Hammond Road
Elm Farm Industrial Estate
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK41 0RG
United Kingdom
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Opening hours
Monday - 8am to 5pm
Tuesday - 8am to 5pm
Wednesday - 8am to 5pm
Thursday - 8am to 5pm
Friday - 8am to 5pm
Saturday - Closed
Sunday - Closed
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Need pump, water tank, or treatment hire across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Northamptonshire?
Selwood Bedford is your trusted local depot for moving, storing, and treating water across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, and Hertfordshire. As the UK's leading pump hire provider, we deliver robust, efficient equipment, including stormwater overflow storage, backed by decades of innovation and technical expertise.
Our Bedford depot sits close to the A1 and M1, giving fast access across the region, from Milton Keynes to Cambridge and down towards St Albans. Whether it's construction, utilities, environmental, or industrial work, our team delivers tailored solutions and 24/7 support wherever you're based.
Our Pump Hire & Water Solutions Services
Pump Hire
Our depot supplies diesel and electric pumps across a region that spans everything from Cambridge's historic waterways to the fast-growing urban development in Milton Keynes and Northampton. Each pump is specified for flow rate, head, and site access requirements.
Our engineers can provide expert recommendations, whether a single unit for a routine task or a multi-pump configuration for a major scheme, with 24/7 emergency call-out available across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and the wider region.
Water Tank Hire (SelTank)
Utilities and contractors across our region often need temporary storage that can be deployed, scaled, and removed without the lead time a permanent installation involves. SelTank provides flexible, modular, and intelligent storage for wastewater, stormwater, and sludge, sized to the volumes you manage.
Tanks can be installed in as little as a day and linked together as capacity requirements grow, making it a practical option for phased or fast-moving projects across the region.
Sewer Bypass Pumping
Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire's sewer networks combine historic town centres with some of the fastest-growing new-build areas in the country, which means bypass solutions often need to account for both ageing infrastructure and rapidly increasing demand. Our systems are designed around accurate flow calculations before a single pump goes on site.
Our Bedford team manages the full scope of work, from initial design and on-site installation to remote monitoring throughout the scheme.
Site Dewatering
Getting the right dewatering approach depends entirely on understanding what's beneath the site, and in our region the terrain varies a lot, from chalk to low-lying fenland soils.
We survey the ground before specifying a solution, using proven wellpoint and pumped systems to keep excavations stable and workable, whatever the local geology throws up.
Water Treatment Solutions
Delivered with our sister company Siltbuster, our water treatment solutions handle clarification, pH correction, and chemical or biological treatment before water is discharged. This matters particularly across the Cambridgeshire Fens, where much of the drainage network feeds directly into sensitive waterways.
We support projects of any scale across the region, keeping you compliant without holding up your work.
Flood Response & Emergency Pumping
We provide flood response and emergency pumping support across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, and Hertfordshire, mobilising pumps to help protect homes, businesses, and infrastructure when you need us.
Regional coverage across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire
Bedford & North Bedfordshire: Including Bedford, Kempston, and Sandy.
Luton & South Bedfordshire: Including Luton and Dunstable.
Milton Keynes & North Buckinghamshire: Including Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, and Bletchley.
Cambridge & South Cambridgeshire: Including Cambridge, Ely, and Newmarket.
Peterborough & the Fens: Including Peterborough, Wisbech, and Huntingdon.
Northampton & Kettering: Including Northampton, Kettering, and Wellingborough.
St Albans & Hertfordshire: Including St Albans, Hatfield, and Welwyn Garden City.
Stevenage & North Hertfordshire: Including Stevenage, Letchworth, and Hitchin.
Aylesbury & the Chilterns: Including Aylesbury, Hemel Hempstead, and Tring.
Delivering across key sectors
From our depot in Bedford, we deliver end-to-end fluid handling solutions across three primary sectors: water utilities, construction, and specialist industry. Whether managing large-scale groundwater control, network overpumping, emergency drought response, or compliant water treatment throughout Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Northamptonshire, we supply the technical insight, monitoring, and fleet capacity to ensure complete operational resilience.
Water Utilities
Delivering critical support through temporary solutions across both waste and clean water operations
Infrastructure
Providing mission-critical support across major projects including housing, road, rail, power, airports, and more
Industrial
Servicing a broad sector including food and beverage, manufacturing, paper and pump, and more
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For 24/7 support across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, or Northamptonshire, please call our emergency line directly on 03330 142 000.
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With 23 specialist depots nationwide and over 6,500 pumps in our fleet, Selwood is the UK's mission-critical water handling partner. And our expert teams are ready to support your site 24/7/365.
