Can You Add A Waterfall To My Existing Pond?

Yes. We regularly add waterfalls and streams to established ponds. We look at the pond, the space around it and where the water could come from, then design a fall that suits it.

How Much Space Does A Waterfall Need?

Not as much as people expect. A small fall can be built against the edge of a pond in a modest garden, while a longer stream with several falls suits a slope or a larger space.

Will A Waterfall Make My Pond Clearer?

Moving water adds oxygen and keeps the water circulating, which usually helps. Clear water also depends on the right planting, the right filtration where fish are kept, and the size of the pond.

Is A Waterfall Noisy?

It is as loud or as quiet as you want it to be. The sound depends on the flow, the height of the drop and the shape of the stones, and we adjust all three until it sounds right to you.

Does A Waterfall Need To Run All The Time?

Not always. Where fish are kept, moving water helps keep them healthy, so it usually runs most of the time. In a pond without fish it can be switched off when you are away.

Water spilling between two boulders into a shallow pool, seen across a bank of moss

Garden Waterfalls · Cambridgeshire

Waterfall Installation

Natural stone set course by course, so the water falls, splashes and settles as though it was always there.

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Sound And Movement

Stone, Water And A Gentle Sound.

A waterfall brings sound and movement to a garden. It can be a gentle trickle over a single stone or a series of falls stepping down a bank into a pond, and either way it changes how the whole garden feels. Moving water also helps a pond, adding oxygen and keeping the water circulating.

We design and build waterfalls and streams for new ponds and existing ones, across Cambridge, Huntingdon, St Neots, Newmarket and Saffron Walden. Each one is built by hand from natural stone, so no two are the same.

The Sound Of Water

Tune The Fall.

Change the flow, the drop and the stone, and watch how the water behaves. On site we do the same with the real stones before anything is fixed.

Flow

Drop

Stone Lip

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How It Sounds

Quiet.

A gentle sound you notice when you are close to it.

Moderate.

Clear across a patio without taking over a conversation.

Full.

A strong sound that carries across the garden and softens background noise.

A clear sheet of water over a smooth lip gives a softer, steadier sound.

Water breaking over rough stone sounds livelier and brighter.

An illustration. Every fall is tuned by hand on site.

Water pouring over the lip of a flat stone in a clear sheet

The Sound Is In The Stone

The sound of a waterfall depends on how much water flows over it, how far it drops and the shape of the stones it falls from. A thin sheet over a smooth lip gives a soft, steady sound. Water breaking over rough stone into a shallow pool is livelier and brighter.

We set the main stones and run water over them before anything is fixed in place. That lets us move a stone, raise a lip or change an angle until the fall looks and sounds right to you. Only then are the stones bedded in for good.

Built To Stay Watertight

Most waterfall problems come from water escaping where you cannot see it, behind stones or under the edges of the stream. We line the whole watercourse and turn the edges up behind the stone, so the water stays where it should and the pond does not slowly empty itself.

The pump and pipework are hidden in the bank or under the stone, and we leave the pump where it can be reached for cleaning. The flow can be set to suit you, from a gentle trickle to a much fuller fall.

Waterfalls For Existing Ponds

You do not need a new pond to have a waterfall. We often add falls and streams to ponds that are already established, and the change can be dramatic. Moving water adds oxygen, keeps the water circulating and helps reduce the still corners where algae and debris build up.

At Burwell in the summer of 2026 we rebuilt a water feature that had been leaking in several places and had been switched off for months. We traced the leaks, reset the watercourse and built a new stone fall into the existing pond, then planted the banks with hostas and ferns. As well as looking better, the moving water made a real difference to the water quality.

Waterfall Installation

What We Offer.

Design And Setting Out: The height, width and route of the fall planned with you, so it suits the pond and the view from the house.
Watercourse: A fully lined stream or channel that carries the water down to the pond with nothing lost along the way.
Natural Stone: Boulders and flat stones chosen and set by hand to shape how the water falls and how it sounds.
Pump And Pipework: A pump sized to the flow you want, with the pipework hidden in the bank or under the stone.
Planting: Ferns, hostas and other planting along the banks, so the waterfall sits in the garden rather than on top of it.
Lighting If Wanted: LED lighting so the falls can be enjoyed in the evening as well as during the day.

Would You Rather Have No Open Water?

If you love the idea of a waterfall but would rather not have a pond, a pondless waterfall gives you the same sound and movement. The water disappears into a bed of stones over a hidden reservoir and is pumped back to the top, so there is no open water at all.

For the smallest spaces, our garden water features bring the sound of water to a courtyard or a terrace, and every waterfall we build can be combined with a new pond as part of our pond construction work.

Common Questions

Questions About Waterfall Installation.

Any Other Questions

07568 488223 More Questions Answered

: Yes. We regularly add waterfalls and streams to established ponds. We look at the pond, the space around it and where the water could come from, then design a fall that suits it.
: Not as much as people expect. A small fall can be built against the edge of a pond in a modest garden, while a longer stream with several falls suits a slope or a larger space.
: Moving water adds oxygen and keeps the water circulating, which usually helps. Clear water also depends on the right planting, the right filtration where fish are kept, and the size of the pond.
: It is as loud or as quiet as you want it to be. The sound depends on the flow, the height of the drop and the shape of the stones, and we adjust all three until it sounds right to you.
: Not always. Where fish are kept, moving water helps keep them healthy, so it usually runs most of the time. In a pond without fish it can be switched off when you are away.

Where Next

A small fall of water between boulders and cobbles, with grasses and a sleeper edge

Pondless Waterfalls

The sound and movement of a waterfall with no open pool. The water disappears into the stone and runs round again.

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.

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