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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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.
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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