[buckstar555]

Ive lifted old broken concrete base,that was my old patio (And Ants Home) So I dont want to lay slabs as area is not square and dont want to cut slabs? I priced stone chips £200 per tonne,I only need 1xtonne but still pricey. So any suggestions please. Thanks

[Trillium]

that's a tough question to answer. How about something like mixed stuff: some stone chips (bagged) surrounding flat field stones and slices of tree trunks and some homemade decorative slabs. This is sometimes called crazy paving. Or, you could do a camomile 'lawn' if the area is not heavily used.
Check salvage yards for any bargain items you can use.

[Moosey]

If you are not fussed as to what stone chips you get you should be able to get them for way less than £200 tonne.

Round here pea gravel is £62.00 tonne try your local builders merchant.  Lime stone will be cheeper but goes grey after a fairly short time.

[penance]

Travis Perkins have gravel at around £50 a tonne.

[celjaci]

You could use crushed limestone (aka crusher run or quarry bottoms! ) round here we can collect it for £16 / tonne ( or £40 a big blue bag delivered from Jewsons) and top it off with a few small bags of expensive decorative chippings or cheap gravel. This avoids the limestone being carried into the house on shoes.
Ideally the limestone needs compacting with a wacker plate but you could hire one for £20 and still be quids in