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Cumbria

This local spaces area provides a link to the ‘Your Local Area’ map. On this, there will be information on completed and ongoing flood schemes, natural flood management schemes, flood action and community groups established in your area and information on local events. The information on this page has been provided by Risk Management Authorities and was correct at the time of upload.

The information on this page has been provided by Risk Management Authorities and was correct at the time of upload.

Flood Risk Management

This BBC Sounds episode looks at the flooding in Kendal, Cumbria in February 2020 and discusses flood defences, natural flood management and other solutions – Costing the Earth: Flooding Britain.

 

To view the Environment Agency’s five year flood and coastal risk management asset maintenance programme, click here. For more details on the programme, click here.

For more information on coastal flood risk management across the north west, visit our North West Coastline page here.

To read the case study on the delivery of the Environment Agency’s Flood Warning Service expansion project, click here.

On this page you can find information of flood risk management schemes for areas within Cumbria.


 

Derwent and West Catchment

Braithwaite (Community update)

Cockermouth (Community update and proposed flood risk management scheme)

Egremont (Community update)

Flimby (Community update)

  • Information on the flood protection project for Flimby can be found in our news article here.

Keswick (Community update)

Threlkeld (Community update)

Threlkeld Culvert Replacement Project:

Wigton (Community update)

Workington (Community update)


 

Eden Catchment

Appleby (In progress scheme)

Caldew (Proposed scheme)

  • For more information on the proposed Caldew Flood Risk Management scheme, visit our dedicated page here.

Carlisle (In progress scheme)

  • For more information on the Carlisle Flood Risk Management Scheme, visit our dedicated scheme page here.
  • For more information on Phase 2 of the Carlisle Flood Risk Management Scheme, visit our dedicated page here.

Eamont Bridge (Community update)

Low Crosby (Completed scheme)

  • For more information on the Low Crosby Flood Risk Management Scheme, visit our dedicated scheme page here.

Pooley Bridge (Community update)

Rickerby (Completed scheme)

  • For more information on the Rickerby Flood Risk Management Scheme, visit our dedicated scheme page here.

Warwick Bridge (Community update)


 

Kent Catchment

Ambleside (Community update)

Grasmere (Community update)

Kendal, Burneside, Staveley and Ings (In progress scheme)

  • For more information on the Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme, visit our dedicated scheme page here.
  • For more information on Burneside, Staveley and Ings, and Upstream Measures, visit our dedicated Upper Kent page here.

Troutbeck Bridge (Community update)

Windermere Town (Community update)

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