Have you ever found yourself wondering where your water comes from? Well, look no further.
Water suppliers cover a range of cities across the UK and so perhaps if you are moving to a new area, or if you are just intrigued, knowing who your water supplier can be useful information.
Spanning England and Wales, the below guide breaks the country into the following regions:
- Northern
- Wales
- Central and Eastern
- London and South East
- Western
These regions cover, seemingly self-explanatory, areas in the north of England, Wales, central and eastern England, London and surrounding cities, and the west of England, respectively.
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Anglian Water
Anglian Water’s region spans from the Humber estuary to the Thames estuary, and across the east coast. They are mostly responsible for pipes and sewers in the areas they cover.
| Northern England | Hartlepool |
| Central and Eastern | Scunthorpe Grimsby Lincoln Gainsborough Skegness Peterborough Kettering Northampton Buckingham King’s Lynn Ely Thetford Haverhill Braintree Ipswich Norwich Grantham |
Northumbrian Water
Northumbrian Water supplies 2.7 million people in the North East, specifically, of England. Their largest supply areas are in Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside, though supply some areas in Northumberland and Country Durham
| Northern England | Berwick-upon-Tweed Alnwick Morpeth Newcastle upon Tyne Darlington |
Severn Trent Water
Severn Trent’s supply area stretches across the centre of the UK, from Bristol, the mid-Wales, to the East Midlands.
| Northern England | Manchester Crewe Chester Liverpool Burnley Blackpool Lancaster Preston |
| Central and Eastern | Ludlow Oswestry Gloucester Evesham Warwick Rugby Birmingham Leicester Derby Mansfield Worksop Buxton Stoke-on-Trent Stafford Wolverhampton |
Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water services West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, part of North Lincolnshire, most of North Yorkshire and some parts of Derbyshire.
| Northern England | Leeds York Doncaster Sheffield Kingston upon Hull Bridlington Scarborough Whitby Thirsk |
United Utilities
United Utilities covers the water network in the northwest of England – this area primarily includes Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Chesire and a small area of Derbyshire,
| Northern England | Carlisle Brough Kendal Workington |
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DWR)
DWR supplies almost 3 million people across Wales, Herefordshire and parts of Deeside.
| Wales | Llandudno Porthmadog Barmouth BalaAberystwyth Cardigan Haverfordwest Tenby Swansea Carmarthen Cardiff Cwmbran Monmouth Brecon Builth Wells |
| Central and Eastern | Hereford |
Hafren Dyfrdwy
Hafren Dyfrdwy region stretches right across the heart of Wales.
| Wales | Welshpool Llanidloes |
South Staffordshire Water
South Staffordshire Water was initially formed to only supply the inhabitants of the Black Country. Nowadays their region includes Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley, Tamworth, Uttoxeter, Burton, Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield, and Cannock.
| Central and Eastern | Cannock Uttoxeter Tamworth |
Essex and Sussex Water
Essex and Sussex Water’s region includes the southeast of Norfolk, east Suffolk, Essex and the London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge in Greater London.
| Central and Eastern | Aldeburgh Dagenham Southend-on-Sea Chelmsford |
Cambridge Water
Cambridge Water supplies Cambridge and some of the surrounding towns.
| Central and Eastern | Cambridge |
Affinity Water
Affinity Water supply parts of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, the London Boroughs of Harrow and Hillingdon and parts of the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing and Enfield. They also supply water to the Tendring peninsula in Essex and the Folkestone and Dover areas of Kent.
| Central and Eastern | Harwich |
| London and South East | Folkestone St Albans Luton Stevenage Stansted Harlow Royston Ascot |
Portsmouth Water
Portsmouth Water covers a region which stretches across Hampshire and West Sussex.
| London and South East | Gosport |
South East Water
South East Water covers a region which spans Kent, Susses, Surry, Berkshire, and Hampshire.
| London and South East | Basingstoke Petersfield Bracknell Tonbridge Maidstone Ashford |
Southern Water Services
Southern Water Services covers the area covering parts of Dorset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire.
| London and South East | Sheemess Chatham Margate Hastings Littlehampton And over Southampton |
SES Water
SES Water company supplies the areas across east Surrey, west Sussex, west Kent, and south London.
| London and South East | Oxted Dorking Croydon |
Thames Water
Thames Water covers areas across Gloucestershire, areas in Kent and some of the eats of Essex. They share borders with a lot of other suppliers due to being so central and so it is best to double check your supplier area.
| London and South East | Oxford Aylesbury High Wycombe Reading Newbury Swindon Cirencester Moreton-in-Marsh Bunbury |
South West Water
South West water provides services to Devon, Cornwall, small parts of Dorset and Somerset – that’s around 1.6 million people!
| Western | Okehampton ExeterTiverton Ilfracombe Lyme RegisBarnstapleBodmin BudePlymouth Truro Newquay |
Bristol Water
Bristol Water supplies areas across Bristol, north Somerset, areas of Bath, north-east Somerset and some of south Gloucestershire.
| Western | Bristol Glastonbury Weston-super-Mare |
Wessex Water
Wessex Water serves customers cross the south west area of England. This area includes Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, most of Wiltshire, and also parts of Gloucestershire and Hampshire.
| Western | Bath Warminster Salisbury Devizes Yeovil Minehead |
Bournemouth Water
Bournemouth Water supplies Bournemouth and some of the surrounding smaller towns.
| Western | Bournemouth |