Gardens and driveways for West Wickham’s 1920s and 30s semis and detached houses: a patio for summer evenings, a lawn that drains, and a drive that’s easy to come home to.
West Wickham is in the Domesday Book, and its manor house, Wickham Court, was built by Sir Henry Heydon in 1469. The railway arrived in 1882, and the town stayed part of Kent until it joined the London Borough of Bromley in 1965.
The big change came between the wars. Local estates were broken up and built over, and Coney Hall went up on hilly farmland in the 1930s. Most of the town still dates from that one phase of building, which gives its streets a unified look.
So most gardens here are family gardens of a similar age: generous plots behind semis and detached houses, some on a slope, with West Wickham Common and Spring Park close by.
Front gardens ready to become driveways, side returns to open up, and back gardens with room for a terrace, a lawn and a shed.
Generous plots that can take a proper layout: a terrace by the house, lawn, planting and somewhere to sit at the far end.
Bay windows and half-timbered gables, often with a garden that rises or falls. Levels, steps and retaining walls make the whole plot usable.
West Wickham sits on the edge of the south London pebbly sands, with London Clay in places. The commons around Spring Park and West Wickham Common are heath and acid grassland on sandy, stony soil. Sandy ground drains fast and dries out; clay does the opposite.
West Wickham falls under the London Borough of Bromley. We check every design against the rules before we quote, and manage any applications for you.
Complete makeovers for West Wickham family gardens: somewhere to eat, somewhere to play, all planned as one project.
Level terraces for sloping gardens, built on a deep base.
Driveways for 1930s semis and detached houses, with the dropped-kerb application handled.
Privacy for back gardens, built within Bromley’s height limits.
The places that shape how West Wickham looks, and often inspire the gardens we build here.
Saved for the public by the City of London in 1892, with ancient earthworks, acid grassland and veteran oak pollards, some at least 600 years old.
Heath and ancient woodland on pebbly sands, running on into Threehalfpenny Wood.
A Grade I listed manor house built by Sir Henry Heydon in 1469 and later enlarged by the Boleyn family.
West Wickham’s medieval parish church, with Henry Hake Seward, the architect, buried there.
A large-format grey patio with broad steps, raised white rendered planters and a lawn with stepping stones.
Red and brindle herringbone block paving with a cream inset line, a charcoal border and a patterned entrance band.
Timber sleeper raised beds and steps, white gravel around a mature tree and a paved terrace in front of the summer house.
“My husband and I are very pleased with the job that was done on the landscaping in front of our new home. I recommend this company without hesitation. The guys were always friendly and communicated everything with us as they went along. It is beautiful to see when we pull into our driveway everyday. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.”
“Guaranteed Great Gardens built the concrete walls around our house. They did the job with great care and precision. Their professionalism and quality were evident at every step. I am truly pleased with their work. I will definitely choose them again if I have to do a similar job in the future.”
Not usually, if it’s permeable or drains into the garden. More than 5m² of non-permeable surface in a front garden needs planning permission, and a new or widened dropped kerb needs a separate crossover application to Bromley Council. We design to avoid the first and handle the second for you.
Usually, yes. We build retaining walls, steps and level terraces so the garden works in stages. A raised deck or platform more than 30cm off the ground needs planning permission, so we design around that or apply for you.
We improve the soil before turfing, choose a grass that copes with dry ground and plan the beds so they hold moisture. Sandy soil drains well, which makes it easier to build on than clay.
Yes. We clear and level the side return, and design paving and storage so it becomes part of the garden or a route to the drive.
Book a free design visit. We’ll talk about how you want to use your garden or drive, and what the ground and the rules mean for it.
Your enquiry is with our design team. We’ll be in touch within one working day to book your free visit.