Flooding, blocked gullies and drains

Part of: Report problems with a street or road

There is a large network of gullies and drains across Haringey. Sometimes they become blocked and flood the road. If you see a flood, you can report it online.

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What we do

We will:

  • visit the reported gully or highway drain within 10 working days and decide how urgently it needs to be fixed 
  • make safe dangerous or serious issues within 24 hours of being notified
  • repair non-serious issues within 28 working days – however, this depends on the resources that are available and it may take longer

Flooding

Visit our pages about types of flooding and risk management.

Clearing blocked gullies

Gullies in higher-risk areas are cleaned annually. Any reports of blocked gullies in lower-risk areas are cleaned as part of our reactive gully maintenance programme.

Gully cleaning programme

We make every effort to keep disruption to a minimum.

We will, however, need to suspend some parking in the immediate vicinity of each gully to enable lorry access.

Notice boards, informing about the parking suspensions, are usually installed 5-7 days in advance of the proposed gully cleansing works. We would therefore kindly ask that residents do not park in the suspended parking areas, as it may lead to vehicles being relocated to nearby street.

The planned dates can be subject to changes as there may be circumstances that will require changes to the dates for these cleansing works i.e. emergencies elsewhere for the gully sucker, illegal parking, traffic management issues or other highway network demands from unplanned works.

Gully cleaning schedule for August 2025
Road Postcode
Abbeville Road N8
Alexandra Gardens N10
Avenue Mews N10
Avenue Road N6
Barrington Road N8
Bedford Road N8
Berkeley Road N8
Birchwood Avenue N10
Church Crescent N10
Coniston Road N17
Connaught Gardens N10
Cranley Gardens N10
Dukes Mews N10
Ellington Road N10
Elms Avenue N10
Etheldene Avenue N10
Firs Avenue N10
Fortis Green Road N10
Foyle Road N17
Gillham Terrace N17
Glendish Road N17
Grand Avenue N10
Grange Road N17
Grasmere Road N17
Grosvenor Gardens N10
Halefield Road N17
Hampden Lane N17
Hermitage Road N4
Heybourne Road N17
High Road N22
Hillfield Park N10
Hillfield Park Mews N10
Ingleton Road N18
Kemble Road N17
Lansdowne Road N17
Leinster Road N10
Linden Road N10
Liston Road N17
Lordship Lane N22
Manor Road N17
Methuen Park N10
Muswell Hill N10
Muswell Hill Broadway N10
Muswell Hill Place N10
Muswell Hill Road N6
Muswell Mews N10
Northumberland Grove N17
Northumberland Park N17
Offord Close N17
Onslow Gardens N10
Park Avenue Road N17
Park Lane N17
Park Lane Close N17
Poynton Road N17
Princes Avenue N10
Queens Avenue N10
Queens Lane N10
Rheola Close N17
Roebuck Close N17
Romney Close B17
Shelbourne Road N17
Siddons Road N17
Somerford Grove N17
Spencer Road N17
Springfield Avenue N10
St James's Lane N10
Summerland Gardens N10
Summerland Gardens Car Park N10
The Chine (part private) N10
Warwick Gardens N4
Watermead Way N17
Wellfield Avenue N10
Wood Vale N10
Woodland Gardens N10
Woodland Rise N10

Blocked public sewers

Thames Water looks after the network of public sewers. Contact Thames Water to report a blocked sewer.

We are responsible for drainage from the gully until its connection with Thames Water sewers. Most of the drainage systems in the borough are the responsibility of Thames Water.

Blocked drains to private properties

The owner of a private property is responsible for maintaining and clearing its drains.

If a private drain is blocked, we can serve a notice on the owner giving them 48 hours to clear it.

If the drain is not cleared within 48 hours, we'll arrange for the work to be done and charge the owner for the total cost, with an extra 30% charge.

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