Visiting St. Germans Pumping Station.

Whether you’re a member of the public, a ratepayer, professional partner, academic/research organisation or community group, we welcome the interest in the site and our system. 

We receive many requests for tours of St Germans Pumping Station however, unfortunately, we cannot facilitate all requests. 

We are a small not for profit public authority and with St Germans being an active operational site, we need to prioritise, target and plan any hosting of visits to the site and station.  

Hosting visits diverts our limited resources from other operational activities and we do not have staff working in the evenings, at weekends or on Bank Holidays. 

We apply a cost recovery approach for hosting visits to St Germans – an indicative fee range is available below and we will agree a final fee with you depending upon the scope of your request and the resources required to facilitate (if we are able to).  

Indicative fee range: 60 minutes tour for up to 10 adult visitors 

We reserve the right to waive or reduce the fee, in particular where there are mutual benefits to the Middle Level Commissioners. 

Please do not turn up at the site unannounced and attempt to access the site. If passing the area, you can view the station from the road and public right of way, but please do keep to these and do not trespass. 

Please also note that the Middle Level Main Drain leading to the station is not part of our navigable waterways and must not be accessed and used by either powered or unpowered vessels (e.g. canoes, paddleboard, kayaks etc). Swimming is neither encouraged or discouraged within Middle Level waters and anyone who does so is swimming at their own risk. Pumping operations can create significant flows within the watercourse and are a hazard. 

The site has 24/7 CCTV and security monitoring linked to the Police. 

If you are interested in attending any future hosted events or wish to see if we can arrange a bespoke hosted tour for you for a fee, please email admin@middlelevel.gov.uk with the email titled ‘Interest in St Germans Pumping Station’. 

Please provide information as to the reason for your interest, the numbers of people, any date constraints and any likely benefit to us in hosting.