Is Accrington likely to flood?

[mani]

i cant see my street gettin flooded even though on the map it does show that

its too steep and hte river may burst its banks at the bottom but there'd have to b a noah's ark level of flood for my house to fall victom

but a few yrs ago i remember the deluge that was runnin down willows lane

[WillowTheWhisp]

Like a river wasn't it? Very fast moving too.

[panther]

where did that come from?
theres no river at the top is there?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by panther

i was flooded once, and its not very nice, you dont just get the damage you get the smell too, which was horrendous, i was cleaning for weeks, i hope it doesnt happen again, i dredd it everytime it rains hard, i find myself looking out the window, waiting to see a river coming

was that in Hyndburn panther? only place i can remember flooding was regular under the railway bridge on blackburn rd, church.that was a good while ago.

[panther]

yep, when we had that torrential downpoar, the sewers bust!!!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by panther

yep, when we had that torrential downpoar, the sewers bust!!!

was away from about 95/01 was it in that period?

[MargaretR]

It is only about a year since the bridge over Tinker Brook (on the other side of the woods behind me) had to be rebuilt. That flood website shows that the new housing built on the old site of Three Brooks Mill is in a flood risk area.

[lancsdave]

We are probably least at risk up here, ( well 2 foot less of a risk than Tinks ). It's about a million feet above sea level

[cashman]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

We are probably least at risk up here, ( well 2 foot less of a risk than Tinks ). It's about a million feet above sea level

wouldnt matter where tinks was- natures not that "Dumb"

[***Mr D***]

Hope we dont get floods.

Cause me more work.

Some insurers class Henry Street area as high risk.

[mani]

i dont know where that willows lane river came from i think it was just too much for the drains to cope with

meant to b bad this weekend

[WillowTheWhisp]

We narrowly avoided a flood once and it must have been way back in the 60s. We lived in Sultan St. The other houses got water coming in the front doors but ours had two steps up for some reason - the only one that did - and it just came in a teeny little bit and settled in a well where the doormat was inset.

[mani]

i remember comin along blackburn road back then towards west end and all the water was gushin down there and going into ppls houses

some ppl managed to set up some sorta barricade but others didndt realise how bad it was or werent home

[lindsay ormerod]

Willow,how on earth did you get flooded on Sultan Street ? It's on a decent slope ( well it better be!) Also the River Hyndburn goes under the ex Music Zone store before it hits Wilco's,remember looking at it thru an inspection pit thing when they resurfaced Broadway t'other year . It was a fairly long way down before you hit water, mind you it was in July !

[panther]

Originally Posted by cashman

was away from about 95/01 was it in that period?

2001 cashman