Gloucestershire
Plumbers in Chipping Campden
0 plumbers we list cover Chipping Campden. All cover the town from nearby.
Also coversBroad CampdenEbringtonMickletonWeston-sub-EdgeAston Subedge
We do not yet list any plumbers that say they cover Chipping Campden. Firms in nearby towns may also work here, so ask them: Moreton-in-Marsh (2 firms), Winchcombe (1 firm), Stow-on-the-Wold (3 firms), Chipping Norton (6 firms).
Short answer
Chipping Campden has its own Thames Water supply zone, with hard water at 282 mg/l. Many stone houses on the High Street are listed. A new bathroom, a waste pipe through an old wall or a soil pipe outside can all need consent. Nearly half the homes in the area date from before 1965.
How hard is Chipping Campden water?
Hard. Thames Water gives 282 mg/l of calcium carbonate for the Chipping Campden supply zone, or 19.8 degrees Clark.
At this level, Approved Document L asks for scale treatment on the feed to any new water heater or combi boiler.
Hard water also leaves marks on stone and enamel. In an old bathroom, a softener can protect fittings, but Thames Water advises one unsoftened tap for drinking.
What does a listed house mean for plumbing work?
The Market Hall, built in 1627, is listed at Grade I. Many houses on the High Street are listed too. Search the Historic England list for your address.
Listed building consent covers inside work that affects the character of the building. A new bathroom, a pipe run through old walls or a new vent can need it.
Campden is inside the Cotswolds National Landscape. A soil and vent pipe on a road-facing front or side wall there is not permitted development.
How likely are lead pipes in Campden homes?
One statistical area covers Willersey, Chipping Campden and Blockley. There, 27.5 per cent of homes on the Council Tax list date from before 1919, and 48.5 per cent from before 1965.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate says homes built before 1970 may have lead pipes. In 2025, the highest of 8 Thames Water lead samples in the zone was 1.1 micrograms a litre.
The limit is 10. A lead supply pipe in your own house can still raise the level at your tap.
Which villages share the Campden water supply?
Water zones do not follow parish lines. Broad Campden, Ebrington, Mickleton and Weston-sub-Edge may be on this zone or another. Enter your postcode in the Thames Water checker.
Many firms that work in Campden cover these villages too. Each listing shows the area the firm states.
Questions
Can I replace a lead pipe in a listed house?
Usually yes, but ask Cotswold District Council first if the new route changes walls or floors. The Drinking Water Inspectorate points to WaterSafe for plumbers.
Who owns the pipe under the pavement?
The water company owns the pipe up to the outside stop valve. From there to the house, the supply pipe belongs to the owner.
Does a new shower pump need notice?
If it draws more than 12 litres a minute, yes. Regulation 5 asks you to tell the water company before it goes in.
Nearby towns
Sources
- Thames Water: check your water quality (postcode checker)
- Thames Water: water quality report 2026, Chipping Campden supply zone
- Thames Water: hard water
- GOV.UK: Approved Document L, volume 1 dwellings, 2021 edition with 2023 amendments (hard water, paragraph 8.8)
- Historic England: search the List
- Cotswold District Council: listed buildings
- Natural England: Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (England) boundaries
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 1 (article 2(3) land)
- General Permitted Development Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 1, Class G (chimneys, flues and soil and vent pipes)
- Valuation Office Agency: Council Tax stock of properties 2025 (build period, table CTSOP4.1)
- House of Commons Library: MSOA names
- Drinking Water Inspectorate: lead in drinking water
- WaterSafe: the national register of plumbing contractor schemes
- The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, regulation 5 (notification)