Ditching & Land Drainage for Herefordshire Farmland

 

Waterlogged land isn’t just an inconvenience – left alone, it affects grazing, access and the long-term value of a farm, and it tends to get worse rather than better without intervention. BJB Contractors Ltd provides ditching and land drainage across Hereford, Herefordshire and Shropshire, helping farms, landowners and equestrian facilities keep their land workable, backed by 20 years of groundworks experience with exactly this kind of work. We’ve worked on ditches that haven’t been touched in years, choked with silt and vegetation, right through to installing entirely new land drainage schemes for fields that have never had proper drainage at all.

Ditching & Drainage Work We Carry Out

We clear, dig and maintain ditches and install land drainage to improve water flow and reduce the risk of flooding across grazing land, tracks and arenas. Our NRSWA-accredited, fully insured team uses excavators sized to the site, from smaller machines for tight access to larger plant for bigger drainage projects covering several fields. We also look at how water moves across the wider site, not just the immediate problem area, so the drainage solution holds up in genuinely wet years, not just an average one. We think about the whole catchment when planning drainage work, because water redirected without considering where it ends up can simply create a new problem elsewhere on the farm.

 

We Understand Farm Timing

We know drainage problems don’t wait for a convenient season, so we work efficiently to get farmland back in usable condition, fitting around lambing, harvest or grazing patterns where we can. If you’re dealing with a field that floods every winter or a ditch that’s stopped doing its job, get in touch and we’ll come out and take a proper look before recommending anything, and we’re happy to advise even if the job turns out smaller than expected. We can also advise on ongoing ditch maintenance to help prevent the same problem building up again, and we’re happy to suggest a simple seasonal check so smaller issues get caught before they turn into a bigger job. Call 07854 889196 for a free ditching or land drainage quote, or send us a WhatsApp message with a few photos of the problem area.