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Gravel in the Cotswolds?

jonathaneddieg0C3NhrFjonathaneddieg0C3NhrF Posts: 4
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I’m hoping someone can help…

I want to create an area of dry garden, but I’m struggling to locate the right gravel/shingle.

I’d like to use the kind of thing you see a lot on driveways in the Cotswolds (not Cotswold chippings), but I can’t find it. It looks a little like pea gravel, but more whites and greys than browns. I’ve ordered several samples of things that look about right online, but when they arrive they’re not what I was hoping for.

Any advice would be gratefully received. 

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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Try Cerney stone.
  • jonathaneddieg0C3NhrFjonathaneddieg0C3NhrF Posts: 4
    Slow-worm said:
    Try Cerney stone.

    Thanks, but that’s not quite it. What I have in mind is less monotone. 

  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Ours is whites, greys, browns, and full of fossils - what colours are you after? Could you mix a dark & light?
  • jonathaneddieg0C3NhrFjonathaneddieg0C3NhrF Posts: 4
    Slow-worm said:
    Ours is whites, greys, browns, and full of fossils - what colours are you after? Could you mix a dark & light?
    I’d say a mix like yours. Do you know where you got it?
  • jonathaneddieg0C3NhrFjonathaneddieg0C3NhrF Posts: 4
    Here’s a pic I took of the kind of thing I’m after when I was in the Cotswolds.


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Regardless of colour [and that depends on local quarries] pea gravel is like a giant litter tray for local cats, so bear that in mind.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Yeah that looks a bit smaller than we have, but most - if not all of the Cotswold stone is Cerney stone. There's loads of places that sell it, so maybe have a look at any Gloucestershire/Worcestershire based company, and they'll have colours and sizes listed, and delivery costs, or if you're far away, they might be able to help with somewhere local to you.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    I was going to say that, @Fairygirl! That's not gravel, it's  a cat loo. Every cat in the neighbourhood will head for it!
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