An archaeological watching brief was undertaken between 29 April 2015 and 03 June 2015 during a topsoil strip prior to the construction of a single wind turbine and associated works for the Severn Trent Water Treatment Works, Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire. A brick structure, possibly an inspection chamber to a culvert, a brick inspection chamber and a modern ditch were recorded. No finds were recovered. The site is located to the east of Nottingham in the Gelding District, just west of the River Trent. The development area was located to the north-east of the Severn Trent Water Treatment Works (STWTW) and lay at approximately 19m above the Ordnance Datum (aOD). The proposed site for the wind turbine lay in an arable field with access provided by well established farm tracks. A combination of a360 mechanical excavator and JCB, both with a smooth bladed ditching bucket, were used to remove soil and overburden from the site. All excavation and on-site recording was carried out according to standard CFA procedures, principally by drawing, photography and by completing standard CFA record forms. The footprint of the crane pad area, turbine piling matt, temporary storage areas and road widening were stripped of all soil and overburden (between 0.3-0.6m) down to the subsoil. An additional modern, brick inspection chamber was identified along the length of the HV cable trench at SK 64167 42270, next to a ceramic drainage pipe orientated north/south. The watching brief monitored the controlled topsoil strip of areas covering the footprint of the crane pad, the turbine piling matt, temporary storage and road widening. A test area with-in the road access to the wind turbine and the HV cables trenches were stripped down to the natural substrate. A modern sludging pipe ditch at the road access to the wind turbine and a section of the culvert system identifiable on historic maps, were revealed. This is consistent with known and mapped 19th century lands-use/drainage features in the fields surrounding the Severn Trent Water Treatment Works. No features dating from the post-medieval period or earlier were identified during the removal of the topsoil. The possible survival of earlier features at greater depths cannot, however, be discounted as there is potential for archaeolog-ical remains to survive under alluvium deposits at varying depths up to 3m In conclusion, whilst the watching brief at the Severn Trent Water Treatments Works at Stoke Bardolph failed to reveal any surviving pre-modern archaeological activity, this may be due to the shallow depth of excavations (with the exception of the HV cable trenches).