Southern Water says it is investigating the burst pipe which happened on Sunday morning.

Areas of Crawley are flooded and about 9,000 homes have water supply issues

Published27 September 2026, 08:40 BST

Thousands of homes in parts of West Sussex have water supply issues and a number of roads have flooded after what police are describing as a "significant" leak

Roads around the Southgate Roundabout in Crawley have been closed on Sunday morning due to the burst water pipe, Sussex Police said

Southern Water said about 9,000 customers were impacted, but as of 19:45 BST, most customers had seen their supplies restored

A company spokesperson said: "Our teams are on site and working as quickly and safely as possible to repair the burst and restore supplies."

The company said customers were experiencing a loss of water supply or low pressure in the following areas - Woolborough Road, Holmcroft, Southgate, Tilgate and Furnace Green

It first reported at 12:00 that supplies had returned to some homes

Southern Water said its teams were still carrying out repairs but the damaged section of pipe had been removed and its replacement installed