Ponds & Water Features in Old Windsor.

In one respect, yes — a pond on ground where groundwater already sits close to the surface tends to hold its level with less top-up needed through summer. The trade-off is that the excavation and liner fitting both need managing around water finding its own way into the hole during the build, and a pond that will be drained or part-emptied later needs designing against liner lift from below.

Only where the work falls close enough to the river for byelaw restrictions to apply, which is more likely on the plots directly bordering the Thames than on gardens further into the village. We measure the distance at survey and handle any Environment Agency permission alongside the ordinary planning check where it is needed.

Yes, with the boundary itself checked first. The Park is Crown Estate land with habitat designations on parts of its edge, so a water feature proposed close to that line is confirmed against ownership and any designation before it is designed, in the same way a fence or wall along that boundary would be.

Less than on free-draining ground elsewhere, if your plot sits on the wetter side of the village. Where groundwater helps keep a pond topped up for a good part of the year, the pump and filtration are sized for circulation and water quality rather than for fighting constant loss. We size the system to your finished water volume and your specific plot at survey rather than to a generic assumption.