In West End, Patios & Paving is built around split character ground, older village land and later estate infill side by side: flagged or slabbed areas laid on a proper base for garden use rather than vehicle loading. West End’s own driveways are shaped by two genuinely different driveway types within the same postcode. That makes it a strong fit for seating areas, paths and gardens rather than driveways carrying regular car weight — worth knowing that base preparation underneath still determines whether the slabs move or crack over time.
About Patios & Paving
Patios and general paving cover flagged or slabbed areas — concrete, porcelain or natural stone units — laid on a mortar bed or a compacted sub-base, jointed and pointed, and built for garden use, seating areas and pathways rather than the sustained vehicle loading a driveway carries. The choice of unit size, colour and pointing style is usually driven by matching or complementing the house’s existing hard landscaping and the garden’s actual use, and a patio’s long-term performance rests on the base preparation underneath it just as much as any driveway does — a slab laid on a thin bed over unprepared ground will move and crack regardless of the material chosen.
Best suited to: garden seating areas, paths, and outdoor spaces meant for foot traffic and furniture rather than vehicles
Less suited to: any area that needs to carry regular car or van weight
Ground & property in West End
West End has an older village core around Moorgreen alongside later estate infill on either side, so two genuinely different types of driveway exist within the same postcode — a period cottage frontage on one street and a standard 1990s estate drive on the next.