Natural Flood Management in Action!
In 2018, natural flood management measures were installed on a farm above Milton-under-Wychwood to reduce flood risk in the village below.
The first photo shows a group of people standing in the bottom of a field bund on 24th October 2024.
The second photo shows the same field bund in action on 25th November 2024, following Storm Bert. The water is around 2m deep at its maximum and the bund is holding back around 1700m3 flood water. On this occasion, the houses along the Littlestock Brook in Milton-under-Wychwood did not flood.
You can watch a drone flight of the whole area and some of the modelling behind this innovative project below.
