Free tours of Thames Water’s grand pumping stations

Next month, four of London's magnificent sewage and water pumping stations will be opened to the public for free tours, and tickets to go to three of them will be released this coming Monday (8th August).

Tickets Alert: Tours of sewage treatment works

As part of London Rivers Week, Thames Water is hosting free tours of two of its sewage works.

Tickets Alert: Tours of a sewage works

As part of London Rivers Week, there's a chance to go on a tour of a sewage treatment works in southwest London.

1930s photos of Twickenham sewage site unearthed

An archive of photos from the construction of a sewage works in the 1930s has been uncovered and handed to Thames Water's archivists, and they have now been digitised.

See inside an huge underground water reservoir

A huge underground water reservoir in Enfield has been drained for its 10-year inspection revealing this usually hidden space for a short time.

Restoring Abbey Mills pumping station’s Victorian splendor

A few years ago, the grand Victorian interior of Abbey Mills Pumping Station was restored, and there's an online talk about how it was done.

Lockdown side effects – toilet paper shortage leads to surge in blocked sewers

Thames Water is reporting a surge in sewer blockages of nearly 20 percent since the virus lockdown started.

Thames Water archive photos now available online

A five-year project to catalogue almost 20,000 Thames Water photographs has revealed a wide range of historic images charting the development of London’s water supply and sewer network in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Underground reservoir in London revealed

One of Thames Water’s most spectacular structures – hidden under ancient woodland in London – was revealed in all its Victorian glory during maintenance work recently.

Beatles themed manhole cover for Abbey Road

To mark the 50th anniversary of that famous record cover, a manhole cover next to the zebra crossing has been revamped with an image of the event.

Repairs for a Victorian sewer running above a London Underground line

A Victorian era sewer running over the top of Baker Street tube station is currently being repaired even as it still carries away our daily waste.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. ROLL UP, ROLL UP the FATBERG is in town!

A lump of congealed human waste seems an unusual object for a museum, let alone one to cause so much... is excitement the correct word?

Prepare to be disgusted as the Whitechapel fatberg goes on display

If you've ever wanted to see a congealed mass of babies nappies, cooking fat and domestic waste, next year is your chance, as chunk of the notorious fatberg that clogged up the sewers under Whitechapel is to go on display at the Museum of London.

Tube tunnel sized sewer planned for Kensington

One of London's lost rivers could get a tube-tunnel sized bypass under planned announced by Thames Water.

Abbey Mills Pumping Station and the Beckton Sewage Plant

During Open House Weekend, I was able to visit two related sewage facilities – the Beckton Sewage Plant and the impressive Abbey Mills Pumping Station. I would have visited more, but the booking system debacle left me in a dilemma…