Core members of the Southwell Flood Forum Holger Kessler, Rob Fisher and Jacky Huson had a great day with year 4 pupils and teachers at Lowes Wong School, Southwell last month when we gave an afternoon’s session on flooding to each of the three classes. The school grounds are at the highest point in Southwell… Read more »
Bramley – Storm Babet
Storm Babet’s impact on 20th October resulted sadly in 8 houses in Southwell and others in neighbouring villages, most notably Lowdham, being flooded plus heavy surface water flooding on roads. Our thoughts are with those affected as they recover from the trauma – please contact us if you need any help or signposting to help… Read more »
Thank you for your support
WHETHER you’re a member of the Southwell community or a partner organisation we have worked with, we would like to round off 2021 by saying a big thank you for your support over the last 12 months.Your support has helped us to:1. complete two phases of works on Church Street, including the installation of new… Read more »
Southwell Flood Risk Management Project Update
WHILE works to finalise the design of the scheme at Potwell Dyke are ongoing, a number of different schemes are continuing to progress across Southwell.You may remember from previous editions that works on Church Street have been split into two stages, with the first completed in February.Phase two of this part of the scheme is… Read more »
Flood Prevention Update
MANY of you will have heard about the plans for flooding works at Potwell Dyke, near the Minster Playing Fields, just off Church Street.The process of putting a proposed scheme together in this area has included careful consideration of not only the buried archaeology, but also the setting of the Minster and preserving the views… Read more »
Flood Prevention landscaping at Lowes Wong School
Following the flooding in Southwell in 2013 the Lowe’s Wong Schools have been working with Nottinghamshire Local Authority to look at ways of reducing the run-off from the school site.Initial plans were too expensive at the time, but work started in the Spring of 2020 to landscape the schools’ fields to reduce the flow’.The substantial… Read more »
