Drainage Services in Bicester

Bicester sits on heavy Oxford Clay close to the River Bure, a small stream that flows through the town towards the Ray. The clay drains slowly, so gardens and soakaways in low-lying parts of town can hold water after prolonged rain, and older clay pipework in the historic centre around Sheep Street and Market Square is vulnerable to joint movement as the clay shrinks and swells through the seasons.

Bicester is one of the fastest-growing towns in the county, with extensive modern estates at Kingsmere, Elmsbrook and Graven Hill using plastic pipework and separate foul and surface water systems, alongside postwar estates with concrete and transitional pipework. Surrounding villages such as Launton and Ambrosden include some rural properties on septic tanks or package treatment plants.

We start each Bicester job with a CCTV survey to identify pipe material, displaced joints and any root ingress before recommending work. High-pressure jetting clears most blockages, no-dig lining repairs cracked clay pipe without digging up driveways, and percolation testing helps assess soakaway options on the slow-draining clay found around the town.