A 'putrid' stench that had people gagging in a city estate has gone says a water company who used CCTV to peer into sewers and get to the bottom of the awful pong.

Residents reported a 'sewage' stench at Racefield Meadow at the bottom of Dugdale Drive in Warndon Villages with the issue brought to public attention in the Warndon Villages Community Group.

Cllr Andrew Cross discovered what he believed to be the source of the stink, emanating from a blocked drain, and also reported the issue to Severn Trent Water.

Residents, writing on the Facebook group, said the problem had been there 'for months' and described the smell as 'just rancid' and 'absolutely disgusting' while some said it even scares off visitors. Some said the smell was also coming out of a plughole in their homes.

A Severn Trent spokesperson said: “We sent a team out to Racefield Meadow and carried out investigations including using CCTV to look down in our sewers to see if there were any issues and speaking to customers who reported the odour and neighbouring properties. There was no smell present at the time of the visit and our investigation found that the network is working as it should be.”

Cllr Cross urged people to stay vigilant to try and work out where the smell, which 'comes and goes', is coming from.

"I'm keen to help Severn Trent get to the bottom of this. I welcome Severn Trent's rapid response to this," he said.

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The stink has been affecting a widespread area near Racefield Meadow, including Lister Avenue and Rowntree Gardens.

Residents have identified the foul smell as emanating from near the footpath between Newtown Road and the bottom of Dugdale Drive.

We previously reported how Cllr Andrew Cross, a Green Party county councillor for Leopard Hill, followed his nose and visited the site himself to gauge the extent of the issue.

The issue will create even more of a stink after environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey exposed dangerous levels of E.coli in the River Severn and phosphate levels six times higher than the Environment Agency's upper limit.