<p>A cleaner head (10) for a cleaning appliance includes a rotatable agitator (40) and an agitator chamber housing the agitator. The agitator (40) includes a drive shaft, a flexible body connected to the drive shaft and surface engaging members mounted on the flexible body. The agitator chamber includes a downwardly- directed opening (26) through which debris energised by the surface engaging members enters the cleaner head. The opening (26) is located in a plane relative to which the flexible body (48) is inclined so that, with rotation of the agitator (40), the surface engaging members protrude through the opening, preferably towards the front of the opening.</p>
