Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for customers across Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Customers are asked not to use hosepipes, including for cleaning cars, watering gardens or allotments, filling paddling pools and swimming pools or cleaning windows.

It follows the driest spring in over a century and England’s warmest June on record.

Formally known as a "Temporary Use Ban (TUB)", the restrictions will come into effect on Tuesday 22 July 2025, impacting areas with a postcode starting with OX, GL, SN and RG4, RG8 and RG9.

The ban does not impact businesses such as garden centres or car washes but Thames Water is asking everyone it serves to be mindful of their water use.

The ban will not currently impact the London area.

The Thames Valley area has been

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