Full list of UK areas with hosepipe bans still in place as rainfall forecast by Met Office

No water restrictions are in place in Greater Manchester12:38, 18 Aug 2026More than 27 million people across England are facing water restrictions due to the ongoing drought after a summer of hot and dry weather.‌It comes after weeks of widespread heatwaves and dry weather has led to large parts of England and all of Wales entering drought conditions.‌East Anglia, Hertfordshire and North London, Thames, Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, West Midlands, Wessex, Kent and South London, Solent and South Downs, East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire are all in drought conditions, data from the Environment Agency shows.‌Greater Manchester - along with North East, Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire - remain in prolonged dry weather, which is the category before