River Windrush

... at Broad Bridges on 3rd June




























and at Gill Mill on the 4th ...

















































and on the 5th the water is still rising ...

























On 4th June, "summer pastures" at
Lower Farm in Northmoor ...

Flooding on the Stonehenge Farm site

The photos below show clearly the flooding which occurred yesterday (3.6.08) both to property which adjoins the application site as well as to the proposed extraction site/application area.

Environment Agency Flood Map

You may be interested to look at the EA flood map for the Stonehenge Farm application site.

Check out the link below:
http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?topic=floodmap&ep=map&lang=_e&x=440933.479&y=202430.388&scale=5&layerGroups=1,&layerGroupToQuery=1&location=Stonehenge%20Farm%20application%20site

Flooding Reports

"Moreton Lane, Northmoor, is impassable".
Source: Radio Oxford, 1730 hours

"I can confirm that Sutton Lane is flooded today."
A Sutton resident

"The lane was a river by lunch time."
Roger from Sutton

Flood Watch

Current Flooding Situation

The River Windrush Catchment

Page last updated: 13:04 on 03-Jun-2008
Flood status checked every 15 minutes.

Current status: Flood Watch

Status last changed at:
13:04 on 03-Jun-2008

Location: The River Windrush from Bourton-on-the-Water to Newbridge and its tributaries
Region: Thames
Previous statuses:

All Clear 11:30 on 30-May-2008
Flood Watch 16:38 on 28-May-2008
All Clear 11:52 on 27-May-2008
Flood Watch 12:58 on 26-May-2008
All Clear 15:51 on 15-May-2008

Photos of Site & Surrounding Area

Below: After a couple of days of heavy rainfall, the surface water on the proposed site is most evident. Photo taken on 29th May 2008






















Below: On yet another part of the proposed site the water lying on the surface is quite deep ... Photo also taken on 29th May 2008

Below: View over to Park Farm from the public right of way & proposed conveyor belt route.

Above: Photo of Rose Cottage, Northmoor, taken just a few paces from where the one presented by the Minerals Officer to the Planning meeting on 19th May 2008 was taken. It demonstrates how clearly the house can be seen from the footpath, unlike the photo shown to the Planning Committee which showed only the road.

Above: Photo taken in January 2007 looking in a north-westerly direction towards Park Lodge diagonally across the proposed conveyor route, illustrating the significant amount of surface water in winter.

Above: Flooding looking west over Park Farm in July 2007. The water snaking through the field on the left is where a dry dig is proposed. Had the bund had been in place in 2007, all that flood water would have been diverted towards our houses.

All photos kindly sent in by local residents.

For an aerial view of Stonehenge Farm, click on the link below:

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/305605

Conveyor Belt

An artist's impression of the Stonehenge Farm gravel conveyor crossing at the Standlake to Northmoor road, looking south: driving gear with gravel shute into tunnel.