Types

Typical agricultural barbed wire fencing.

Split-rail fencing common in timber-rich areas.

A chain-link wire fence surrounding a field.

Fence of summer garden.

Wrought iron fencing is often used in historic districts and to surround cemeteries.

By function

• Agricultural fencing, to keep livestock in and/or predators out
• Privacy fencing, to provide privacy and security ^[1]
• Temporary fencing, to provide safety, security, and to direct movement; wherever temporary access control is required, especially on building and construction sites
• Perimeter fencing, to prevent trespassing or theft and/or to keep children and pets from wandering away.
• Decorative fencing, to enhance the appearance of a property, garden or other landscaping
• Boundary fencing, to demarcate a piece of real property
• Newt fencing, amphibian fencing, drift fencing or turtle fence, a low fence of plastic sheeting or similar materials to restrict movement of amphibians or reptiles.
• Pest-exclusion fence
• Pet fence Underground fence for pet containment
• Pool fence
• Snow fence

A balustrade or railing is a kind of fence to prevent people from falling over the edge, for example, on a balcony, stairway (see railing system), roof, bridge, or elsewhere near a body of water, places where people stand or walk and the terrain is dangerously inclined.

By construction

• Brushwood fencing, a fence made using wires either side to compact the brushwood material together.
• Chain-link fencing, wire fencing made of wires woven together
• Close boarded fencing, Strong and robust fence constructed from morticed posts, arris rails and vertical feather edge boards
• Concrete fence, easy to install and highly durable
• Ha-ha (or sunken fence)
• Hurdle fencing, made from moveable sections
• Palisade (Stakewall)
• Picket fences, generally a waist-high, painted, partially decorative fence
• Post-and-rail fencing
• Roundpole fences, similar to post-and-rail fencing but more closely spaced rails, typical of Scandinavia and other areas rich in raw timber.
  
  

  

  Slate fencing in Mid-Wales
• Slate fence, a type of palisade made of vertical slabs of slate wired together. Commonly used in parts of Wales.
• Spear-top fence
• Split-rail fences made of timber, often laid in a zig-zag pattern, particularly in newly settled parts of the United States and Canada
• Stockade fence, a variation of the picket fence that is typically 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 m) high with pickets placed adjacent to one another with no space between. This type of fence is commonly used for privacy.
• Vinyl fencing
• Wattle fencing, of split branches woven between stakes.
• Wood-panel fencing
• Wrought iron fencing, made from tube steel, also known as ornamental iron.
• Hedge, including:
  • Cactus fence
  • Hedgerows of intertwined, living shrubs (constructed by hedge laying)
  • Live fencing is the use of live woody species for fences.
  • Turf mounds in semiarid grasslands such as the western United States or Russian steppes`
• Wall fences, including:
  • Dry-stone wall or rock fence, often agricultural
• Wire fences
  • Smooth wire fence
  • Barbed wire fence
  • Electric fence
  • Woven wire fencing, many designs, from fine chicken wire to heavy mesh "sheep fence" or "ring fence"
  • Welded wire mesh fence