Drinking fountains for London
About the fountains
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has partnered with Thames Water to install a network of more than 100 drinking water fountains in busy and accessible areas of London.
This is part of a range of measures taken by the Mayor to reduce the number of single-use plastic water bottles used in the capital and provide free access to healthy tap water.
The average London adult buys more than three plastic water bottles every week - a startling 175 bottles every year per person. In total, some 7.7billion plastic bottles are bought across the UK each year, resulting in substantial amounts of single-use plastic waste.
The Mayor is keen for Londoners to adopt small changes that can have a big environmental impact - like refilling reusable bottles with tap water, instead of needlessly buying new single-use ones. To support this, we're improving access to drinking water in public places through the Refill London scheme which encourages London’s many restaurants, cafes and businesses to offer free refills and drinking water fountains - making it easier for Londoners and visitors to the capital to refill on the go.
We have invited London boroughs and public and private land owners to apply to host drinking water fountains. The Mayor and Thames Water will cover the cost of the fountains and their installation. They will be owned by Thames Water who will maintain and clean the fountains for 25 years (minimum).
Fountain locations
This section lists the locations of fountains installed by the Mayor of London in partnership with Thames Water.
The installation of the drinking fountains is subject to Thames Water programming and local authority commitments.
- Abbey Wood Station
- Belvedere Recreation Ground
- Welling Library
- Cray Gardens
- Roundwood Park
- Willesden Green Tube Station
- Woodhouse Urban Park
- Crystal Palace
- British Library
- Bloomsbury Square
- Camden High Street
- Farringdon Station
- Hampstead Heath (High Street)
- Kentish Town Station
- Kilburn Grange Park
- Red Lion Square
- Russell Square
- Queens Square Gardens
- Crystal Palace Triangle
- Croydon University Hospital
- East Croydon Station
- North End (High Street)
- Norwood Junction Station
- Thornton Heath Station
- Hanwell Clock Tower
- Melbourne Avenue (High Street)
- Northfields Station
- South Ealing Station
- Walpole Park Walpole Park
- Enfield Town Station
- Edmonton Green Station
- Charlton Station
- Eltham High Street
- General Gordon Square
- New Eltham Station
- Plumstead Station
- Hoxton Station
- Ridley Road Market
- Haggerston Station
- Fulham Broadway Tube Station
- Hammersmith Park
- Hurlingham Park
- Lyric Square
- Shepherd’s Bush Station
- Seven Sisters Station
- Tottenham Hale Station
- Tottenham Green Common
- Wood Green Underground
- Treaty Centre (High Street)
- Lampton Park
- Thornbury Park
- Heston Park
- Brentford High Street
- Archway Station
- Highbury & Islington Tube Station
- Islington Fire Station (High Street)
- Elm Road High Street
- Tolworth Broadway
- New Malden High Street
- Victoria Road High Street
- Kingston Town Centre
- Clapham Common Tube Station
- Oval Tube Station
- St Thomas’ Hospital
- Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre
- Vauxhall Bus Station
- Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
- Waterloo Train Station
- West Norwood Library
- Brockley Station
- Cornmill Gardens
- Hilly Fields
- Manor House Gardens
- Mayow Park
- Mountsfield Park
- Sydenham Station
- Colliers Wood Tube Station
- Mitcham Town Centre
- Morden Tube Station
- Raynes Park Station
- Wimbledon Station
- City Hall (near Emirates Cable Car)
- Stratford Bus Station
- Gant Hill Tube Station
- Wanstead Tube Station
- Woodford Station
- Brimmington Park
- Dulwich Village
- Kings College Hospital
- Little Dorrit Park
- Nunhead Green
- Rotherhithe Station
- Tooley Street (opposite Potters Field Park)
- Millwall Park
- Shadwell Station
- St John's Park
- Wapping Gardens
- Victoria Park
- Blackhorse Road Tube Station
- Chingford Station
- High Road, Leyton (High Street)
- Highams Park Train Station
- Corner of Hoe Street and First Avenue (near Walthamstow Train Station)
- Leytonstone Tube Station
- Balham Tube Station
- Garratt Park
- Southfields Station
- Tooting Broadway Tube Station
- Wandsworth Town Station
- Wandsworth Library