diff --git a/lang/_manifest_exclude b/lang/_manifest_exclude
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/lang/en.yml b/lang/en.yml
index 37f9f86e..892faf86 100644
--- a/lang/en.yml
+++ b/lang/en.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ en:
     CREATE_LINK: 'Create link'
     MENUTITLE: 'Link fields'
     UPDATE_LINK: 'Update link'
+  SilverStripe\LinkField\Form\ExternalLinkField:
+    INVALID: 'Please enter a valid url'
+  SilverStripe\LinkField\Form\PhoneField:
+    INVALID: 'Please enter a valid phone number'
   SilverStripe\LinkField\Form\Traits\AllowedLinkClassesTrait:
     INVALID_TYPECLASS: '"{class}": {typeclass} is not a valid Link Type'
     INVALID_TYPECLASS_EMPTY: '"{class}": Allowed types cannot be empty'
@@ -81,3 +85,5 @@ en:
     has_one_Page: Page
   SilverStripe\LinkField\Tasks\LinkableMigrationTask:
     VERSIONED_STATUS_MISMATCH: 'Linkable and LinkField do not have matching Versioned applications. Make sure that both are either un-Versioned or Versioned'
+  SilverStripe\LinkField\Validators\HasOneCanViewValidator:
+    CANNOTBEVIEWED: '{name} cannot be viewed'
diff --git a/src/Form/ExternalLinkField.php b/src/Form/ExternalLinkField.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44545d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Form/ExternalLinkField.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\LinkField\Form;
+
+use SilverStripe\Forms\TextField;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\Validator;
+
+/**
+ * Text input field with validation for a url
+ */
+class ExternalLinkField extends TextField
+{
+    /**
+     * This needs to be not surronded by regex delimiters so that it works on the frontend
+     */
+    private const RX = '^[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)$';
+
+    /**
+     * This is used for the <input> element type="text" attribute
+     * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/tel
+     */
+    protected $inputType = 'url';
+
+    /**
+     * This is added as a classname to the <input> element
+     */
+    public function Type()
+    {
+        return 'url text';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Validator $validator
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function validate($validator)
+    {
+        $result = true;
+        $this->value = trim($this->value ?? '');
+        if ($this->value && !preg_match('#' . self::RX . '#', $this->value)) {
+            $validator->validationError(
+                $this->name,
+                _t(__CLASS__ . '.INVALID', 'Please enter a valid url'),
+                'validation'
+            );
+            $result = false;
+        }
+        return $this->extendValidationResult($result, $validator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is passed to the frontent via FormField::getSchemaValidation()
+     * and used in Validator.js
+     */
+    public function getSchemaValidation()
+    {
+        $rules = parent::getSchemaValidation();
+        $rules['regex'] = ['pattern' => self::RX];
+        return $rules;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Form/FormFactory.php b/src/Form/FormFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e462be02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Form/FormFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\LinkField\Form;
+
+use LogicException;
+use SilverStripe\Admin\Forms\LinkFormFactory;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\HiddenField;
+use SilverStripe\LinkField\Type\Type;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
+
+/**
+ * Create Form schema for the LinkField based on a key provided by the request.
+ */
+class FormFactory extends LinkFormFactory
+{
+    protected function getFormFields($controller, $name, $context)
+    {
+        /** @var Type $type */
+        $type = $context['LinkType'];
+
+        if (!$type instanceof Type) {
+            throw new LogicException(sprintf('%s: LinkType must be provided and must be an instance of Type', static::class));
+        }
+
+        // Pass on any available link data
+        $linkData = array_key_exists('LinkData', $context)
+            ? $context['LinkData']
+            : [];
+        $fields = $type->scaffoldLinkFields($linkData);
+        $fields->push(HiddenField::create('typeKey')->setValue($context['LinkTypeKey']));
+        $this->extend('updateFormFields', $fields, $controller, $name, $context);
+
+        return $fields;
+    }
+
+    protected function getValidator($controller, $name, $context)
+    {
+        if (!array_key_exists('LinkType', $context)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        /** @var DataObject|Type $type */
+        $type = $context['LinkType'];
+        return Injector::inst()->get($type)->getCMSCompositeValidator();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Form/LinkFieldTreeDropdownField.php b/src/Form/LinkFieldTreeDropdownField.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..881edb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Form/LinkFieldTreeDropdownField.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\LinkField\Form;
+
+use SilverStripe\Forms\TreeDropdownField;
+
+/**
+ * This class exists as workaround to an issue where RequiredFields is not respected
+ * when selecting an empty value using TreeDropdownField because RequiredFields views
+ * a value of 0 (ie no relation selected) as as non-emtpy value, as RequiredFields only counts
+ * an emtpy string as a missing value
+ *
+ * This class in only intended to be used in SiteTreeLink which also has a RequiredFields of ['PageID']
+ */
+class LinkFieldTreeDropdownField extends TreeDropdownField
+{
+    /**
+     * This is passed to the frontent via FormField::getSchemaValidation()
+     * and used in Validator.js
+     */
+    public function getSchemaValidation()
+    {
+        $rules = parent::getSchemaValidation();
+        $rules['regex'] = ['pattern' => '[^0]'];
+        return $rules;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Form/PhoneField.php b/src/Form/PhoneField.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..089e09df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Form/PhoneField.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\LinkField\Form;
+
+use SilverStripe\Forms\TextField;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\Validator;
+
+/**
+ * Text input field with validation for a phone number
+ */
+class PhoneField extends TextField
+{
+    /**
+     * This needs to be not surronded by regex delimiters so that it works on the frontend
+     */
+    private const RX = '^[()\- 0-9]+$';
+
+    /**
+     * This is used for the <input> element type="tel" attribute
+     * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/tel
+     */
+    protected $inputType = 'tel';
+
+    /**
+     * This is added as a classname to the <input> element
+     */
+    public function Type()
+    {
+        return 'phone text';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Validator $validator
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function validate($validator)
+    {
+        $result = true;
+        $this->value = trim($this->value ?? '');
+        if ($this->value && !preg_match('#' . self::RX . '#', $this->value)) {
+            $validator->validationError(
+                $this->name,
+                _t(__CLASS__ . '.INVALID', 'Please enter a valid phone number'),
+                'validation'
+            );
+            $result = false;
+        }
+        return $this->extendValidationResult($result, $validator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is passed to the frontent via FormField::getSchemaValidation()
+     * and used in Validator.js
+     */
+    public function getSchemaValidation()
+    {
+        $rules = parent::getSchemaValidation();
+        $rules['regex'] = ['pattern' => self::RX];
+        return $rules;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Models/EmailLink.php b/src/Models/EmailLink.php
index 2b074161..dde0ea0e 100644
--- a/src/Models/EmailLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/EmailLink.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use SilverStripe\Forms\EmailField;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldList;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\CompositeValidator;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\RequiredFields;
 
 /**
  * A link to an Email address.
@@ -55,4 +57,11 @@ public function getMenuTitle(): string
     {
         return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Link to email address');
     }
+
+    public function getCMSCompositeValidator(): CompositeValidator
+    {
+        $validator = parent::getCMSCompositeValidator();
+        $validator->addValidator(RequiredFields::create(['Email']));
+        return $validator;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/ExternalLink.php b/src/Models/ExternalLink.php
index c724d906..6d2a893b 100644
--- a/src/Models/ExternalLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/ExternalLink.php
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 namespace SilverStripe\LinkField\Models;
 
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldList;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\CompositeValidator;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\RequiredFields;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldList;
+use SilverStripe\LinkField\Form\ExternalLinkField;
 
 /**
  * A link to an external URL.
@@ -25,6 +29,14 @@ class ExternalLink extends Link
     private static $icon = 'font-icon-external-link';
 
     public function getCMSFields(): FieldList
+    {
+        $this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function (FieldList $fields) {
+            $fields->replaceField('ExternalUrl', ExternalLinkField::create('ExternalUrl'));
+        });
+        return parent::getCMSFields();
+    }
+
+    public function generateLinkDescription(array $data): string
     {
         $this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function (FieldList $fields) {
             $linkField = $fields->dataFieldByName('ExternalUrl');
@@ -51,4 +63,11 @@ public function getMenuTitle(): string
     {
         return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Link to external URL');
     }
+
+    public function getCMSCompositeValidator(): CompositeValidator
+    {
+        $validator = parent::getCMSCompositeValidator();
+        $validator->addValidator(RequiredFields::create(['ExternalUrl']));
+        return $validator;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/FileLink.php b/src/Models/FileLink.php
index 452d7684..c0c8afbb 100644
--- a/src/Models/FileLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/FileLink.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use SilverStripe\Assets\File;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldList;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\CompositeValidator;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\RequiredFields;
 
 /**
  * A link to a File in the CMS
@@ -71,4 +73,11 @@ public function getMenuTitle(): string
     {
         return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Link to a file');
     }
+
+    public function getCMSCompositeValidator(): CompositeValidator
+    {
+        $validator = parent::getCMSCompositeValidator();
+        $validator->addValidator(RequiredFields::create(['File']));
+        return $validator;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/Link.php b/src/Models/Link.php
index 4a0cfed6..382b5b0e 100644
--- a/src/Models/Link.php
+++ b/src/Models/Link.php
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObjectSchema;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBHTMLText;
 use SilverStripe\Versioned\Versioned;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\Form;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\ValidationResult;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\TreeDropdownField;
 
 /**
  * A Link Data Object. This class should be treated as abstract. You should never directly interact with a plain Link
@@ -153,6 +156,37 @@ public function getCMSCompositeValidator(): CompositeValidator
         return $validator;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This method is used to validate the dataobject before saving as part of DataObject::write()
+     * Linkfield works a bit differently from normal forms, because where the modal data is turned
+     * into JSON and saved into a single JsonField and in saveInto() the JSON is loaded into the
+     * dataobject using DataObject::setData($data)
+     * Because of this alternate method of saving, the getCMSCompositeValidator() isn't called
+     * so we need to call it manually here by loading it into a temporary Form
+     *
+     * @return ValidationResult
+     */
+    public function validate()
+    {
+        $parentResult = parent::validate();
+        $validator = $this->getCMSCompositeValidator();
+        $form = Form::create(null, Form::DEFAULT_NAME, $this->getCMSFields());
+        $form->setValidator($validator);
+        $form->loadDataFrom($this);
+        // Workaround an issue where RequiredFields does not treat RelationID's of 0 as missing
+        // by changing the value of any TreeDropdowns on the field with a value of 0 to empty string
+        /** @var FormField $field */
+        foreach ($form->Fields()->flattenFields() as $field) {
+            if (is_a($field, TreeDropdownField::class) && $field->Value() === 0) {
+                $field->setValue('');
+            }
+        }
+        $formResult = $form->validationResult();
+        $combinedResult = $parentResult->combineAnd($formResult);
+        $this->extend('updateValidate', $combinedResult);
+        return $combinedResult;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Form hook defined in @see Form::saveInto()
      * We use this to work with an in-memory only field
diff --git a/src/Models/PhoneLink.php b/src/Models/PhoneLink.php
index 0a72031b..6328dd38 100644
--- a/src/Models/PhoneLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/PhoneLink.php
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 namespace SilverStripe\LinkField\Models;
 
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldList;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\CompositeValidator;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\RequiredFields;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldList;
+use SilverStripe\LinkField\Form\PhoneField;
 
 /**
  * A link to a phone number
@@ -23,6 +27,14 @@ class PhoneLink extends Link
     private static $icon = 'font-icon-mobile';
 
     public function getCMSFields(): FieldList
+    {
+        $this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function (FieldList $fields) {
+            $fields->replaceField('Phone', PhoneField::create('Phone'));
+        });
+        return parent::getCMSFields();
+    }
+
+    public function generateLinkDescription(array $data): string
     {
         $this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function (FieldList $fields) {
             $linkField = $fields->dataFieldByName('Phone');
@@ -50,4 +62,11 @@ public function getMenuTitle(): string
     {
         return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Phone number');
     }
+
+    public function getCMSCompositeValidator(): CompositeValidator
+    {
+        $validator = parent::getCMSCompositeValidator();
+        $validator->addValidator(RequiredFields::create(['Phone']));
+        return $validator;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/SiteTreeLink.php b/src/Models/SiteTreeLink.php
index 023ec7c9..d492b8e2 100644
--- a/src/Models/SiteTreeLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/SiteTreeLink.php
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 use SilverStripe\Control\Controller;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FieldList;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\TextField;
-use SilverStripe\Forms\TreeDropdownField;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\CompositeValidator;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\RequiredFields;
+use SilverStripe\LinkField\Form\LinkFieldTreeDropdownField;
 
 /**
  * A link to a Page in the CMS
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ public function getCMSFields(): FieldList
 
             $fields->insertAfter(
                 'Title',
-                TreeDropdownField::create(
+                LinkFieldTreeDropdownField::create(
                     'PageID',
                     _t(__CLASS__ . '.PAGE_FIELD_TITLE', 'Page'),
                     SiteTree::class,
@@ -147,4 +149,11 @@ public function getMenuTitle(): string
     {
         return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Page on this site');
     }
+
+    public function getCMSCompositeValidator(): CompositeValidator
+    {
+        $validator = parent::getCMSCompositeValidator();
+        $validator->addValidator(RequiredFields::create(['PageID']));
+        return $validator;
+    }
 }