Abstract: A sewer cleaning shoe for use in removing the detritus and sedimentary matter that accumulates in the invert of sewers comprises a partly-cylindrical framework (1, 11, 14, 19) which fits in the invert of a sewer, a transverse barrier (2, 5, 23) which is connected to the framework and which, in use, substantially fills the lower part of a sewer but stops short of the top of the sewer to form a dam extending across the sewer, and an orifice (6, 18) through the transverse barrier adjacent its base through which, in use, a part of the effluent carried by the sewer is jetted to scour the detritus and sedimentary matter from the invert of the sewer. The transverse barrier stops short of the top of the sewer and provides a weir over which the remainder of the effluent flow takes place.