Blocked Drains Chesterfield

In Chesterfield the public sewers belong to Yorkshire Water. If the blockage is in a pipe you share with a neighbour, or beyond your boundary, it's normally the water company's to clear — call Yorkshire Water on 0345 1 24 24 24. If it's in a drain that serves only your property, it's yours, and that's where we come in. Our engineer finds the blockage first and tells you whose it is before any work starts.

Water pooling around a road gully outside? Road drains are Derbyshire County Council's responsibility — report it to the council. We clear private gullies, channels and manholes anywhere in Chesterfield town centre, Brampton, Newbold, Whittington Moor and the rest of S40 and S41.

Storm Babet flooded more than 400 homes in Chesterfield in October 2023. Brampton was hit hardest, with 192 properties affected by the River Hipper and Holme Brook, and 26 at Tapton Terrace, according to Derbyshire County Council's investigation.

The town centre also flooded in June 2007, so clear gullies and private surface-water drains matter here.

Chesterfield is one of the places where the water and sewerage companies differ: Severn Trent supplies the water, but Yorkshire Water runs the sewers — its Old Whittington works serves about 100,000 people in the Chesterfield area.