Wallsend · Battle Hill · Howdon · Willington Quay
Decking Installers in Wallsend
A deck behind a Tyneside terrace is a different job from one on a sloping estate garden. Choose your kind of home, see what matters for it, then invite a figure for all of the work.
Terrace with a back yard
Walls on three sides, often concrete underfoot, and materials arriving by the back lane.
021930s semi
A longer plot, a raised back door and a side path that sets how boards get through.
031960s or 70s estate house
Open plots, tired patios and first-generation decks ready for a rethink.
04Garden on a slope
Level off the back door, tall at the far edge, and that is where the rules start to bite.
The published average for decking around here is about £2,190. See the full figures.
Before anyone measures up
Four things that shape a Wallsend deck
Board colour can wait. These decide what can be built, and each one can be checked from your own back door.
What is underfoot today
Cracked concrete, old flags, lawn or a worn-out deck each start the job differently. Sound concrete can sometimes stay and carry a low frame, while lifted slabs usually have to come up first.
Where the rain goes
A single drain has to stay reachable, and water has to leave without sitting against the house. Pour a bucket of water on a dry day and watch which way it runs.
How high the back door sits
That step sets the finished height. On falling ground it also decides whether the far edge passes 30cm, which is the point where planning enters the conversation.
How materials get in
A back lane gate, a side path or a carry through the hall each change the work involved. Long boards do not turn tight corners, so measure the narrowest point on the way through.
Small spaces can still take a deck
Where concrete has cracked and lifted, a low frame can give a terraced back yard a flat, dry surface again. Size matters more than you might expect, though, because a deck filling most of the space runs into the official half-the-garden test. What a back yard deck involves.
Local checks
What is particular to Wallsend
- The Green conservation area
- Conservation areas count as Article 2(3) land, where decking beside a house is treated differently. Living near The Green? Ask North Tyneside Council about your address.
- Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site
- It runs through the south of the town, and national guidance names World Heritage Sites in its size limits. Please check your address with North Tyneside Council. Planning in Wallsend has more.
- A real mix of homes
- Half the households in Howdon ward live in semis, while in Wallsend ward about a third live in purpose-built flats and nearly three in ten in terraces. One standard deck would suit few of them.
- Damp more than deluge
- Tynemouth, just down the river, averages about 116 days a year with a millimetre or more of rain, and November brings the most. Shaded gardens can stay wet long after that, so board choice matters.
Sources: Census 2021, table TS044, by ward (Nomis); Met Office: Tynemouth long-term averages, 1991 to 2020; planning.data.gov.uk: Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian’s Wall). Viewed 5 November 2026.
Common questions
Do fitters cover all of NE28?
This site is for homes across Wallsend, including Battle Hill, Howdon, Willington Quay, Holy Cross and Rosehill. Give your postcode on the form so a request starts with the right street.
Can a deck go on a flat?
National permitted development allowances cover houses, not flats or maisonettes, so a flat usually means asking the council first.
Is November too early to ask?
Not at all. Winter is a calm time to measure, compare boards and line up figures for spring.
Who is behind Wallsend Decking?
Wallsend Decking is a local guide to decks, with a form for requesting figures. Our privacy notice describes how any request is treated.
Tell us about your garden
Rough measurements and one picture taken at the back door are plenty to start with.