Independent · UK · Tested in real gardens
The right lawn mower for your garden
Eleven years. Hundreds of mowers bought, borrowed and tested on real British lawns. No sponsored top-tens. No copy-pasted retailer review feeds. Just honest advice on the mower that will actually suit your garden — from someone who has spent more weekends pushing them than they care to admit.
Browse by power type
Cordless lawn mowers
Quiet, light, no fuel — the default choice for UK gardens under 600 m².
Read the guide → Trending 2026Robot lawn mowers
Set them and forget them. Best for medium lawns and time-poor owners.
Read the guide → Big lawnsPetrol lawn mowers
Still the king for anything over 800 m² or rough wet grass.
Read the guide → Budget pickElectric lawn mowers
Corded mains-powered. Cheapest path to a cleanly cut small lawn.
Read the guide → AcreageRide-on lawn mowers
For lawns over 1000 m². We have ridden every model worth buying.
Read the guide → Slopes & banksHover lawn mowers
Float-on-air mowers — best for steep banks and rough lawns.
Read the guide →How we test these things
Every mower on this site gets tested on three real gardens — a tiny London terrace lawn, a medium suburban one, and a big lumpy mixed lawn with a slope. We measure deck accuracy with a ruler, time runtime to flat (twice — once dry, once wet), weigh every mower ourselves on a luggage scale, and then keep using them. To make our recommended list, a mower has to survive 30+ mowing sessions and at least one British winter in the shed. Plenty don't.
One thing worth saying: we're independent. Manufacturers don't pay us for placement. We do earn affiliate commission when you buy through our links — that's how this site keeps the lights on — but it never, ever decides who tops a list. If a £99 Bosch beats a £600 premium mower on test, the Bosch wins.