Pond in the front garden - liability

[breamster]

Thanks for all the comments..

I'm interested mainly in the legal and liability side. A colleague raised the concern about it.

There is also a common sense consideration. As Surveyor described ponds can have some serious safety concerns. Where we live we are surrounded by rivers and very close to the sea. Even so Surveyor's example touched a nerve.

Anyone visiting the house will need to stray along way off the path to get near it. Helping out with a friend's pond years ago we did put in a lattice of rebar in just below the surface so maybe that will be an option again.

I must admit the dire warnings of flocks of flamingo did make me laugh far more than it should though!!