Enhance Your Outdoor Spaces with Red, Brown, and Orange Clay Pavers

Red, brown, and orange brick pavers are a timeless and versatile choice for any outdoor space. These clay pavers bring a warm, earthy aesthetic that blends beautifully with natural surroundings. Whether you're designing a winding brick path, a distinguished driveway, or an inviting brick patio, red, brown, and orange clay pavers offer a rich palette of colours that can transform your landscape. These pavers are not only visually appealing but also incredibly durable, ensuring that your outdoor spaces will stand the test of time. If you’re at the start of your garden project, read our Buyer’s Guide To Paving to learn more about which materials will work best in your design.

Hear It from A Designer

Multi award-winning garden designer, Nic Howard, has used red-brown clay paving across multiple projects in his illustrious career, including the use of Abbey Dark Multi clay pavers in his own garden, Little Orchards. Nic says of the bricks, "The Abbey Dark Multi pavers are such a versatile material that we like to use it in most of our projects. They go just as well in a traditional country garden scheme as they do in a modern and contemporary scheme. The colour adds warmth to a scheme and compliments the green of foliage."

Nic teamed up with renowned sculpture, David Harber, at the 2016 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, when he paired Abbey Dark Multi clay bricks with our silver Grey Porcelain, to win Best Trade Stand at the show. Combining the modern, consistent grey finish of the silver porcelain alongside the warmth of the clay pavers, gave Nic the perfect backdrop for a modern garden with a classical twist.

The Appeal of Red Clay Pavers

Red clay pavers are a classic choice, evoking a sense of tradition and timeless elegance. Their vibrant hues can range from deep terracotta to lighter, sun-baked tones, offering a variety of options to suit your design preferences. Red pavers are particularly effective in creating warm, inviting spaces that feel both cosy and sophisticated. Here, red pavers paired beautifully with green foliage and immaculate lawns show what makes them the ideal paving material for garden paths, red brick patios, and borders around grass or flower beds.

The Warmth of Brown Clay Pavers

Brown clay pavers bring a sense of earthy stability and understated elegance to any outdoor setting. Their natural tones, ranging from rich chocolate to lighter caramel shades, provide a versatile base that complements a wide array of architectural styles. Brown pavers are perfect if creating a pathway that blends seamlessly into the landscape, offering a natural transition between different areas of your outdoor space. They are also highly effective in masking dirt and wear, making them a practical choice for high-traffic areas like driveways and walkways.

Demonstrating the vibrancy and subtle warmth of our Verona Clay Pavers at the 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, designer Max Parker-Smith created a 5* trade stand for luxury outdoor furniture manufacturer, Indian Ocean.

The Vibrancy of Orange Clay Pavers

Orange clay pavers infuse outdoor spaces with a lively, energetic feel. Their bright, sun-kissed tones can add a touch of Mediterranean flair to your garden or patio, creating a vibrant contrast against lush greenery and natural stone or porcelain elements. Orange pavers are excellent for creating focal points in your landscape design, such as a central patio or a striking, curvy garden path. Their unique colour can also be used to highlight specific areas of your outdoor space, drawing attention to features like water fountains, seating areas, or outdoor kitchens.

Selected Featured Products

Here’s a handful of stand-out products within our range of red, brown, and orange-coloured clay bricks:

• Abbey Dark Multi: One of our most popular garden pavers, these bricks combine deep red and brown hues, offering a rich, multi-tonal look that enhances the visual depth of driveways and walkways. Used here by multi-award-winning landscaper, Shoots & Leaves, in a stunning Thames-side garden.

• Aldridge: A versatile paver offering rich brown tones, Aldridge adds a natural, earthy feel to garden paths and patios. Scottish designer Mags Wright combines the clays with smooth Buff Sandstone, to create a timeless Edinburgh entranceway in an inviting front garden scheme.

• Cotswold: With its warm, orange-brown tones, Cotswold pavers are perfect for creating inviting, timeless outdoor areas. This paver is from our rustic-looking Cottage Garden Range, which brings together bricks that are perfect for traditional garden designs.

• Dorset Antique: This paver offers a weathered, rustic appearance with warm red and brown tones, perfect for adding a vintage charm to any outdoor space. Not only suitable to be used in more traditional projects, this paver combines effortlessly with more modern materials, demonstrated here, by this magnificent Artisan Landscapes scheme, which combines Beige Sawn Sandstone Steps with the red-brown clay pavers.

• Winton: Featuring a smooth texture and deep terracotta hue, Winton pavers provide a classic and elegant finish, ideal for driveways and patios. Winton brick pavers can add a timeless kerb appeal to your property, as demonstrated in this North London garden project by the award-winning duo Georgia Lindsay and Nordland Landscapes.

Durability and Longevity

A key benefit of clay pavers is their exceptional durability. London Stone’s sister company, Chelmer Valley, has been importing and distributing clay bricks from Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, for decades. Our history of clay paving in the UK describes how it’s been used as a paving material for centuries. Made from natural clay that is fired at high temperatures, these pavers are incredibly strong and resistant to the elements.

A comparison of clay and concrete pavers reveals that unlike concrete pavers, which can fade and wear over time, clay pavers retain their colour and structural integrity. They are also highly resistant to cracking and breaking, even under heavy loads, which is why clay pavers are an ideal choice for driveways and other high-traffic areas.

Environmental Benefits

What makes clay pavers an environmentally friendly choice for your outdoor spaces? They are made from natural materials (clay, sand, and water) and due to the way they are laid (on a ‘dry’ bed), can be repurposed at the end of their lifecycle. Additionally, the production process for clay pavers is energy-efficient, using a mix of recyclable raw materials and resource-saving manufacturing processes. This results in clay pavers having a lower carbon footprint than some other paving materials.

Installing Clay Pavers – Hints & Tips

Installing clay pavers can be a relatively straightforward process, but it requires careful planning and attention to detail to ensure a long-lasting, professional finish. We’ve teamed up with experienced, respected landscaper and trainer, Mark Youde, of The Landscape Academy, to show you how to install clay pavers.

Here’s a brief written guide to help you get started:

1. Preparation: Excavate your subgrade depending on your application (i.e. a patio or driveway) and lay a solid base using well graded Type-1 stone material. Unlike natural stone or porcelain paving, clays pavers do not need to be installed on a sand and cement mortar base and are best ‘dry laid.’

2. Edging: Ensure that the edge course is held in place by a haunch made up of a lean mortar mix. This prevents lateral movement in the paving.

3. Laying the pavers: Ensure that you unpack a suitable number of bricks to ensure that colour variation is spread equally when laying. Arrange the pavers as per your chosen laying pattern, and ensure they are level, within the recommended fall rates of 1:80 – 1:60.

4. Compaction and joint filling: Compact the laid clay pavers using a vibrating plate compactor with a rubber mat attachment, and then fill the joints with 2-4mm grade sand until the clay pavers are unable to move. Brush a final layer of fine sand (0-2mm) over the area.

If you are laying a driveway, it may have to be permeable, and/or SuDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) compliant. This is a highly technical area of designing and installing a driveway. Read our break-down of SuDS information and regulations so that you can make an informed decision about your driveway material. London Stone recommends speaking to a professional SuDS expert before installing any driveway materials, should you have any concerns about whether your application needs to be SuDS compliant.

For detailed guidance, refer to our comprehensive Clay Paving Installation Guide. 

Clay Paving FAQs

How long do clay pavers last?

Clay pavers are known for their longevity and can last for decades, even in high-traffic areas. With proper installation and maintenance, they can remain in excellent condition for over 125 years.

Are clay pavers suitable for driveways?

Yes, clay pavers are an excellent choice for driveways due to their strength and durability. They can withstand the weight of vehicles without cracking or breaking and are resistant to wear and tear. Discover clay pavers suitable for driveways.

Do clay pavers fade over time?

Unlike concrete block paving, clay pavers retain their colour over time. The natural pigments in the clay are baked into the material during the manufacturing process, ensuring long-lasting vibrancy, and a lasting finish.

How do I maintain clay pavers?

Clay pavers require minimal maintenance. Regular sweeping and occasional washing with water are usually sufficient to keep them looking their best. You may also want to reapply jointing sand every few years to maintain their appearance and integrity.

What laying pattern should I choose?

A key feature of clay paving is that the bricks are smaller in dimension than the larger paving slabs you see with porcelain and natural stone, giving you more laying patterns to choose from. Learn more about choosing the right laying pattern for your design.

Can clay pavers be used in cold climates?

Yes, clay pavers are frost-resistant and can be used in areas that experience freezing temperatures. They are less likely to crack due to frost than some other types of pavers, making them a reliable choice for colder climates.

Can I view red, brown, and orange clay pavers in person?

Absolutely. We have showrooms located nationwide, where you can view our materials in situ, speak with members of our friendly, experienced sales team, and enjoy complimentary refreshments while you browse. You’ll never receive a ‘hard sell’ attitude from us. Here’s the Clay Paving display at our Bristol Showroom, to give you an idea of what to expect.

Can I install clay pavers myself?

It is possible to install clay pavers yourself if you have some DIY experience. However, read why we recommend hiring a landscaping professional to ensure a perfect finish, especially for large or complex projects.

How do I contact London Stone, and why should I buy from you?

There are several ways to contact us, including over WhatsApp, phone, email, or in person across our showrooms and trade counters.

London Stone offer FREE nationwide delivery on orders £750 + VAT and over (often with ‘next day’ delivery available), along with hassle-free returns, should you change your mind.