Blocked Drains Loughborough

In Loughborough the public sewers belong to Severn Trent 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 Severn Trent on 0800 783 4444. 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 Leicestershire County Council's responsibility — report it to the council. We clear private gullies, channels and manholes anywhere in Loughborough town centre, Shelthorpe, Thorpe Acre, Dishley and the rest of LE11 and LE12.

Loughborough has a lot of shared rented housing around the university, where heavily used kitchens make fat and food waste a common cause of blocked drains.

The River Soar at Pillings Lock reached a record 2.518 m on 7 January 2025, according to Environment Agency gauge data, and there are Environment Agency flood warning areas for Wood Brook and Black Brook at Thorpe Acre.

Upstream, the Trent Rivers Trust has installed more than 150 natural flood management features at the Outwoods and Beacon Hill to slow water running towards the town.