SG1

Pedestrian Underpasses & Footpath Boundaries — SG1

Recent gate or fencing work in SG1 — Stevenage & Stevenage Old Town

SG1 covers Stevenage's New Town estates, built with a network of pedestrian paths and underpasses separate from the road system.

Stevenage Borough Council

Frequently asked — SG1

Why is a footpath-facing fence different from a garden-to-garden one?

It faces public pedestrian traffic at any hour, which raises different climb-resistance and sightline questions than a boundary shared with one neighbour.

Should a gate onto a Stevenage footpath be lockable?

Where a gate opens directly onto a public path, a secure lock is generally worth having rather than treating it as an informal side gate.

Does the current fence line always match the legal footpath boundary?

Not always — it's worth checking against the council's path records rather than assuming an existing fence marks the correct line.

Services across SG1

Garden Fencing

wooden fencing

Wooden & Metal Gates

side gate

Garden Decking

softwood decking

Towns & neighbourhoods in SG1

Stevenage

Stevenage Borough Council · SG1, SG2

Property: post-war planned housing across Chells, Shephall and Bedwell, plus older properties in Stevenage Old Town

Garden: modest rectangular plots, typically flat, with rear access alleyways on the planned estates

Near A602 / A1(M) / A1(M) J7 / J8 · Stevenage (East Coast Main Line)

Commercial anchors: Gunnels Wood industrial area, Pin Green industrial estate

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Stevenage Old Town

Stevenage Borough Council · SG1

Property: older High Street properties and Victorian terraces predating the new town

Garden: small period plots — many irregular shapes

Near A602 / A1(M) J7 · Stevenage (East Coast)

Commercial anchors: Stevenage High Street

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SG1 footpath boundary check

We check the footpath boundary line and security needs before quoting a path-facing SG1 job.

One consequence of Stevenage's New Town design is a network of pedestrian paths and underpasses that runs independently of the road layout, and a number of gardens back directly onto one of these paths rather than onto another garden. A boundary that faces a public footpath is effectively facing anyone walking past at any hour, which raises different questions from a garden-to-garden fence — sightlines, the ease of climbing over from the path side, and how a gate onto the path itself is secured. Where that footpath boundary line actually sits also needs checking against council-held path records, since it isn't always where an old fence line currently runs.

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