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Is there a hosepipe ban in my area?

No UK water company currently has a hosepipe ban in force. Whether one applies to you depends on one thing: which company supplies your water.

We only use the first part of your postcode. We never store full postcodes.

We only use the first part of your postcode, and we never store full postcodes.

Why your council is the wrong place to look

Hosepipe bans are declared by water companies under Section 76 of the Water Industry Act 1991, not by councils and not by the government. Supply boundaries follow Victorian-era infrastructure rather than council or postcode geography, so a single county is routinely served by two or three different companies, each free to declare, extend or lift a ban on its own.

That is why two houses on the same street can genuinely have different rules, and why “is there a ban in Hampshire” has no single answer: Southern Water’s ban covers its Hampshire customers while Portsmouth Water’s customers next door have no restriction at all.

The supplier named on your water bill decides which rules apply to you. Enter your postcode above and we resolve it for you, including split areas where more than one company is possible.

Live restriction status

Every UK water company. A ban is set by your supplier, not your council, so neighbours on the same street can have different rules.

Voluntary appeal (3)

  • The Essex & Suffolk Water supply area.
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    Voluntary appeal
    from 1 July 2026
  • The Severn Trent supply area across the Midlands.
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    Voluntary appeal
    from 7 July 2026
  • The South Staffs Water supply area: Staffordshire and parts of the West Midlands.
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    Voluntary appeal
    from 1 July 2026

Unconfirmed (19)

  • Affinity Water Central region only
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    Unconfirmed
  • Whole supply area except Hartlepool
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    Unconfirmed
  • The Bristol Water supply area covering Bristol and the surrounding area.
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    Unconfirmed
  • The Cambridge Water supply area: Cambridgeshire with parts of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, about 350,000 households.
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    Unconfirmed
  • The Hafren Dyfrdwy supply area in north east and mid Wales.
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    Unconfirmed
  • Hartlepool, covering the TS24 to TS27 postcode districts.
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    Unconfirmed
  • Northern Ireland.
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    Unconfirmed
  • The Northumbrian Water supply area across the North East of England.
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    Unconfirmed
  • The Portsmouth Water supply area across south east Hampshire and parts of West Sussex.
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    Unconfirmed
  • Scotland.
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    Unconfirmed
  • The SES Water supply area across east Surrey and parts of south London, Kent and West Sussex.
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    Unconfirmed
  • The entire South East Water supply area, under two separate legal notices. Kent has been in force since 00:01 on Friday ...
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    Unconfirmed
  • Parts of Mid and East Devon only
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    Unconfirmed
  • Hampshire and the Isle of Wight only
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    Unconfirmed
  • The whole Thames Water drinking-water supply area, covering London, the Thames Valley and the home counties. Customers T...
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    Unconfirmed
  • The United Utilities supply area across the North West: Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside...
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    Unconfirmed
  • Parts of west Wales only
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    Unconfirmed
  • The Wessex Water supply area across the south west of England.
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    Unconfirmed
  • The Yorkshire Water supply area across the Yorkshire region.
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    Unconfirmed