Specialist Groundworks and Farm Work on The Lizard
Groundworks on The Lizard: arenas, farm buildings, tracks, yards and driveways across the peninsula, planned around serpentine rock, exposed fields and lanes barely wider than a tractor. We start every project by reading the ground, then carry it through to the finished surface.
CHAS Accredited Contractor
Constructionline Gold MemberCPCS-Carded OperatorsOur Own Plant FleetFully Insured Groundworks on The Lizard: Serpentine Rock and Working Farms
The Lizard has ground of its own below the topsoil. Much of the peninsula sits on serpentine, a dense rock that can lie just under the grass across Goonhilly Downs and come up in hard, broken bands once the bucket bites. Where the soil is thin, rainwater sits on the heath, so drainage is designed before any base goes down.
We reach the peninsula down the A3083, past RNAS Culdrose, and from there the lanes tighten towards Mullion, Ruan Minor, Cadgwith and Coverack. Around St Keverne the land opens out into livestock farms, and much of the coastline lies within the Cornwall National Landscape, where planning officers look closely at new buildings, tracks and hard surfacing.
Work on The Lizard follows the land. Farm tracks, cattle shed bases and yards make up much of it, alongside ménages for equestrian yards, and driveways and patios for homes from Lizard village to Mullion. Each project begins with a site visit to see what the rock and the water are doing on your plot.
Our Groundworks and Plant Hire Services on The Lizard
Agricultural and Equestrian Groundworks
Farm and equestrian. The peninsula's farms and yards lead this group: agricultural groundworks, farm track construction, agricultural buildings, horse arena construction, silage clamps and slurry stores and farm concrete yards. Each is set out in more detail below.
Plant Hire
Plant hire. Plant hire is available with one of our operators or self-drive, and the 14-tonne excavator carries breakers for the harder serpentine digs. Mini digger hire suits the cove villages, where access is tight, and chipper hire follows hedge and scrub clearance along field boundaries.
Groundworks and Drainage
Groundworks and drainage. Groundworks and concrete works begin with what the rock allows. Drainage on wet heath often means a soakaway or a septic tank for a rural property, tree removal and land clearance reclaims scrub-covered ground, and setting out fixes the levels before footings are dug.
Driveways and Landscaping
Driveways and landscaping. Driveways in resin, tarmac or concrete for homes that face the salt wind, hard landscaping and patios laid to shed heavy rain, retaining walls where a garden steps down towards the sea, and fencing for paddocks and field edges.
Agricultural and Equestrian Groundworks on The Lizard
Farming on the peninsula means livestock, wind-exposed fields and ground that can change from one gateway to the next. We plan each project around the herd and the farming year.
Horse arena construction
ménages with a drainage layer built for ground where surface water lingers.
Agricultural groundworks
the complete package for a Lizard farm, from field drains to hardstanding.
Agricultural buildings
excavation, concrete pads and frame erection for cattle sheds and machinery stores.
Farm track construction
graded stone tracks with the camber to carry machinery over soft ground.
Farm concrete yards
slabs graded so rainwater and yard washings run to separate outlets.
Silage clamps and slurry stores
built to SSAFO and BS 5502, and sited with care on a peninsula of streams and coves.
Why The Lizard Chooses Luna Maintenance
The right machine for serpentineHard rock calls for weight and breakers, and a cove cottage calls for a 2-tonne mini. Our fleet covers both, and every machine on your project is ours.
Accredited for farm and estate workCHAS accredited, a Constructionline Gold member and CPCS-carded on the plant: the credentials landowners check before a contractor comes through the gate.
Hours that suit a farming dayWe work 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, so the work fits round milking and the season. Ross Kitto, with 29 years in the trade, walks the site with you before anything is priced.
Our Farm and Groundworks Projects
Our portfolio covers the work this peninsula calls for: drained horse arenas finished with timber rails, steel-frame sheds on fresh concrete bases, farm tracks, and tree clearance with the 14-tonne excavator and tree shear. Each one was built by our own crew.
Trusted With Repeat Farm Projects
Farm customers ask us back project after project. In our customers' own words:
"Their time management, cost structure and quality of work has been excellent and I would be delighted to recommend them."
"They did the project promptly and charged exactly what they quoted, even doing a few extra bits for me whilst they were on site."
"I was very happy with the work carried and I would certainly use him again. He is a consummate professional at what he does."
Nearby Areas We Cover
Questions About Working on The Lizard
Do you work on The Lizard?
Can you dig in serpentine rock?
Do you take on farm and equestrian work on The Lizard?
Will your machines fit down narrow Lizard lanes?
Planning a Project on The Lizard?
From a new ménage to a cattle shed base or a family driveway, we will walk the ground with you and set out the work, the specification and the price in a written quote. The visit and the quote are free.
Call Ross on 07460 077745·Book a free site visit online
Based in Hayle, working across West Cornwall
Phone: 07460 077745
Email: office@lunamaintenanceltd.com
Hours: 7am to 7pm, 7 days a week
Last updated: 20 October 2026