Newark and Sherwood District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council are arranging the following meetings about flooding in Southwell: Wednesday, 25th September 2013 Time: TBC Venue: The Minster School Saturday, 5th October 2013 Time: 11 am – 3.30 pm drop in day Venue: The Minster School. Details to be confirmed.
Display in Southwell Library
A display in Southwell Library throughout September will include useful information, photos and news from Southwell Flood Forum.
Dyke Clearing Day
Nothing like the weather warning to stir people into action! Southwell Flood Forum Chairman, Mark Bertolini made a last minute decision to “do something” to help clear the huge amounts of debris that was washed down stream a month ago and was slowing down the flow of the water course. The flood alert the… Read more »
Dyke could not cope
Heavy rain overwhelming drains and sewers, and the overflowing of the Potwell Dyke were the main contributors to flooding in Southwell in July, according to the results of a survey completed by residents. Surveys from affected homes have been collected by Southwell Flood Forum and the Potwell Dyke Flood Group. The results suggested the Potwell… Read more »
Public meeting on September 10th
A public meeting on September 10th at 7pm in The Minster will share progress to date and discuss the way forward to make Southwell and its residents more flood resilient. More information on our Facebook events page…
Please send us your photos and videos
We would like to build up a visual record of any flooding incidents in Southwell. to help the funding bid by visual evidence of the scale of the impact ‘lest we forget’ a potential ‘before’ and ‘after’ gallery of effectiveness of flood defences Please send us your photos and links to videos on YouTube etc…. Read more »
2013 Flood Questionnaire to Download
There is now also a downloadable version of our questionnaire if you prefer to print out and fill in, rather than completing it online. Please download either the PDF version or Word Document version at the links below.
We need your help…
After a meeting on 9th August, it has been highlighted that we need ACCURATE figures on the scale of the impact, numbers of properties and businesses affected by the storm/flooding of July 23rd 2013 This will be essential to ‘attract’ funding in order to carry out a survey and implement measures to reduce flood risk Were you… Read more »
Welcome to Southwell Flood Forum
After a meeting on 9th August, it has been highlighted that we need ACCURATE figures on the scale of the impact, numbers of properties and businesses affected by the storm/flooding of July 23rd 2013 This will be essential to ‘attract’ funding in order to carry out a survey and implement measures to reduce flood risk… Read more »
