• Main River & Coastal Flooding → The Environment Agency, Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60
• Surface Water & Groundwater Flooding (on roads) → Highways Department
• Surface Water & Groundwater Flooding (on other) → Your Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) (Unitary Authority or County Council)
• Ordinary Watercourses → Your Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) (Unitary Authority or County Council)
• Sewer Flooding → Your Water Company
• Flood Alert → PREPARE
– Prepare a bag with medicines and insurance documents
– Visit www.gov.uk/check-flooding
• Flood Warning → ACT
– Turn off gas, water and electricity
– Move things upstairs or to safety
– Move family, pets and car to safety
• Severe Flood Warning → SURVIVE
– Call 999 if in immediate danger
– Follow advice from emergency services
– Keep yourself and your family safe
More info:
check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/plan-ahead-for-flooding
#PrepareActSurvive
- Contact South Glos Council regarding roads, paths and bridleway flooding
- Contact South Glos regarding more significant flooding
- Make a personal flood plan (PDF download)
- Do you need flood boards or other equipment? Try The Blue Pages.
Other useful links for flood preparedness
- Flood Mary
- Flood Mary PFR Presentation (YouTube)
- FloodRe
- Build Back Better (FloodRe)
- Be Flood Ready
- CIWEM: Property Flood Resilience community of practice
- Historic England: Flooding & historic buildings
- National Flood Forum
- Flood Hub – Property Flood Resilience
Note: the Parish Council is not responsible for the content of external sites.