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14
Jan
Another burst main cuts water supply to parts of Harrogate's Duchy area
Parts of Harrogate’s Duchy estate have been without water today (January 14) after a main burst this morning.
Yorkshire Water workers are on site fixing the problem, and temporary traffic lights are in place.
One resident of Cornwall Road told the Stray Ferret:
We have no water on Cornwall Road and other parts of the Duchy. Six leaks in six months, now no water [...] It’s chaos this morning.
We asked Yorkshire Water what was going on. A spokesperson said:
We are currently working to repair a burst main on Cornwall Road, which is causing loss of supply or low pressure in some nearby properties.
We're working as quickly as we can to complete the repair and restore normal supply. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank everyone in the area for their patience.
Yorkshire Water is currently replacing over 2.1km of water mains in the Duchy area, including pipes on Kent Road, Duchy Road, Kent Bank, Hereford Road, York Road and York Road Rear.
Work started in November and the project is expected to be completed in spring 2026.
Announcing the project last year, Alex Spivey, project manager at Yorkshire Water, said:
This work is part of Yorkshire Water’s £406 million investment to replace more than 1,000km of water mains across the region over the next five years, and just one of 21 schemes taking place across North Yorkshire in the first year – including others in Harrogate.
The project will make Duchy’s network much more resilient and enable us to provide the reliable and quality service that customers rightly expect.
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