Published: Tuesday 21 January 2026
Burst water mains in the vicinity of Holland Park roundabout have caused disruption overnight. The incident began at around 2am on Wednesday 21 January 2026 and caused flooding in Lorne Gardens and Clearwater Terrace. There were water outages to several west London postcodes. More information is available from Thames Water.
Council officers attended the scene in the early hours of the morning alongside the emergency services to support residents. The London Fire Brigade invacuated (advised residents to go upstairs) in nearby properties. Some residents were evacuated and supported at a nearby hotel.
Council support
Our resilience team has ensured residents are safe and well through the night and we are working with Peabody as the local landlord to ensure people have accommodation if they cannot return to their home today.
Cllr Elizabeth Campbell, Cllr Johnny Thalassites and Cllr Sof McVeigh have been at the scene since early this morning speaking with people who are impacted by the flooding.
Cllr Elizabeth Campbell, leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, said:
"I would like to thank the emergency services and our own council officers who responded swiftly and worked through the night to ensure residents were safe and well following the flooding near Holland Park roundabout. Some residents were evacuated from their homes and we were on hand to support residents, alongside landlords.
"I have been to the scene myself this morning and met with some of those impacted by this incident. Disruption is likely to continue today in the area but our street cleaning crews are on standby to clean the road as soon as emergency services and Thames Water deem it safe. Our teams will continue to work closely with partner agencies to support residents throughout the clean-up and recovery.
"It is important we understand why an area was flooded so quickly and with such devastating consequences for residents, especially when the council has made several representations to organisations in the area about providing flood defences. We will be speaking to all authorities involved over the coming days."
Ongoing disruption and live updates
Thames Water have now stopped the immediate flooding. Our waste crews are on standby to help with the clean up when Thames Water and the London Fire Brigade deem it safe. We expect disruption and road closures in the area to continue throughout the day.
We will be updating our social media with any new updates, at the below links:
Thames Water is also updating its website with updates.