Gloucestershire

Trades in Fairford and Lechlade

7 electricians and 7 heating engineers and 6 roofers on our registers cover Fairford and Lechlade.

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Short answer

Fairford and Lechlade are two small towns in the south-east of Cotswold District, on the River Coln and the upper Thames. Both have conservation areas and many listed buildings. Low ground in both towns has flood risk, so gutters, drains and the height of sockets matter as much as the roof.

Trades that cover Fairford and Lechlade

Electricians

7 firms on Cotswolds Electricians cover Fairford and Lechlade. 5 are on a trade register.

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Heating engineers

7 firms on Cotswolds Heating cover Fairford and Lechlade. 6 are on a trade register.

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Roofers

6 firms on Cotswolds Roofers cover Fairford and Lechlade. 2 are on a trade register.

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Stone centres and post-war homes

In Fairford, the Market Place, High Street and London Street have stone houses with stone slate roofs. Lechlade has stone houses around its Market Place, below the spire of St Lawrence’s Church, which is Grade I listed. Both towns grew after the Second World War, so post-war houses and newer estates are common.

Flood risk

Fairford’s worst flood on record was in 2007, when 52 homes and 4 businesses were affected, Cotswold District Council says. Lechlade stands where the Coln and the Leach meet the Thames. An electrician can put ground-floor circuits on their own protective device and fit the consumer unit above the likely flood level.

Fairford, Lechlade and Kempsford each have a conservation area. Search the Historic England list separately for each town. SSEN runs the network across the area.

Gas, oil and LPG

In Fairford North ward and Lechlade, Kempsford and Fairford South ward, 74.1 per cent of households used mains gas alone in the 2021 Census. Oil heated 157 households. In the southern ward, 3.8 per cent used tank or bottled gas, almost four times the England share.