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Galvanised wire mesh: which roll to buy

Updated: October 2026

You are looking at a green roll, a rodent title and a coil of chicken wire, and the eleven amazon.co.uk prices in this set run from £6.99 to £66.99. Galvanised wire mesh is the outdoor phrase, yet the hole decides the job before the brand. A 6 mm square and a 6 cm square can share a search, and a 200 mm strip will not stand as a boundary. Open the right row on the [wire mesh comparison](/hub/fencing-and-wire/wire-mesh). The Products Compared editorial team compared these listings on 16 October 2026, with no lab test. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are looking at a green roll, a rodent title and a coil of chicken wire, and the eleven amazon.co.uk prices in this set run from £6.99 to £66.99.

Our top picks

C&Xanadu C&Xanadu 200 mm x 3 m rat mesh

Best overall

C&Xanadu C&Xanadu 200 mm x 3 m rat mesh
8.7/10about £11.58
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Not stated 304 stainless mesh sheets, pack of 6

Preis-Tipp

Not stated 304 stainless mesh sheets, pack of 6
7.9/10about £6.99
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uyoyous uyoyous green mesh 1 m x 30 m

Alternative

uyoyous uyoyous green mesh 1 m x 30 m
3.9/10about £66.99
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On this page
  1. 1.Start with the hole, not the brand
  2. 2.Welded, hexagonal or woven
  3. 3.Zinc, PVC or 304 stainless
  4. 4.Width, wire thickness and the fence you still build
  5. 5.Which row to open next

Start with the hole, not the brand

Buy the opening first. In this set the small end is woven 304 cloth at about 1 mm, then welded mesh at 6 mm or 7 mm, then a PVC-coated strip at 13 mm. Hexagonal netting opens to 15 mm by 25 mm or 25 mm by 50 mm. The tall green roll is 6 cm by 6 cm, and a mouse can pass that hole. The uyoyous roll is 1 m by 30 m with 6 cm holes, and a mouse claim there is the seller’s wording. The £6.99 sheets are 20-mesh with no millimetre figure, so they are not a measured 6 mm roll.

Welded, hexagonal or woven

Welded mesh keeps a squarer hole because each crossing is a joint. Hexagonal netting is a light twist you can gather around a pot, and you can also push a loop out of shape. Woven 304 cloth is a fine cover, 300 mm wide, rather than a long fence. Hardware cloth on these pages means small welded mesh, so use the millimetre figure. Both hexagonal rolls are 0.5 mm galvanised wire. Anesty adds a plier, gloves and 50 ties. Compared with 6 mm welded mesh, either hexagon buys length and gives up the small hole. That wire is the wrong buy if a fox is the animal you need to stop.
C&Xanadu C&Xanadu 200 mm x 3 m rat mesh

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C&Xanadu C&Xanadu 200 mm x 3 m rat mesh
8.7/10about £11.58
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Zinc, PVC or 304 stainless

These listings use zinc, green PVC over a claimed galvanised core, or 304 stainless. Hot-dip galvanised after welding is the wording on C&Xanadu and on JAHOMFAI, which states 0.8 mm wire. PICK FOR LIFE says double zinc and prints never rust, which is the seller’s wording. Cut ends are bare, and no page here has a rust-life test. Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9, that public line sits beside the goods. PVC is a sleeve, not proof of steel by itself. On the £66.99 roll the material field names only polyvinyl chloride, and one of six reviewers reported plastic with no metal. Use stainless on a vent when you want that metal named. Use a long galvanised roll when you need metres.

Width, wire thickness and the fence you still build

A 15 cm by 21 cm sheet can cover one air brick. A 20 cm or 30 cm roll is a skirt or a patch. The 200 mm strip will not become a boundary if you stand it on edge. The only 1 m roll still needs posts. Stated wire, where the page gives it, is 0.3 mm, 0.5 mm or 0.8 mm. C&Xanadu leaves the gauge blank. Leave a 13 cm by 13 cm hedgehog hole where the boundary need not exclude animals.

Which row to open next

If the animal is a mouse or a rat, open a 6 mm or 7 mm welded row, or a 1 mm cloth, and ignore a 6 cm title. If you are covering a bed and you can live with a push, open a hexagonal roll. If you need metres of outdoor steel, take galvanised length. If you need one named metal on a vent, take 304 stainless.

Common questions

What hole size should I buy for mice?
In this set the pieces sold for mice and rats are welded rolls at 6 mm or 7 mm, woven cloth at about 1 mm, and 20-mesh sheets that do not state a millimetre opening. A 15 mm, 25 mm or 60 mm hole is a different job, even when the title mentions pests. Measure the gap as well. A correct hole with a loose edge still leaves a route around the patch.
Is galvanised mesh enough outdoors, or do I need stainless steel?
Galvanised mesh is what the longer outdoor rolls use, including hot-dip wording on two of the 6 mm pieces. Stainless 304 is the cloth and the sheet pack. Choose stainless for a small vent when you want that metal named, and galvanised when you need length. Never rust on a zinc title is a slogan, and a cut end is bare metal.
Why is one green roll £66.99 when other mesh is about £10?
The £66.99 uyoyous roll is 1 m by 30 m with 6 cm holes, so you pay for area and height, not for a finer pest mesh. Rolls near £10 are short strips, a 16 m hexagonal net, or a 1.2 m stainless cloth. Read the material field too: one of six reviewers reported plastic and no metal and returned that dearer roll.
Can a 20 cm or 30 cm roll fence the garden?
A 20 cm or 30 cm width is a skirt, a vent patch or a gap cover. The 200 mm C&Xanadu piece is 3 m long, and the 300 mm stainless cloth is a fine screen. The 1 m by 30 m roll is the only piece here with fence height, it still needs posts, and its holes are 6 cm.
Do I need planning permission before I buy a 1 m high roll?
In England the Planning Portal usually limits a new fence to 1 metre beside a highway used by vehicles, including the footpath, and 2 metres elsewhere. Wales matches those heights. Scotland uses 1 metre toward a road and removes the right in a conservation area. Northern Ireland was not confirmed. Check the frontage before you set posts.

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Sources

Sources from the research digest. amazon.co.uk listings in this comparison were checked for the 16 October 2026 score. We did not run a laboratory test.

  1. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  2. Planning Portal: Fences, gates and garden walls (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  3. GOV.WALES: Planning permission for fences, gates and garden walls (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  4. Scottish Government: Householder permitted development rights, Class 3E (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  5. GOV.UK: When is permission required? (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  6. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  7. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, section 1 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  8. Hedgehog Street: Link your garden (retrieved 15 October 2026)