Pond & water feature Cost Calculator
A professional pond maintenance visit costs £100–£300, a full seasonal clean-out £150–£400, and the two common repairs — pumps and liners — run £150–£450 and £300–£1,000 respectively. In a drought summer, topping…
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How this calculator works
Every figure in this calculator is the one published in the cost table on our pond & water feature guide. Pick the option that matches your job and the calculator returns that published range, adjusted for your region - it does not model anything the guide does not already say.
That is deliberate. A calculator whose rates drift from the page it sits under is worse than no calculator, because two numbers on the same site disagree.
What it cannot know: access, the condition of what is already there, and anything structural. Those are what separate three real quotes from each other.
Published pond & water feature costs (2026)
| Option | Typical 2026 cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Maintenance visit | £100–£300 | |
| Full clean-out | £150–£400 | |
| Pump replacement | £150–£450 | |
| Filter / UV clarifier | £100–£350 | |
| Liner repair | £100–£300 | |
| Liner replacement | £300–£1,000 | |
| New wildlife pond (small) | £1,500–£5,000 |
These are the figures from our pond & water feature cost guide.
What sets the real figure
This prices a maintenance visit or a repair, but the figure a specialist quotes depends on the pond's size and how long since it was last touched — a pond left two seasons needs a proper clean-out before routine care makes sense. The repair figures assume the fault is already diagnosed, and a dropping water level is far more often evaporation than a liner leak, so rule that out before budgeting for a reline.
If a boggy area around the pond is the real problem, the garden drainage guide covers it, and the general upkeep of the planting around the water sits with the gardener guide.
Pond & water feature calculator — FAQs
Around £100–£300 per visit for a typical garden pond, with most ponds wanting two to four visits a year. Annual contracts price the season slightly cheaper than ad-hoc call-outs.
£300–£1,000 for most garden ponds - the liner itself is cheap, the labour of draining, holding any fish, rebuilding edges and replanting is the bill.
Evaporation first - in a 2026-style summer a pond can honestly lose 5cm a week. Past that, the usual suspects are a leaking waterfall course, a punctured liner, or a failed seal at the pump housing. Diagnosis is typically £80–£200.
Most water companies exempt topping up ponds where fish welfare is at stake, but rules vary by company - and stored rainwater from a butt is better for the pond anyway, ban or no ban.
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