{"id":3615,"date":"2021-04-07T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bretfortonpcuk.local\/?page_id=3615"},"modified":"2021-04-07T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:35:26","slug":"flooding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bretfortonpc.uk\/?page_id=3615","title":{"rendered":"Flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3615\" class=\"elementor elementor-3615\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75ee6c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75ee6c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac5aaf7\" data-id=\"ac5aaf7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af6586e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af6586e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flooding<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8cad671 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8cad671\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9dea777\" data-id=\"9dea777\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df59e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df59e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bretforton is a village in The Vale of Evesham within a few miles of the Cotswold escarpment and as a result rainwater from these hills inevitably passes along the brooks that also drain the land in this area. The attached map shows how the village is surrounded by watercourses and cannot be accessed from the Evesham side without crossing one of these brooks.<\/p>\n<p>The village is largely built on ground above the likely flood levels but some properties are vulnerable and require flood risk management.<\/p>\n<p>When water levels in the brooks breaks over the banks the first area affected is Back Lane. This is aggravated by the culvert at the Bridge Street junction and the one under the B4035 at the entrance to the village which cause the water to back up until Back lane becomes a flooded. This then floods the bottom part of Drinkwater Lane and in particularly bad conditions the main road floods and becomes impassable. If travel in or out of the village is&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; essential in these conditions Station Road to Blackminster is usually available though in extreme floods such as in 2007 this was also not passable.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp; Parish Council have obtained a limited supply of filled sandbags which are kept at a farm in the village. At times of significant flooding these will be moved to The Cross for distribution to villagers whose properties&nbsp; need protection from flood water.<\/p><p>The map below shows Bretforton &#8220;island&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9f96d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b9f96d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/bretfortonpc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bret-island-1024x724.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3617\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretfortonpc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bret-island-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretfortonpc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bret-island-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bretfortonpc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bret-island-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bretfortonpc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bret-island-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bretfortonpc.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bret-island-2048x1449.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flooding Bretforton is a village in The Vale of Evesham within a few miles of the Cotswold escarpment and as a result rainwater from these hills inevitably passes along the brooks that also drain the land in this area. 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