (the one re-treatment pressure-treated timber genuinely needs). Real downsides: dark or light brown only, slow drying, a strong smell for days, and keep pets and plants away until dry.Bartoline Creocote at B&Q →
Timber posts only
Post caps£2.26 each (timber) to £12.45 for a metal 4-pack The budget version is genuinely fine: a plastic or galvanised cap sheds water off the post's exposed end grain exactly as well as a decorative timber one — and that end grain is where a timber post drinks water and starts rotting, so this is the cheapest insurance on the list. On concrete posts a cap is decoration; skip it. Buy them in the same basket as the posts.Timber post cap at Postsaver →
🌳 Thinking bigger: a hedge instead?the honest pick
The patient option
Mixed native bare-root hedging (hawthorn, blackthorn, field maple) If the boundary doesn't need to be instant, a hedge is the one option that gets better with age instead of worse — no panels to blow out, no posts to rot, and the birds take your side. The honest terms: 3–5 years to fill in, a trim once or twice a year forever, and bare-root season (November–March) is the cheap way in. Not for narrow side passages — a hedge wants 60cm+ of width.Bare-root hedging at Hedges Direct →
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📅 How the job actually goes5 stages
Marking out: String line along the boundary, post positions marked every 1.83m. Five minutes that decides whether the fence is straight for 20 years.
Old fence down: Quick and satisfying — the real work is bagging and shifting the debris. Old concrete post stumps are the wildcard.
Posts: The whole job lives here: 600mm holes, posts plumb in both planes, postcrete setting in 10 minutes per post. A good fencer checks each post twice; so should you.
Panels and boards: Gravel boards down first, panels slotted or screwed between posts. This part moves fast — it's the reward for good posts.
Finishing: Caps on, gates re-hung, site swept. Paint or stain once the timber has dried out properly.
🛡️ Before you hire anyone2-min read
A proper written quote itemises:
Panel type, brand and treatment (dip vs pressure treated)
Post type — concrete or timber — and set depth (600mm for a 6ft fence)
Postcrete per post and gravel boards included
Old fence removal and disposal
Making good: caps, trellis, gates re-hung
Questions that sort pros from cowboys:
How deep do you set posts, and in what?
Concrete or timber posts — and why for my garden?
Are gravel boards in the price? (Timber touching soil is why fences die)
What happens if you hit concrete or roots in a post hole?
Walk away if:
Posts 'set in soil' or depth unspecified
A per-panel price with no mention of posts or boards
No disposal in the quote — your old fence becomes your problem
Cash only, no written quote
Booking: After any named storm, fencers are booked solid for weeks — plan replacements for spring or summer. A 12m run is a one-day job for a two-person team.
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Lap panels (also called overlap) are the classic cheap fence panel — thin strips of wood laid sideways, each one overlapping the next.
Closeboard panels (also called featheredge) are made of upright boards that overlap — thicker, heavier and stronger, and they cost more.
Every fence is the same idea: panels held up by posts, and the posts are what keep the whole thing standing. Most of what you'll read below is about getting the posts right.
How we work it out
UK fence panels come in one standard width: 6ft (1.83m). Divide the length of your fence by 1.83 and round up — that's your panels. You always need one more post than panels. Each panel also needs a gravel board (a strip of timber or concrete that sits under the panel, so the wood never touches wet ground — wet ground is what rots fences). When estimating, ignore the width of the posts: the last panel simply gets cut down to fit the gap.
Posts go 600mm into the ground for a 6ft fence — that's why you buy 8ft posts. Each post is set with about two bags of postcrete (ready-mixed concrete you pour into the hole dry, then add water — it sets in minutes). We don't add spare panels for waste: the rounded-up last panel is your spare. Do budget a little extra for the small stuff — screws, clips and paint.
A quarter to a third of the post lives underground — that's the whole fence's strength. Diagram free to reuse with credit and a link to this page.
Prices checked July 2026 against Wickes, B&Q and Travis Perkins listings plus trade cost guides. Rounded ranges, not quotes.
What fencing costs in the UK (2026)
Item (6ft / 1.83m wide)
Typical range
Lap / overlap panel, 6ft high
£32–£55
Closeboard / featheredge panel, 6ft high
£45–£80
Slatted contemporary panel, 6ft high
£70–£120
Timber post (8ft, pressure treated)
£14–£26
Concrete slotted post (8ft)
£22–£40
Gravel board — timber / concrete
£8–£12 / £14–£25
Postcrete (20kg bag)
£7.50–£8.20
Labour (per panel, fitted)
£50–£80
Old fence removal (per panel)
~£35
Worked examples — fitted prices
Fence run
Lap, fitted
Closeboard, fitted
6m (about 4 panels)
£450–£700
£800–£1,100
12m (about 7 panels)
£800–£1,150
£1,400–£1,900
20m (about 11 panels)
£1,250–£1,800
£2,200–£3,000
Based on 2026 installed rates of £60–£90 per metre for lap and £110–£150 per metre for closeboard. A two-person team fits roughly 6–10 panels a day on easy ground. In London and the South East, expect prices 20–30% higher.
What moves the price
• Panel type — closeboard costs roughly double lap, but it stands up to wind far better and lasts noticeably longer in open, exposed gardens.
• Posts — concrete posts add £10–£20 per bay up front (a bay = one panel plus its share of the posts). But concrete doesn't rot, so they usually save you a whole new fence later.
• Slopes and access — sloping gardens need the panels stepped like a staircase, and narrow side passages or stony ground slow the work down. You're paying for the fitter's time, so anything slow costs more.
• Removal — taking away the old fence costs £35 or so per panel. More if the old posts were set in a lot of concrete.
• Extras — gates are priced separately. Trellis toppers (a strip of lattice fixed along the top of the panel) run £15–£25 per bay. Post caps and paint are small costs, but they add up.
Common questions
How much does it cost to replace a garden fence in 2026?
Fitted, budget roughly £110–£165 per bay for lap fencing and £200–£275 per bay for closeboard. A bay is one 1.83m panel plus its share of the posts. A typical 12m fence — about 7 panels — comes in around £800–£1,150 in lap or £1,400–£1,900 in closeboard, fitted. Taking away the old fence adds about £35 per panel.
How many fence panels do I need per metre?
UK fence panels are a standard 6ft (1.83m) wide. Divide the length of your fence by 1.83 and round up — a 12m fence needs 7 panels and 8 posts (always one more post than panels). Ignore the width of the posts when you're estimating: the last panel simply gets cut down to fit the gap.
Concrete or timber fence posts — which should I choose?
Concrete posts cost more (£22–£40 each, against £14–£26 for timber) but they never rot, so they outlast several sets of panels — and new panels just slide in between them, no tools needed. Timber posts look warmer and are easier to screw things to. But the posts are usually the first part of a fence to fail, because they rot where they meet the ground — even pressure-treated ones (timber with preservative forced deep into it). For a fence you never want to think about again, choose concrete posts with concrete gravel boards (the strips that sit under the panels).
Which side of the fence is mine?
There's no legal rule that you own the fence on the left. Ownership is set by your title deeds — the legal papers that came with your house. On the deed plan, a 'T' mark on a boundary line points at the owner. If the deeds don't say, look at who has repaired the fence in the past, or agree it with your neighbour in writing. And you can't paint or fix anything to a neighbour's fence without their permission — even on your side of it.
Do I need planning permission for a fence?
Not for most garden fences. The rules allow up to 2 metres high without permission — or 1 metre where the fence faces a road or footpath. The main exceptions are listed buildings and some conservation areas. If you're replacing an old fence with the same kind at the same height, you're almost always fine.
How deep should fence posts go?
Put a quarter to a third of the post below ground: 600mm deep for a 6ft fence — which is why you buy 8ft posts. Dig the hole about three times as wide as the post. Use two bags of postcrete per post (ready-mixed concrete you pour in dry, then add water). It sets in about ten minutes, so check the post is dead upright before you pour.
📋 Where these prices come from46 sources
Every price band on this page traces to a source we checked ourselves, with the date we checked it. Prices move — if one of these looks out of date, tell us and we'll recheck it.
overlap panel 6x6ft £32; pressure-treated £41.50wickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
closeboard 6x6ft £68; slatted 6x6ft £98wickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
timber post £26 (100x100x2400mm); concrete slotted post £35wickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
gravel boards: timber £8, concrete £23.60wickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
postcrete £7.50-8.20/bag; 1.5-2 bags/post, 600mm holesdiy.comchecked July 2026
labour £50-80/panel; panels 6ft £40-65 by type; removal £35/panelmyjobquote.co.ukchecked July 2026
installed lap £60-90/m, closeboard £110-150/mcheckatrade.comchecked July 2026
Wickes Incised Timber Fence Post 100x100x2400mm £26, pressure treated Use Class 4, 15-year warrantywickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
Blue Circle Ready To Use Postcrete 20kg is £7.50 at Wickes (standard price, not promotional), in stockwickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
No Nonsense CP48 PostFix Concrete 20kg is £7.49 at Screwfix with a buy-5-for-£30 multibuy promotion (£6/bag); initial set 5-10 minutes; store collection onlyscrewfix.comchecked July 2026
Blue Circle Postcrete 20kg on Amazon UK is £14.02 from a marketplace seller (was £14.86) — nearly double shed priceamazon.co.ukchecked July 2026
Wickes Fence Concrete Repair Spur 75x100x1200mm is £28, in stockwickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
Forest Garden grey square concrete repair spur 1m x 75mm is £24 at B&Q (standard price), in stockdiy.comchecked July 2026
Wickes Bolt System 750mm support spike 75x75mm is £11.50 each, 12 for £96 multibuy (£8 each)wickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
Wickes Bolt Down flush-fit post support 75x75mm is £9 each, 6 for £48wickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
Amazon UK 75x750mm post spike 4-packs: Oypla £29.99 (£7.50/spike, sold on Amazon by Oypla; £29.99 also the price on oypla.com), Garden Mile £34.99 (£8.75/spike)amazon.co.ukchecked July 2026
Wickes ballast major bag (22.5kg) is £4.10wickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
Wickes ballast jumbo bag (850kg) is £75, 2 for £135 mix-and-matchwickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
Blue Circle General Purpose Cement 25kg is £7.50 at Wickeswickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
Ronseal Fence Life Plus 5L £10.18 (was £18.68), water-based, approx 6m²/L, 5-year protection claimtoolstation.comchecked July 2026
Ronseal Fence Life Plus 5L Sage £9.99 (was £11.99), 3m²/L on rough-sawn, 5-year protection, showerproof in 1 hourscrewfix.comchecked July 2026
Amazon UK live listings: Ronseal Fence Life Plus 5L £13.97-£16.81 by colour (Charcoal Grey £14.26, 12.2K reviews; Sage £16.81)amazon.co.ukchecked July 2026
Bartoline Creocote 4L £16 (£4/L), oil-based, approx 9m²/L, for fencing/sheds/trellis exterior timber; no was-price showndiy.comchecked July 2026
Forest Garden guarantee: 'Most Forest products are guaranteed for either 15 or 25 years against rot' (page does not tie 25 years to pressure treatment); only pressure-treated condition is that cut timber 'must be treated with a suitable preservative'; 'Dip Treated products must be retreated every year with a suitable timber preservative'forestgarden.co.ukchecked July 2026
Amazon UK live listings: Timco C2 Strong-Fix gold 5.0x80 200-box £7.49 (gold passivated, not exterior-coated); Twister green e-coat decking screws 5x100 100-box £17.99amazon.co.ukchecked July 2026
Easyfix galvanised round wire nails 3.75x75mm 1kg £6.39, EN 14592, corrosion-resistantscrewfix.comchecked July 2026
Postsaver untreated timber post cap 100x100mm £2.26 inc VATshop.postsaver.comchecked July 2026
B&Q post caps: Snowdon treated timber cap 115mm 2-pack £18.50 / 5-pack £28; metal 100mm silver 4-pack £12.45, brown 8-pack £22.05diy.comchecked July 2026
B&Q Forest Garden Traditional Overlap dip-treated 6ft panel (1.83m x 1.83m) £32; Click + Collect 'in as little as 15 minutes'; 90-day returnsdiy.comchecked July 2026
Wickes Forest Garden Dip Treated Overlap 6x6 panel £32; free Click & Collect in as little as 15 min from 230+ stores; standard delivery from £5; orders over 375kg may incur Big and Bulky charge; panel weight 26.63kgwickes.co.ukchecked July 2026
Travis Perkins Pressure Treated Closeboard 6ft x 6ft pack of 5: £359.52 inc VAT retail (£71.90/panel, £299.60 ex VAT), pack weight 177.84kg, 15-year anti-rot guarantee; site banner: free Click & Collect within 15 minutes, free next-day delivery on orders over £150, 500+ branches; Forest Larchlap Premium 6x6 single £34.80 inc VAT; Cuprinol Ducksback 5L £19.60travisperkins.co.ukchecked July 2026
Buy Fencing Direct: delivery-only (no collection); fencing/decking orders over £100 free delivery, under £100 £24.99; from 3 days to most mainland UK; lead-time products e.g. 3-4 weeks; Pick-A-Day £9.99 Mon-Fri / £19.99 Sat / £24.99 bank holidays; delivery to kerbside or driveway (except Forest White Glove, delivered into garden with packaging removed); goods left in your absence are at your risk; weekday deliveries generallybuyfencingdirect.co.ukchecked July 2026
Luton/box van self-drive hire: 3.5t Luton daily rate from £60 ex VAT and insurance (trade); private 24hr rate £150 inc VAT and insurancehire.maunmotors.co.ukchecked July 2026
Trade press: 'unusual series of five major storm periods' from November 2013 drove replacement fence panel demand 'upwards of five times the normal level' (John Gomersall, Forest Garden sales & marketing director); retailers warned of reduced panel availability 'for some time to come'buildersmerchantsnews.co.ukchecked July 2026
Harrow Fencing Supplies, June 2014 (site now closed, read via the Internet Archive): post-storm shortage left retailers out of stock or with boosted prices; Forest Garden could not get enough wood to fill orders; rise in fence panel theft described as a 'black market'web.archive.orgchecked July 2026
Amazon UK panel benchmark: Premier Lap Wooden Fence Panel 6ft x 6ft pressure-treated waney larch £40.00 + £25 delivery, not a promotional price; 5-pack £232 + £25 delivery, a 'was £257' reduction at time of checking; many results for 'fence panel 6ft x 6ft wooden' are decorative metal edging or willow hurdles, not boundary panelsamazon.co.ukchecked July 2026
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Wind or exposure
Sheltered boundaries
