Chatham · Gillingham · Rochester · ME1–ME8
Hedge cutting, reduction and tree services: pruning, crown reduction, deadwooding. Across Chatham, the Historic Dockyard fringe, Gillingham and Rochester. Fully insured. We plan around the bird-nesting window (1 March – 31 August). Six-week conservation-area notice handled for you.
What we do
Specified for the Medway estuary's mix of heavy clay and chalk, the salt-laden wind off the river, and the conservation-area rules that cover the Historic Dockyard fringe and central Rochester. Hedge cutting and reduction for the boundary; pruning, crown reduction and deadwooding for the trees behind it.
Annual or twice-yearly cuts on privet, leylandii, beech, holly and laurel. Clean lines, arisings cleared, no power tools after 6pm.
See pricing & timingBringing overgrown hedges back into proportion, including the leylandii screens common across Walderslade and Weeds Wood. Staged where the species needs it.
How we reduce safelyFast-growing conifer hedges are the Medway towns' single biggest boundary complaint. Sized, shaped and kept from wrecking the light next door.
Conifer & leylandii workPruning, crown reduction and deadwooding on the mature trees behind the hedge. Conservation-area notice handled where the tree is protected.
See tree workOur promise
We don't ask for payment until you've walked the hedge with us and you're happy. If we haven't done what we said we'd do, we put it right or you owe us nothing. No deposits, no upfront, no chasing.
Anyone on a state pension, automatically. No card, no proof of anything, just mention it when you book. Honour system; we trust people.
Used us before? Your next job over £500 gets 10% off, no time limit, no asking. It's logged when we send the quote, you don't need to remind us.
Why local matters
Much of Chatham sits on heavy Thames-Medway estuarine clay, which holds water through winter and bakes hard in a dry summer. Ground closer to the river and Chatham Maritime carries salt-laden wind off the estuary, which browns the seaward face of exposed conifers faster than an inland garden. Up on Walderslade and Chatham Hill the ground rises onto chalk-influenced North Downs soil, a different growing pattern again.
We work to that variation, not against it. Salt-tolerant species and staged reductions near the water. Standard privet and leylandii management on the estate roads. A tape measure on any stem near the 75mm conservation-area threshold before we touch it.
In a conservation area?
Parts of Chatham, including the fringe around the Historic Dockyard, and much of neighbouring Rochester sit inside a Medway Council conservation area. That means any tree with a stem over 75mm at chest height needs six weeks' written notice before pruning. We file the section-211 notice on your behalf, included in every quote.
Send a couple of photos and a postcode. We'll come back same-day with a fixed price and the next available date.