News: River high over the weekend, and flooding - again

14th and 15th January 2021

A number of ANW members, including Barry B, David F and Peter B, reported the river level was very high and moving fast - the highest David had seen it in some nine years.  

A number of fields either side of the river were flooded, including some of the village cricket ground. Parts of Sluice Wood near The Old Coach Road were flooded cutting off the path, and large parts of  both Cooke's Meadow and Lagden's Grove (either side of the river between the Old Coach Road and Bourn bridge) were also under water. Similarly, fields between Bourn Bridge and the A11 were also flooded.

Looking upstream over the ford

- from the road bridge at 4pm on 14th [photo BB]

Looking downstream, very high but not yet flooding the cricket green

- from the road bridge at 4pm on 14th [photo BB]

Looking downstream, still very high

- from the road bridge on morning of 15th [photo PB]

Some of the cricket green flooded

- from the High Street on morning of 15th [photo PB]

Serious flooding of Cooke's Meadow and Lagden's Grove (Granta Park)

- from Bourn Bridge looking upstream on morning of 15th [photo PB]

Flooding of fields either side of the river by the A11

- from Bourn Bridge looking downstream on morning of 15th [photo PB]

Peter B reminded us that not so very long ago, in summer 2019, the river was virtually dry and the aquafers were worrying low, as described in the article below.  Hopefully these recent rains will go some way towards refilling the aquafers for the coming year.

https://www.transitioncambridge.org/wiki/Water/Summer2019