Agricultural fencing has to work for a living — hold stock, mark a boundary, take the weather, and stay tight for years with no fuss. Across the bridge into the South West — Bristol, Somerset and the Forest of Dean side — there is plenty of equestrian and smallholding work, and for the right job Ben travels for it.
Across the South West, BP Contracting takes on agricultural fencing as rural and agricultural work on the kind of runs that justify the trip. Across the bridge into the South West — Bristol, Somerset and the Forest of Dean side — there is plenty of equestrian and smallholding work, and for the right job Ben travels for it.
The South West — over the Severn into Gloucestershire, Somerset and the Bristol fringe — is rich equestrian and smallholding country, with a lot of horse paddocks, liveries and hobby farms wanting safe post and rail, paddock divisions and ménage work. The Prince of Wales Bridge puts a good slice of it within practical reach of Bridgend, so for the right job the travel makes sense.
Ben fences working land across Wales: stock netting and line wire for sheep and cattle, post and rail at the yard and entrances, field gates hung to swing clean off a quad or a tractor, and the strainer assemblies that hold the whole lot together. The materials are chosen for the job and the ground — creosoted strainers where they take the strain, HC4-treated intermediates down the line, the right netting for the stock.
Where the work is grant-funded, the spec is the spec: correct post types, treatments, spacings, strainer and bracing detail, all to the standard the scheme requires. Ben has done grant-spec runs up to 1,000m and is comfortable building to a written specification and leaving a boundary that passes inspection and holds for two decades.
It is a different discipline to garden fencing — longer runs, heavier materials, tracked-machine access on ground that will not take a vehicle, and a finish judged on whether it holds stock, not whether it matches the patio. That is the work Ben cut his teeth on.
Whether your agricultural fencing job in the South West is a single boundary or a large run, the approach is the same: Ben surveys it, quotes a fixed itemised price, and builds it to a spec that lasts. Get in touch with the location and a rough idea of the job and he will tell you straight whether he can travel for it.
Yes. Bring the scheme specification to the site visit and the job is built to it — post types, treatments, spacings, strainer and bracing detail — so the boundary passes inspection and lasts. Ben has completed grant-spec runs up to 1,000m.
Yes — from a few hundred metres of replacement boundary to full holdings. Ben can work with tracked-machine access where the ground will not take a vehicle, and coordinates stock netting, line wire, strainers, gates and post and rail as one job.
Strainer and corner posts are best in creosote, which is still the longest-lasting treatment for high-strain timber in ground contact. Intermediate posts are typically HC4-treated for ground-contact durability. Using the right treatment in the right place is the difference between a 20-year fence and a 5-year one.
For the right job, yes — Gloucestershire, Somerset and the Bristol fringe are within practical reach over the Prince of Wales Bridge, and there is plenty of equestrian and smallholding work there that suits BP. Tell Ben the location and the job and he will confirm whether he can travel for it.
More on our common questions page.
Farm boundaries, grant-spec runs, stock netting and gates — proper agricultural fencing for working land.
Agricultural fencing →Stock netting strained tight on creosote strainers and HC4 intermediates — built to hold livestock for the long haul.
Stock fencing →Whole-holding fencing — stock netting, post and rail, gates and strainers, built for working land.
Farm fencing →Galvanised and timber field gates hung to swing clean and latch true off a quad or a tractor.
Field gates →See all the areas we cover, or read our common questions.
No call-out fee, no obligation. Tell Ben what you are after and he will arrange a free site visit, then quote you a fixed price.