PARCELS of moorland, redundant water storage tanks, a sewage pumping station and even a former water treatment works are going under the hammer next month.

Around 30 sites owned by South West Water which are no longer needed by the company are being sold at public auction on Thursday November 19 at the Lakeside Centre at Roadford Lake

The properties for sale in West Devon include land at Slew Wood near Roadford Lake, Kilworthy water storage tank in Tavistock, land at Wheal Jewell, Mary Tavy and land at Milton Combe near Yelverton. Seven underground water storage tanks, from Amalveor in the far west of Cornwall to Yealmpton near Plymouth are also among the lots.

The company’s head of property and support services Guy Busby said: ‘We regularly auction redundant assets to reduce our costs and keep customers’ bills as low as possible. Fifty per cent of the proceeds of the sale of the land will be returned to customers through South West Water’s next price setting.

‘So far, after ten auctions, £5-million will have been returned to customers in this way. Novelty sites with small areas of surplus land always attract strong interest as people are able to invest relatively modest sums for their “little piece of England”.’