How Much Does a Drain Unblocking Cost in the UK? (2026 City-by-City Guide)
The cost of hiring a drain unblocking in the UK varies considerably depending on your location. Drain Unblockings in the UK should hold None required (CCTV survey operators may hold NADC accreditation) certification (verified at National Association of Drainage Contractors). This guide lists 2026 drain unblocking prices for all 200 UK cities in our database — click any city for a full local pricing guide.
Regional price tip: London drain unblocking costs typically run 40–50% above the national average.
Cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below average.
Use the region jump-links below to find your area quickly.
📄 Drain Unblocking — National Price Overview (2026)
- UK Range (typical jobs)
- £80 – £5,000
- Typical Duration
- 1–3 hours
- Certification Required
- None required (CCTV survey operators may hold NADC accreditation)
- Cities Covered
- 200 UK cities
The UK national average is used as the baseline. London typically costs 40–50% above the national average; Northern Ireland and parts of the North East are 15–25% below. Prices within each region can also vary by suburb and whether your job requires emergency call-out rates.
Greater London
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| London | £85 – £145 per hour | Full guide → |
South East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Aylesbury | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Basingstoke | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bognor Regis | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Brighton | £70 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Canterbury | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chichester | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crawley | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dover | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Eastbourne | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Epsom | £70 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Farnham | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Folkestone | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Guildford | £70 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hastings | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| High Wycombe | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Horsham | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lewes | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Maidstone | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Margate | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Medway | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Milton Keynes | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oxford | £70 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Portsmouth | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ramsgate | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reading | £70 – £115 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redhill | £70 – £115 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reigate | £70 – £115 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Slough | £70 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southampton | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tonbridge | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Winchester | £70 – £115 per hour | Full guide → |
| Windsor | £75 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Woking | £70 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worthing | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
South West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bath | £70 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bournemouth | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bristol | £70 – £115 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cheltenham | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cirencester | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dorchester | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Exeter | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gloucester | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paignton | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Plymouth | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Poole | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salisbury | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stroud | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swindon | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Taunton | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Torquay | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Truro | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weston-super-Mare | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weymouth | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Yeovil | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
East of England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Basildon | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bedford | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bury St Edmunds | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cambridge | £75 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chelmsford | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Colchester | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ely | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Great Yarmouth | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harlow | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hemel Hempstead | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huntingdon | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ipswich | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| King's Lynn | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lowestoft | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Luton | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Norwich | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Peterborough | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southend-on-Sea | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Albans | £70 – £120 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stevenage | £65 – £110 per hour | Full guide → |
| Watford | £70 – £115 per hour | Full guide → |
East Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Buxton | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chesterfield | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Corby | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derby | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grantham | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kettering | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leicester | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lincoln | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Loughborough | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Mansfield | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Northampton | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nottingham | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
West Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burton upon Trent | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coventry | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dudley | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hereford | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kidderminster | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lichfield | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nuneaton | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redditch | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Leamington Spa | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rugby | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Shrewsbury | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Solihull | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stafford | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tamworth | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Telford | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Walsall | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wolverhampton | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worcester | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
Yorkshire and the Humber
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Beverley | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bradford | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dewsbury | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Doncaster | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grimsby | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harrogate | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huddersfield | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hull | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Keighley | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leeds | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rotherham | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scarborough | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scunthorpe | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sheffield | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wakefield | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| York | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
North West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Birkenhead | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackburn | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackpool | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bolton | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burnley | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Carlisle | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chester | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crewe | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lancaster | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Liverpool | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Macclesfield | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Manchester | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oldham | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Preston | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rochdale | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Runcorn | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salford | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southport | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Helens | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockport | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Warrington | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wigan | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
North East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Darlington | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Durham | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gateshead | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hartlepool | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Middlesbrough | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| South Shields | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sunderland | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
Scotland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ayr | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coatbridge | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dundee | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dunfermline | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| East Kilbride | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Edinburgh | £65 – £105 per hour | Full guide → |
| Falkirk | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Glasgow | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
| Greenock | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hamilton | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Inverness | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kilmarnock | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kirkcaldy | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Livingston | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Motherwell | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paisley | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Perth | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Andrews | £60 – £100 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stirling | £55 – £95 per hour | Full guide → |
Wales
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barry | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bridgend | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Caerphilly | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cardiff | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Llanelli | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newport | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Penarth | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Pontypridd | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swansea | £55 – £90 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wrexham | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
Northern Ireland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Armagh | £45 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bangor | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Belfast | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derry | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Enniskillen | £45 – £75 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lisburn | £50 – £85 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newry | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newtownabbey | £50 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
Frequently Asked Questions
UK drain unblocking costs vary significantly by location. Typical job prices run £80 – £5,000. London tends to run 40–50% above the national average; cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below. Click any city in the table above for a full local pricing breakdown.
Hourly rates for drain unblockings depend on your location and the time of call-out. Standard daytime rates (Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) are the lowest; evening, weekend and emergency call-outs typically attract a 30–60% surcharge. Most drain unblockings also charge a minimum call-out fee equivalent to 30–60 minutes of work.
Yes — Drain Unblocking work legally requires None required (CCTV survey operators may hold NADC accreditation) certification in the UK. Verify credentials at National Association of Drainage Contractors before hiring.
Price disclaimer: Prices above are 2026 estimates based on regional
trade cost-index data. Actual quotes will vary by contractor experience, job complexity,
materials, and market conditions. Always request at least three written quotes before
committing to any work.
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