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What do you think of when the word “fence” is mentioned? Maybe the white picket fences of the American dream and stories of Tom Sawyer, perhaps the high security fences in that prison movie you just watched, or possibly the unattractive fence that sticks out for all the wrong reasons in your neighbourhood? Whatever images are conjured up, it can be surprising to some that the issue of fences has important implications in a wide range of situations, both positive and negative.

Metal fencing has caused upset and outrage amongst residents in Frome, Somerset.  

The fencing, which has been installed either side of a public footpath that runs across the Rodden Lake Stream Meadow, restricts public access to the much loved fields - home to a variety of wildlife, flora and fauna.

St Helen's Primary School in Hartlepool found itself without two sections of its fence one morning thanks to particularly heartless thieves.  

Two 5 foot sections of the solid wooden fencing, worth around £400, were found missing by the school's caretaker while he was carrying out his usual checks one Tuesday morning.