Welcome to Retaining Wall Solutions We help you solve retaining wall type selection and advise on budget project costs. We have worked with suppliers and engineering specialists across the UK construction sector to develop this one-stop, online platform for Retaining Wall Solutions. Inside the website you will find useful content, technical downloads and price guides on pretty much every type of Retaining Wall Solution on the market. Retaining Walls Types Retaining walls Types – We have detailed eight Retaining Walls Types – Gravity concrete block, Inclined concrete block, Gabion Basket, Reinforced concrete block, L shape, Concrete criblock, timber criblock and reinforced soil. Before we begin let’s look at the history of retaining walls. Retaining Walls date back to ancient Egypt. They were designed to hold back the river Nile. The Nile would flood and erode the soil. The Egyptians build Gabion style retaining wall from reeds. The walls would divert the flow of the Nile into reservoirs as well as irrigating the fields. A retaining wall is a structure made from large rocks, baskets filled with small rocks, treated timber, cast in-situ concrete and concrete blocks. Some of the types are simple to build and others more difficult. Some have long life spans and other shorter life span. Some are economical and some more expensive. There are four main types of retaining walls: Gravity Retaining Walls Cantilever Retaining Walls Sheet Pile Retaining Wall Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls Gravity Retaining Walls Types Gravity retaining wall use their mass to act as resistance to hold back the retained earth. To understand the design principles and modes of retaining wall failure read Retaining wall design. There are three types of gravity retaining walls: Gabion Basket Concrete Block Inclined Gabion and Concrete Block Masonry