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6 Best Artificial Grass Companies in Essex (2026)

Artificial Grass It, Fake Grass Essex, Easigrass Essex & Hertfordshire and three more, compared by area and reviews. Updated October 2026.

The short version before you read the detail

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Pick by area first, then by company

Essex runs from the London border to the coast. Matching the installer to your part of the county matters more than any ranking.

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We are strongest in west Essex

We cover Harlow, Epping, Waltham Abbey, Chigwell, Dunmow, Saffron Walden, Braintree and Chelmsford from Royston. Around Hornchurch, Upminster or Brentwood, the other firms here are closer.

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Compare quote scope, not headline price

Some Essex firms publish per square metre prices and some do not. Either way, the dig-out, sub-base, waste removal, and edging decide the real value.

Essex runs from the London border to the coast, so the right installer depends on where you live. This is a shortlist of six companies drawn from those that ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity recommended for Essex in October 2026, checked on 4 October 2026 against Google and Checkatrade. We are Artificial Grass It, the first entry, and we cover west and mid Essex from Royston. In south Essex the others are closer, and we say so.

The shortlist at a glance

Artificial Grass It, west Essex from Royston: artificial grass specialist since 2013, more than 500 lawns installed, rated 5.0 on Google. That is us.

Fake Grass Essex, Hornchurch: rated 10 out of 10 on Checkatrade with 295 reviews in total, and published fitted prices of £50 to £90 per square metre.

Easigrass Essex & Hertfordshire, Brentwood: an official Easigrass dealer, 5.0 from 132 Google reviews and two show sites.

Essex Artificial Grass, Upminster: 5.0 from 46 Google reviews, installations from £50 per square metre and an online cost calculator.

Premier Artificial Lawns, Great Dunmow: 5.0 from 18 Google reviews, domestic and sports surfaces.

Artificial Grass Depot, Thornwood near Epping: mainly a supplier with an online shop, and also installs across Essex and East London.

1. Artificial Grass It (west Essex, based in Royston)

That is us, so read this entry knowing we wrote it. We have supplied and installed artificial grass since 2013 and laid more than 500 lawns, covering west and mid Essex from our base in Royston: Harlow, Epping, Waltham Abbey, Chigwell, Dunmow, Saffron Walden, Braintree, Chelmsford and the villages between. We are rated 5.0 on Google.

Every job gets a full dig-out, a compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base, drainage and secure edging, done by our own team, and we send a fixed written quote after a free survey. If you are in Hornchurch, Upminster, Southend or Basildon, the firms below are closer to you than we are, and travel distance matters on a groundwork-heavy job.

2. Fake Grass Essex (Hornchurch)

Fake Grass Essex has the strongest vetted record on this list: 295 Checkatrade reviews as a member since 2016, with a Checkatrade score of 10 out of 10 based on its last 12 months. It specialises in artificial grass, installs Trulawn products, and is a sister company of Herringbone Driveways.

It publishes a fitted price range of £50 to £90 per square metre for most homes and takes no deposit, with payment on completion. Hornchurch sits in the London Borough of Havering on the Essex border, so it is well placed for Romford, Brentwood and south Essex.

3. Easigrass Essex & Hertfordshire (Brentwood)

Easigrass Essex & Hertfordshire is an official Easigrass dealer covering Essex, operated by Green Grass Essex Ltd, which was incorporated in 2016. It holds 5.0 from 132 Google reviews.

You can see the products at its show sites at Hunters Chase garden centre in Hutton and at Marks Tey near Colchester, and its products carry a 10 year warranty. It is a good fit if you want a national brand with a showroom near Brentwood, Chelmsford or Colchester.

4. Essex Artificial Grass (Upminster)

Essex Artificial Grass Ltd, incorporated in 2015, holds 5.0 from 46 Google reviews and sells its own Supreme range of grass with a ten year guarantee.

It has the most open pricing on this list: supply from £25 per square metre, installations from £50 per square metre and an online cost calculator. It says it has laid more than 120,000 square metres across Essex. If you want a public price before anyone visits, start here.

5. Premier Artificial Lawns (Great Dunmow)

Premier Artificial Lawns installs domestic lawns as well as commercial, sports and event surfaces, and holds 5.0 from 18 Google reviews. It says it has more than 20 years of experience installing artificial grass and guarantees its grass for 10 years.

It suits homes around Dunmow, Braintree and Uttlesford, and projects with a sports or commercial element.

6. Artificial Grass Depot (Thornwood, Epping)

Artificial Grass Depot is mainly a supplier, with an online shop selling grass from £18.25 per square metre plus edging and other materials, and it also offers installation across Essex and East London.

It has no public reviews on Google yet, so ask for references if you want it to install. It is a sensible stop around Epping if you plan to lay the grass yourself.

How to compare artificial grass quotes in Essex

Ask every company to state the dig-out depth, the sub-base material and compaction, whether waste removal is included, and how the edges will be fixed. Fake Grass Essex and Essex Artificial Grass publish installation prices, and we quote fixed after a survey. A published number only means something once you know what scope sits behind it.

Then ask who actually does the work, and read reviews from your own town rather than the overall score. A Chigwell review that mentions access through the house and a bill that matched the quote tells you more than any star average. Distance matters too: a local team spends its day on your garden, not on the A127.

How we chose this list

Artificial Grass It is our company and we placed ourselves first for west and mid Essex, the area we serve best. The other five are a shortlist drawn from the companies ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity recommended for Essex in October 2026, limited to firms that are trading and based in or regularly covering the county. It is not an exhaustive list.

Every rating and review count was checked on 4 October 2026 on the platform named, and Google figures come from each company's Google Maps listing on the same date. Nobody paid to be listed, we have no commercial relationship with any of them, and where a figure is a company's own claim, we have said so.

Questions homeowners usually ask

It depends where you are. For west and mid Essex we would argue for ourselves: artificial grass specialists since 2013 with more than 500 lawns installed, a full dig-out on every job and a fixed written quote after a free survey. Fake Grass Essex in Hornchurch has the strongest vetted record on this list, rated 10 out of 10 on Checkatrade with 295 reviews in total. Easigrass Essex & Hertfordshire in Brentwood has the most Google reviews on this list, 5.0 from 132.

Two firms in this comparison publish figures: Fake Grass Essex quotes £50 to £90 per square metre fitted for most homes, and Essex Artificial Grass lists installations from £50 per square metre. We quote fixed after a survey instead, because dig-out, access, and edging move real prices more than area does.

We cover Harlow, Epping, Waltham Abbey, Chigwell, Dunmow, Saffron Walden, and nearby villages from our base in Royston. Premier Artificial Lawns in Great Dunmow also covers the Uttlesford area.

It is a legitimate style choice, not a mark of honesty either way. Published rates help you shortlist quickly but rarely include every garden's groundwork reality. A fixed written quote after a survey removes the risk of the price growing later. Either way, get the full scope in writing.

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