And there I was worrying about kerbing the alloys...

Oh no!

pretty much every car where i live looks like that, its just going to be a matter of time

Oh dear, my sympathy goes out to you, it will never feel like the same car again. As pointed out by The Macs, silver is a really hard colour to match even if they replace the entire door skins, it's the way the metallic flakes lie in silver that are so so hard to make match the rest of the body.
If you whizz up to LPR they have an Indus Silver Prestige 5 door in their showroom, they might let you have two doors off it!

Ouch!!!

Oh that's really annoying - a good, proper bodyshop will be able to sort that for you. Paint match is a challenge and these days is very much down to the skill of the paint mixing operative (just in case you might be thinking there is a tin of Indus Silver sitting on a shelf with your name on it). Most 'shops will mix the paint to a perfect match and then spray part of the adjacent undamaged panels (typically called flashing-in or blending in the trade) to completely disguise the new paint. There is a big human-skill factor here and it depends how good the paintshop team are.

I did note that on my Evoque test-drive I did have that uncomfortable feeling of not knowing exactly where the left-side of the vehicle was - I think because there is a sensation of sitting 'low' in the car - I get the same feeling with the A5 Cabrio I have now. It was for this very reason I spec'd the surround cameras - to be able to see vertically down the sides of the car...

Bummer, Sorry for you...! Hope the repairs go well.

Sorry to see that! On a more positive note I've had two silver cars have paintwork done which was an excellent match - just be selective as to the body shop you use and ensure you check it very thoroughly before accepting it post repair

Oh nooooooooooo

Pack the dents will filler and then wrap that side in silver, no- one will ever know.?

I can imagine how you felt as I did something similar in my TT years ago and can still remember that sinking feeling when I got out to have a look at the damage.

Good luck with the repair.

Wow! How lovely are you lot?

The good news is that my insurers will let me use a Land Rover approved body-shop repair facility. My wife - (she was at the wheel so I currently occupy the moral high-ground) - is now the 3rd person to have struck this bollard, apparently. Surround cameras are unlikely to have helped as she was exiting a car-park onto a main road and would have been watching the traffic (probably).

I'll post 'after' pics in due course.