CLEAR, HONEST PRICING

What a natural swimming pool costs

We publish our guide prices because most of this trade will not. Swimming ponds from £65,000, natural pools and living pools from £80,000, wildlife ponds from £12,000, all ex VAT. Below is an honest account of what moves those numbers up or down.

Swimming pond
(planted margins)
From £65,000

The most natural of the four. Planting runs down to the water and a submerged oak beam separates the swim zone from the regeneration zone. Softest look, lowest starting point, and the quickest to settle into an established garden.

Natural pool
(defined swim zone)
From £80,000

A crisper, more architectural pool with a clearly defined swimming area and the regeneration zone set alongside it. Stone or oak edges and clean lines, with the water kept clear by plants and biology rather than chlorine.

Living pool
(engineered filtration)
From £80,000
Wildlife pond
(not for swimming)
From £12,000
Design consultation
(at your garden)
Free

All figures above are guides and exclude VAT. Published market prices for this kind of work vary enormously, and anyone giving you a firm number without seeing the site is guessing. We visit, measure, and come back with a real one. No charge, no obligation.

WHAT MOVES THE NUMBER

Where the money actually goes

Size and depth of the swimming zone come first, then ground conditions and how much has to be excavated. Access matters more than people expect: if a machine cannot reach the spot, the groundwork costs more. After that it is the finish, natural stone, oak or decking, the filtration we specify, the scale of the planting, and extras such as heating, a jetty or a sauna.

Next step

Find out what yours would cost

We are based in Bury St Edmunds and build across Suffolk, with work in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Tell us about the garden and how you would like to use the water, and we will arrange a visit.

A finished natural swimming pool in a Suffolk garden, with an oak edge and a planted regeneration zone alongside the swim zone