Man at B&Q coughed up some electrons that declared:

On Jun 25, 1:44*pm, eden wrote:
I have a small front garden in a victorian cottage on farmland with no
rainwater drains, soakaways or anywhere that one could be placed.

"Why not? "

Because it's old? because its on a farm? I dont know.... lots of
victorian terrace houses seem to be like this, pipes drain onto
pavements..
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that I could angle through the garden

"You have a garden. "

eh?

You said you had nowhere to put a soakaway but then said you had a
garden. Where do you think soakaways normally go?

MBQ

Not next to the house foundations, that's for sure.

The OP said later his garden is 3.5m long. I don't know the recommended
distance but I thought a few metres away was wise and that's cutting it
fine.

Cheers

Tim