adoptadrain.org.uk
Adopt a Drain
Community care for roadside drains.
Somebody has to look at the drains.
A blocked drain floods a pavement, then a driveway, then a front room. Keeping the grating clear takes a few minutes, and it is the sort of thing a street can do for itself.
How it works
Adopt one
Pick a drain you pass anyway. Watching it from a window counts.
Check it
Three taps and a photo, standing at the kerb. Works without signal.
Report the rest
Anything below the grating is the council's job. We hand it over.
What this is not
This is not a replacement for the council. This is on top of what the council does, never instead of it.
The boundary is easy to hold in your head: leaves and litter on top of the grating are yours, if you want them. Anything below the grating — silt in the pot, a cracked or sunken frame, standing water that will not drain — is a job for the council, and we hand it straight over.
Nobody lifts a grating. Nobody steps into the carriageway. There are no scores and no leaderboards, because a street is not a competition.