Limestone Cobbles
Enhance your outdoor spaces with our premium limestone cobbles, measuring 200x50x40mm. These high-quality natural stone cobbles are ideal for creating elegant driveways, patios, and garden pathways. Their uniform size and timeless colour make them perfect for both traditional and contemporary landscaping designs, providing a durable and long-lasting solution that withstands heavy foot traffic and outdoor elements.
Our limestone cobbles are carefully sourced and finished to ensure consistent quality, strength, and aesthetic appeal. Easy to lay and maintain, they can be combined with matching limestone slabs or used on their own to create striking patterns and borders. Choose our 200x50x40mm premium limestone cobbles to bring natural beauty, durability, and sophistication to your outdoor project.
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Limestone Cobbles
What Are Tumbled Limestone Cobbles?
Tumbled limestone cobbles are natural stone setts shaped similarly to bricks, but with smooth, rounded edges and slightly larger dimensions. Their gentle, weathered appearance makes them ideal for creating elegant driveways, patios, and walkways, while also providing attractive borders around paved areas such as limestone slabs or other natural stone paving. The unique tumbled finish gives your outdoor spaces a classic, aged look that blends seamlessly with both traditional and contemporary garden designs.
What Does “Tumbled” Mean?
“Tumbled” refers to the finishing process each limestone cobble undergoes after being hand-dressed. The stones are placed in a rotating drum with granite sand and water, which softens any sharp edges and corners. This creates a smooth, slightly worn texture that gives the cobbles a naturally aged, rustic appearance, making them particularly popular in UK landscaping projects for their charm and timeless aesthetic.
How to Lay Cobble Edging Around a Patio
1. Mark the Layout - Measure and mark the area where the cobble edging will be installed.
2. Excavate a Trench - Dig a small trench along your marked layout to accommodate the cobbles.
3. Prepare the Base - Add at least 100mm of MOT Type 1 hardcore and compact thoroughly for a solid foundation.
4. Lay the Cobbles - Place each limestone cobble on a full mortar bed of 5:1 sharp sand and cement. For best results, dip each cobble in a slurry primer before laying.
5. Grout the Joints - Use sand and cement mortar or a specialist product such as Flowpoint.
What Is the Best Grout for Limestone Cobbles?
For long-lasting results, always use a solid mortar grout when installing natural stone cobbles. Sand and cement mortar or specialist products like Flowpoint ensure the joints are stable and durable.
Are Limestone Cobbles Expensive?
Natural stone cobbles are not the cheapest paving option, but the finished look is unmatched. The cost reflects the careful manual process involved – from quarrying the limestone, cutting, hand-dressing, and tumbling each stone. For a driveway, patio, or pathway that stands the test of time, tumbled limestone cobbles are an excellent investment.
Cobble Stone Driveways vs. Concrete Block Paving
Yes, limestone cobble stone driveways are more expensive than standard concrete block paving due to the manual craftsmanship involved. Concrete products are quicker and cheaper to manufacture, but they tend to fade, delaminate, and show aggregate over time. In contrast, natural limestone is hard-wearing, long- lasting, and gains character as it weathers, making it a durable and visually stunning choice for any outdoor space.
