Brickwork, Landscaping & Driveways in Newmarket

Walls, yards and long boundaries

Newmarket is shaped by horse racing. Training yards and studs run right into the town, and with them come long brick boundary walls, gate piers and enclosed yards. Much of the older fabric is Victorian and Edwardian red and white brick, and keeping these walls sound is steady, skilled work: rebuilding failed sections, replacing copings and repointing before frost gets into open joints.

Chalk ground

Unlike the heavy clay around Haverhill, Newmarket sits on chalk. Chalk drains freely, which generally suits permeable paving and soakaways, but the thin topsoil over it can be loose. A driveway or patio here still needs a properly compacted sub-base and firm edge restraints, and levels on the town’s sloping streets need thought so water runs away from the house.