Cotswolds Plumbers

Oxfordshire

Plumbers in Witney

9 plumbers we list cover Witney. 6 are based in the area. 2 are on a trade register.

Also coversCoggesDucklingtonHaileyMinster LovellCurbridgeNorth LeighCarterton

See the 9 firmsWest Oxfordshire District Council

9 of 9 firms

Firms based in the area first, then by distance from Witney. Nobody pays for position.

Plumbers that cover Witney
FirmBased inDoesChecksContact
Cottrell Plumbing & Heating LtdLtd company 05191763 Witney OX28
Covers Witney, Burford		 General plumbing, Bathrooms, Emergency call-out, Central heating, +4 Trading, no register found 01993 622375Website
Greens Plumbing & Heating Carterton OX18
Covers Witney, Chipping Norton, Burford		 Bathrooms Trading, no register found 01993 840767Website
OXHeat LimitedLtd company 15410173 Carterton OX18
Covers Witney		 Central heating, General plumbing, Leaks and repairs, Bathrooms, +6
OFTEC Registered business
 01993 640013Website
Oxyplumb LtdLtd company 11389270 Carterton OX18
Covers Witney, Burford		 Central heating, General plumbing, Leaks and repairs, Kitchen plumbing, +12
OFTEC Registered business
 01993 259029Website
Peacock Plumbing & Heating LtdLtd company 06815547 Witney OX29
Covers Witney		 General plumbing, Leaks and repairs, Bathrooms, Kitchen plumbing, +7 Trading, no register found 07887 700070Website
Pinnacle Plumbing & Heating Direct LtdLtd company 13245777 Carterton OX18
Covers Witney, Moreton-in-Marsh		 General plumbing, Leaks and repairs, Emergency call-out, Bathrooms, +6 Trading, no register found 01865 306381Website
JH Plumbing Hailey OX29
Covers Witney, Chipping Norton, Burford		 General plumbing, Leaks and repairs, Bathrooms, Drains, +6 Trading, no register found 07515 284286Website
Pete Crapper & Sons LimitedLtd company 06849961 Ramsden OX7
Covers Witney, Chipping Norton, Fairford and Lechlade +2		 General plumbing, Leaks and repairs, Bathrooms, Central heating, +2 Trading, no register found 01993 868759Website
The Purple Plumbing People Faringdon SN7
Covers Cirencester, Witney, Fairford and Lechlade +1		 General plumbing, Leaks and repairs, Hot water cylinders, Bathrooms, +9 Trading, no register found 01367 252807Website

Short answer

Thames Water supplies Witney with hard water, at 241 mg/l. Witney has many homes built since 2000, so lead pipes are less likely than in most Cotswold towns. Near the River Windrush, flooding can push water back up drains. A non-return valve on low drains can help.

Plumbers in Witney by service

How hard is Witney water?

Hard. Thames Water gives 241 mg/l of calcium carbonate for the Witney supply zone, or 16.9 degrees Clark.

That is above the 200 mg/l line in Approved Document L. When a plumber fits a new combi boiler or water heater here, the feed water should be treated to slow scale.

Witney water is softer than in most Gloucestershire towns on this site. Only Carterton, which serves Burford, is softer among the Thames Water zones here.

Are lead pipes likely in Witney homes?

Less likely than in older towns. In the Witney West area, only 13.2 per cent of homes on the Council Tax list date from before 1965. In Witney Central the figure is 24.8 per cent, and in Witney East 22.1 per cent.

About a third of homes in each of the three areas were built in 2000 or later.

The Drinking Water Inspectorate says a home built after 1970 is unlikely to have lead pipes, but an older one may. If you live in the old centre or in Cogges, check the pipe at your stop tap.

What can a plumber do about flood backflow?

In July 2007, about 240 properties in Witney flooded, the Environment Agency found. About 120 were in the town centre and about 35 in West End.

Approved Document C says flood water can block drains and sewers. Sewage can then come back into a house through low gullies and toilets.

A non-return valve or an anti-flooding device on the drain can reduce this risk. Check your address on the GOV.UK flood risk service, and ask the plumber which pipes sit lowest.

Does the conservation area affect plumbing in Witney?

Only on the outside of the house. The Witney and Cogges conservation area covers the old centre. There, a new soil and vent pipe on a wall that faces a road needs planning permission.

Work inside a house that is not listed does not need planning permission.

Questions

Can I drink water from a softener in Witney?

Thames Water does not advise it. Keep one kitchen tap on unsoftened mains water, and tell Thames Water before the softener goes in.

Is lead a problem in Witney tap water?

Thames Water took 8 lead samples in the Witney zone in 2025. Each was under 0.9 micrograms a litre, against a limit of 10.

Who fixes a leak on my side of the stop valve?

You do. The water company owns the pipe up to the outside stop valve. The supply pipe from there to the house is the owner's.

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Sources

  1. Thames Water: check your water quality (postcode checker)
  2. Thames Water: water quality report 2026, Witney supply zone
  3. Thames Water: hard water
  4. GOV.UK: Approved Document L, volume 1 dwellings, 2021 edition with 2023 amendments (hard water, paragraph 8.8)
  5. Valuation Office Agency: Council Tax stock of properties 2025 (build period, table CTSOP4.1)
  6. House of Commons Library: MSOA names
  7. Drinking Water Inspectorate: lead in drinking water
  8. Environment Agency: Witney Flood Review July 2007 (2008)
  9. GOV.UK: Approved Document C, site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture
  10. GOV.UK: check your long term flood risk
  11. West Oxfordshire District Council: conservation area maps
  12. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Schedule 1 (article 2(3) land)
  13. General Permitted Development Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 1, Class G (chimneys, flues and soil and vent pipes)
  14. The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, regulation 5 (notification)