RiverRock Water Gardens
Water falling between set boulders into a still pool

Pond Design & Construction
CambridgeshireBeautiful Ponds,Balanced By Nature.

Ecosystem ponds, waterfalls and water features designed and built by one team, from the first spade to the last plant.

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Five Years In BusinessOne Team, Start To FinishNo Chemicals NeededFree Site VisitsFree Written QuotationsWildlife Ponds & WaterfallsCambridge · Huntingdon · St NeotsNewmarket · Saffron Walden

Who We Are

Five Years Of
Working With Water.

RiverRock is a family business based at Willingham, building ponds, waterfalls and water features across Cambridgeshire. Elliot prices every job himself and is on site for it, so there is one person to deal with from the first visit to the day the water goes in.

We build ponds that balance themselves. Shelving, planting and volume are planned together, which is what keeps the water clear without chemicals and without a weekly routine for you.

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5

Years In
Business

10

Services
Offered

5

Areas
Covered

1

Team, Start
To Finish

Waterfall running over mossy boulders with planting alongside
Stone cascade under dappled light at Burwell
Rock stream running between the pond levels

What We Build

Every Kind Of Water,
Every Kind Of Garden.

From a pebble feature in a courtyard to a wildlife pond at the heart of the garden. All of it built by the same hands.

All Ponds & Waterfalls
Marginal planting along the edge of the pond01

Pond Design

A pond drawn around your garden, its levels and the light it actually gets.

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A newly built garden pond edged with stone, with planting going in around it02

Pond Construction

Excavation, liner, stonework and planting, handled by one team from start to finish.

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A small wildlife pond with slate edging, driftwood and iris beside the lawn03

Wildlife Ponds

Shallow margins, native planting and a beach edge, so the garden fills up on its own.

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A waterfall stepping down through mossy stone beneath a tree, with planting in the foreground04

Waterfall Installation

Stone set course by course so the water reads as though it was always there.

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The stream bed running between planting at Burwell05

Pondless Waterfalls

Moving water with no open pool. The reservoir sits hidden under the stone.

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A stacked slate water sphere bubbling over a bed of cobbles among summer planting06

Water Features

Smaller pieces for courtyards, terraces and gardens with no room for a pond.

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Also Offered

Alongside The Water Work.

Fish, repairs and the garden around the pond, handled by the same team so the whole space is finished to one standard.

Koi swimming in clear water over cobbles

Koi Ponds

Depth, volume and filtration sized for fish rather than for looks alone.

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A pond drained back to its liner and being cleaned out by hand

Pond Renovation

Leaks traced, liners replaced and tired ponds brought back into balance.

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Pond edge with set stone and a cobble beach

Hard Landscaping

Paths, steps, terraces and retaining stone around the water.

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Aquatic planting and submerged timber in shallow water

Garden Maintenance

Seasonal care for the planting and the pond that sits in it.

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How We Build

A Pond, Stage By Stage.

  1. Planting shelf and stone edge detail
    01

    We Come And Look

    A visit to see the ground, the levels and where the light falls. Most gardens tell you where the water wants to go.

  2. A large wildlife pond being built, with the excavators still on site
    02

    The Shape Goes Down

    We set the outline out on the grass so you can walk round it and see it from the kitchen window before anything is dug.

  3. A newly filled wildlife pond with a cobble beach, and the excavators working beyond
    03

    Dig, Line And Set

    Excavation, underlay and liner over a graded base, then the stone edges set course by course rather than laid on top.

  4. Deadwood and planting in the shallows
    04

    Plant And Balance

    Marginals, oxygenators and the beach edge go in together. Planting is the filtration, which is why it is not an afterthought.

  5. A large new wildlife pond reflecting the sky, with reeds planted in the shallows
    05

    Fill, Run And Hand Over

    We fill it, run it, tune the fall until the sound is right, and show you the few things worth doing each season.

Selected Work

Four Gardens, Four Different Problems.

01

Wildlife Pond · September 2026

Woodhurst

The brief was a pond that looked like it had always been in the garden. Shallow shelves on three sides, a cobble beach on the fourth, and marginal planting set while the water was still settling. The owners put the newts back themselves.

02

Waterfall And Repair · Summer 2026

Burwell

The old feature had gone at several points and had been turned off rather than fixed. We traced the leaks, reset the watercourse and built a stone fall running back into the pond. The gain was not only how it looks. Moving water made a real difference to the water quality.

03

Pond And Cascade · April 2026

Digswell

The wall gave us a back to build against and a reason for the levels. Boulders were set to carry the fall, the edges were stitched in with cobble and planting, and the koi went in once the water had settled. No chemicals, and it has looked after itself since.

04

Renovation · May 2026

The Big Clean

Years of leaf fall had turned the water. We drained it down, cleaned the liner, took out the silt and refilled, then reset the planting so it would hold. Some very good koi came out of this one.

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What Clients Say

In Their Own Words.

Straight from our Google reviews.

5.0Rated On Google
Google Review
“A brilliant service, Elliot is delightful and my pond looks better than ever! I contacted River Rock Water Gardens to replace a leaking pond liner and was not expecting such an amazing transformation.”
Miriam D.Liner replacement

What Happens Next

From First Call To Finished Pond.

This is how it goes with us, from the first call to the day the water goes in.

  1. 01

    You Get In Touch

    A call, a WhatsApp or a few lines on the form. A photograph of the garden helps.

  2. 02

    A Visit To The Garden

    We come out, look at the space with you and talk through what you have in mind.

  3. 03

    A Written Quotation

    Everything set out in writing afterwards, so you know exactly what is included.

  4. 04

    Dates You Can Rely On

    We give you the dates before we start, and we keep to them.

  5. 05

    One Team On Site

    The same team from the first dig to the last plant, with one person to deal with throughout.

Get In Touch

Tell Us About Your Garden.

Send a few lines and a photograph if you have one. We will come and look, talk it through on site, and send a written quotation afterwards.

07568 488223info@riverrockwatergardens.co.uk

Willingham, Cambridgeshire · CB24 5AJ

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Common Questions

The Questions People Ask First.

Any Other Questions

07568 488223More Questions Answered

A balanced pond needs very little. Skim the leaves in autumn, cut the marginals back in late winter, and keep an eye on the pump. No chemicals and no weekly routine.

Most garden ponds are a week on site, a little longer if there is a watercourse or hard landscaping with it. We give you the dates before we start and we keep to them.

A pondless waterfall or a pebble feature gives you the sound and the movement with no standing water. Where a pond is wanted, we can build the edges and the depths around that concern.

Yes, and a good share of our work is exactly that. Leaks, failed liners and features that have been switched off for a season are usually fixable.

We are based at Willingham and work across Cambridgeshire and just beyond it: Cambridge, Huntingdon, St Neots, Newmarket and Saffron Walden, and the villages around them.

Where We Work

Across Cambridgeshire.

Based at Willingham, within an hour of everywhere we build. If you are just outside the list, ask. We travel for the right job.

All Areas We Cover

Cambridge

Terrace gardens in the city, larger plots in the villages around it.

Huntingdon

Huntingdon, Godmanchester, St Ives and the Huntingdonshire villages.

St Neots

Eaton Socon, Eynesbury, Love's Farm and the villages along the Ouse.

Newmarket

Newmarket, Burwell and the villages on both sides of the county border.

Saffron Walden

Period homes, established gardens and the Uttlesford villages.