Cotswolds Plumbers

Gloucestershire

Plumbers in Bourton-on-the-Water

1 plumber we list covers Bourton-on-the-Water. All cover the town from nearby. 1 is on a trade register.

Also coversNorthleachLower SlaughterUpper SlaughterLittle RissingtonWyck RissingtonClapton-on-the-HillGreat Rissington

See the 1 firmCotswold District Council

Only 1 plumber we list says it covers Bourton-on-the-Water so far. Firms in nearby towns may also work here, so ask them: Stow-on-the-Wold (3 firms), Moreton-in-Marsh (2 firms), Burford (8 firms), Cirencester (11 firms), Winchcombe (1 firm).

1 of 1 firms

Firms based in the area first, then by distance from Bourton-on-the-Water. Nobody pays for position.

Plumbers that cover Bourton-on-the-Water
FirmBased inDoesChecksContact
A&P Plumbing & Heating (Cotswolds) LtdLtd company 13226996 Cirencester GL7
15 mi
Covers Cirencester, Bourton-on-the-Water, Fairford and Lechlade +2		 Central heating, General plumbing, Leaks and repairs, Bathrooms, +8
Gas Safe RegisterOFTEC Registered business
 01285 670322Website

Short answer

Thames Water supplies Bourton-on-the-Water and Northleach, and both get hard water at about 295 mg/l. Northleach and its villages have some of the oldest homes on this site. If your home is not on a mains sewer, Environment Agency rules cover your septic tank or treatment plant.

Plumbers in Bourton-on-the-Water by service

How hard is the water in Bourton?

Hard. Bourton has its own Thames Water supply zone. The checker gives 295 mg/l of calcium carbonate, or 20.7 degrees Clark.

Northleach is on a separate zone with almost the same figure, 294 mg/l. Both are close to the 300 mg/l line where Thames Water calls water very hard.

Approved Document L asks a plumber to treat the feed to a new water heater or combi boiler above 200 mg/l. Bourton and Northleach are both well over it.

How old are homes around Bourton and Northleach?

In the Bourton-on-the-Water and Vale area, 23.2 per cent of homes on the Council Tax list date from before 1919. In all, 41.6 per cent date from before 1965.

The Northleach, Coln Valley and Ampneys area is older still. There, 44.4 per cent of homes date from before 1919, and 57.7 per cent from before 1965.

The Drinking Water Inspectorate says homes built before 1970 may have lead pipes. Thames Water found no lead above 0.9 micrograms a litre in either zone in 2025.

What if my home has a septic tank?

Then the Environment Agency general binding rules apply to you, as the operator. A discharge to ground must be under 2 cubic metres a day. It must pass through a septic tank or a small treatment plant first.

You must have the sludge removed before the tank gets too full, and at least once a year unless the maker says otherwise. The system must meet the British Standard in force when it was fitted.

If you sell the house, you must tell the buyer about the system in writing. A septic tank may not discharge straight into a stream.

Does the River Windrush affect drains in Bourton?

It can. The Windrush runs through the centre of the village. Check your address on the GOV.UK flood risk service.

Gloucestershire County Council says non-return valves on drains can stop flood water coming back up into a house.

Questions

Do I need a permit for my septic tank?

Not if you meet every general binding rule that applies to you. If you cannot, or the discharge point is in source protection zone 1, you must apply for a permit.

Can I put a soil pipe on the front of a Bourton cottage?

Bourton and Northleach are inside the Cotswolds National Landscape. A new soil and vent pipe on a road-facing wall there is not permitted development.

Where can I read the Bourton conservation area rules?

Cotswold District Council publishes the conservation area map and statement for Bourton on its website.

Nearby towns

Sources

  1. Thames Water: check your water quality (postcode checker)
  2. Thames Water: water quality report 2026, Bourton supply zone
  3. Thames Water: water quality report 2026, Northleach supply zone
  4. Thames Water: hard water
  5. GOV.UK: Approved Document L, volume 1 dwellings, 2021 edition with 2023 amendments (hard water, paragraph 8.8)
  6. Valuation Office Agency: Council Tax stock of properties 2025 (build period, table CTSOP4.1)
  7. House of Commons Library: MSOA names
  8. Drinking Water Inspectorate: lead in drinking water
  9. GOV.UK: general binding rules, small sewage discharge to the ground
  10. GOV.UK: general binding rules, small sewage discharge to a surface water
  11. GOV.UK: check your long term flood risk
  12. Gloucestershire County Council: flood protection for your home, try to keep the water out
  13. Natural England: Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (England) boundaries
  14. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 1 (article 2(3) land)
  15. General Permitted Development Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 1, Class G (chimneys, flues and soil and vent pipes)
  16. Cotswold District Council: conservation area maps