Peterborough
Terraces, Townships and Hampton: Imprinted Concrete Across Peterborough
A cathedral city with a 1970s new town wrapped around it. Peterborough frontages come in three clear generations, and each has its own quirks.
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Imprinted Concrete in Peterborough
Three generations of city housing, three conversations
Peterborough is a separate unitary authority rather than part of the administrative county, and it is a genuinely different housing market from the Huntingdonshire villages. Three generations of building dominate. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Millfield, New England and the streets near the station were built for railway and brickworks families, with small or non existent front gardens and rear access through alleys. The new town townships of the 1970s, Bretton, Orton, Werrington and Paston, brought open plan frontages, garage courts and a lot of repetition. And Hampton, built from the 1990s onwards on the restored brick pits south of the city, brings the current estate pattern of compact plots and small parking areas.
Those three generations need three different conversations. On a terrace the questions are access, the size of the frontage and whether parking is even permitted. On a township frontage the questions are ownership of any shared court and how to define an edge where there is no boundary. On Hampton the question is pattern scale, because the areas are small and a large slab pattern has nowhere to repeat.
The ground is equally varied. South of the city the Oxford clay that fed the brickworks dominates, and much of Hampton sits on restored former workings, so made ground and its depth are a genuine consideration. Along the Nene there are river gravels and alluvium with the associated level constraints, and to the west the ground changes again towards the limestone villages. Imprinted concrete is a sealed surface, so on every one of those the drainage design is settled before the layout.
Driveways, patios and paths are the three things we install. Read what each one involves or why people choose imprinted concrete.
Make It Your Own
Colours and patterns for Peterborough properties
Peterborough's older housing is largely the local brick, warm and often quite strong in colour, which suits sandstone, brick red and autumn brown. The townships are plainer and take grey well. Hampton and the newer developments use a modern buff and grey palette with dark frames, where slate grey or charcoal with a contrasting border looks current. Ranges change, so availability is confirmed at the point of quoting.
- SandstoneNatural stone tone
- Brick RedClassic heritage
- Slate GreyModern charcoal
- Autumn BrownRich amber
See the full colour and pattern section for photographs of the finishes, or ask us to bring samples when we visit.
Before Anything Is Poured
Ground, access and drainage in Peterborough
Where a property sits decides what we look at first. On restored ground at Hampton and the south of the city, the depth and consolidation of made ground is the question. Along the Nene it is levels and where the water can go. On the older terraces it is access, because there may be nowhere to stand a vehicle and no route to the rear. All three are settled at the visit rather than assumed.
Recent Projects
Finished work worth comparing against your Peterborough property
The buff European fan driveway with a stamped brick soldier course is a good reference for a wider township frontage with a central entrance. For a compact Hampton parking area, the charcoal ashlar driveway with a contrasting red border shows how a border gives a small rectangle definition.
A charcoal ashlar driveway with a contrasting red stamped border, sweeping to a double garage. 
A European fan pattern driveway in buff imprinted concrete, framed by a stamped brick border and a channel drain. 
A rear patio in buff ashlar imprinted concrete, shaped with a curved terracotta border against the lawn.
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What customers say
EXCELLENT Based on 12 reviews on Google. These are the company's own Google reviews and are not attributed to any particular town.
Rated 5 out of 5.
Fantastic team, professional but friendly. They have done a brilliant job on our front drive a few years ago and this year on our back garden, with new decking, imprinted concrete patio and pathway and finished off with a gravel area and turf. They did the whole job from start, clearing the area, working through bad weather where they could and only the recent snow held the job up and only by a couple of days! Definitely recommend 100%. Thanks guys!
Questions
Peterborough imprinted concrete questions
- Do you install imprinted concrete driveways in Peterborough?
- Yes. Peterborough is published as its own service area by Driveway & Decking Co., separate from the Cambridgeshire towns, because it is a separate unitary authority. Send the postcode through the quote form on this page or call 07949 078999.
- Which parts of Peterborough do you cover?
- Send us the postcode and we will confirm rather than listing every township here. The city is large and varied, and whether a particular job is practical depends on the property and the access as much as on where it sits on the map.
- I live at Hampton, on the old brick pit ground. Is that suitable?
- Restored ground varies a great deal, so it is a reason to check carefully rather than a reason to rule it out. We look at what is under the existing surface, how deep any made ground goes and how the plot drains, then set the excavation and sub base from that rather than from a standard detail.
- My frontage is a small parking bay on a new estate. What pattern works?
- One that repeats properly over a short distance. Cobble, brick and the finer random stone patterns suit a small bay; a large ashlar pattern can leave only two or three stones across the whole area. A border in a second colour is what gives a small rectangle a finished edge.
- The parking on my township estate is a shared court. Can it be done?
- Only with the agreement of whoever owns and maintains it, which on this kind of estate is frequently not the individual householder. Establish that first, because it decides whether there is a job at all.
- Do I need permission to pave a front garden in Peterborough?
- In England, laying more than five square metres of a front garden with a surface that does not let water through needs planning permission unless the run off is directed to a permeable area within your own boundary. Imprinted concrete is not permeable, so this is part of the design conversation, and Peterborough City Council is the authority to confirm it with.
- Can you work on a Victorian terrace with rear access only?
- Sometimes. Rear alleys are often shared and frequently too narrow for material to be brought in easily, so it depends on the specific property. Tell us about the access when you enquire and we will give you a straight answer.
- How does imprinted concrete compare with tarmac for a drive?
- Tarmac is a plain surface laid hot; imprinted concrete is coloured and then stamped with a pattern and texture while it is workable, so it is a decorative finish rather than a plain one. They are different products with different appearances and different costs, and which is right depends on what you want the frontage to look like.
- Is imprinted concrete suitable for a business forecourt?
- For suitable commercial properties, yes, but suitability depends on the vehicles using it and how heavily it is used. Describe the use when you enquire so we can tell you whether it is a sensible fit before anyone spends time on a quote.
- Can you do a driveway and a back garden at the same time?
- Yes, and quoting them together is usually sensible. Running one colour through with different patterns front and back is what makes a property look considered rather than done in two unrelated pieces.
- How is the surface finished at the edges?
- The edge detail is designed as part of the layout, generally with a border pattern that gives a defined finished edge, and with a channel drain where water needs intercepting before it reaches the pavement or a boundary.
- How do I arrange a Peterborough quote?
- Use the quote form on this page with your postcode and an approximate size, call or WhatsApp 07949 078999, or email john007gill@btinternet.com. Mention the part of the city and anything unusual about access.
Areas We Cover
Near Peterborough
Each of these has its own page, written for that place rather than this one.
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