February 2021 Storm Christoph tests flood alleviation measures Last month, Storm Christoph passed through the county and saw the County Council and its partners working together to prepare for and respond to the impacts of the storm. A multi-agency response was co-ordinated to prepare communities for potential flooding and support and assistance was offered to… Read more »
14th January 2021 heavy snow/rainfall
Selected areas around town Halloughton Road, Nottingham Road, Park Lane, Trail ditch A walk along the River Greet from Greet Lily Mill to Maythorne A drone view around the fields near Greet Lily Mill
Property Flood Resilience by Whitehouse
Nottinghamshire County Council appointed Whitehouse to undertake Property Flood Resilience to 138 properties in the Southwell area. They undertook all community engagement, survey, design, installation and post installation customer service at each of the properties identified. Read more here or in downloadable form Nottinghamshire-County-Council-Southwell-PFR NCC Flood Risk Management Team were awarded the ‘Highly Commended’ award… Read more »
Flood and coastal risk management strategy 2020
Here is the Environment Agency FCERM strategy which was launched in September 2020 and on which the webinar at the Flood and Coast conference ‘Creating Climate Resilient Places’ was based. Community resilience and involvement in decisions about their environment is a key feature in the strategy for example (edited extracts) Local people and local partners… Read more »
Flood and Coast Conference Report and Video
This is usually a national two-day event at Telford and Tim Farr and Jacky Huson attended in 2017 when Tim was invited to give a presentation on Southwell Flood Forum and be on a panel. This year they are offering a series of webinars, the first of which is Creating Climate Resilient Places. These digital… Read more »
How Natural Flood Management improved flood-risk resilience in Southwell
The Southwell FRAMES Pilot Trent Rivers Trust (TRT) led the Southwell Pilot project, which sought to improve flood resilience in Southwell through natural flood management (NFM) intervention and community engagement. During its three-year lifespan Southwell’s FRAMES project improved flood-risk resilience in the present day and for the future. On Trent Rivers Trust website you can… Read more »
Natural Flood Management news
Work continues to transform Southwell’s flood defences Nottinghamshire County Council is working alongside Trent Rivers Trust, local farmers and various partners to drastically improve flood defences in Southwell. This work forms part of a wider scheme worth up to £5m which will involve engineering work to construct new flood defences across the town as well… Read more »
Fishlake’s story – helps us understand community resilience
This story about Fishlake’s flooding will resonate with many in Southwell. A warning that we mustn’t forget why we need to keep an eye on maintenance of drains, ditches, Potwell Dyke, strainers/gratings on culvert or become complacent that our flooding problem is solved because we’ve had mitigation installed. Community resilience and “feeling that you’re doing… Read more »
Barriers to the uptake and implementation of natural flood management
Josh Wells has just completed his PhD on flooding in Southwell at Nottingham Trent University and as part of his research, implemented many natural flood management interventions on Brackenhurst’s upland catchment land. He was subsequently employed by Trent Rivers Trust in the FRAMES project and has implemented many more NFM interventions in the upland catchment… Read more »
Super gullies on Halam Road
Halam Road has been closed as construction works to prevent flooding in a town begins. The addition of five super gullies on Halam Road, Southwell, is to avoid a repeat of the torrents of water that flooded the town in 2013. It is part of the cross-council funded Southwell Flood Alleviation Scheme that aims to… Read more »
