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What’s Happening?

The Environment Agency is delivering a proposed Flood Risk Management Scheme to better protect homes and business from flooding in the Kent catchment, and improve the local environment and community amenities. Kendal is the first area to be delivered, followed by Burneside, Staveley, and Ings, and upstream measures including flood storage. In addition, Natural Flood Management measures are being integrated into the plans which aim to slow the flow of water and provide wider environmental benefits across the catchment.

General

Click here to return to Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme page

 

Community Flood Scheme Information Hub is open to welcome visitors

A Community Flood Hub is open on Beezon Road, Kendal to provide people with the opportunity to find out more about the multi-million-pound investment to better protect the town from flooding. The building adjacent to Lidl supermarket will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10am and 4:30pm and will provide information on the Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme.

 

Environment Agency plant trees as part of multi-million pound Flood Scheme in Kendal

  • The Environment Agency has planted native hornbeam trees along the river side in Kendal as part of the Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme
  • Construction of the scheme started on 15 February 2021
  • The scheme will see over 4,000 new trees planted across Kendal

 

Environment Agency and VBA staff at tree planting site

 

Stewart Mounsey marks the start of construction

 


 

Events

Getting involved

There are a number of opportunities to get involved in the scheme and the Environment Agency will be delivering some of these directly with local schools, community groups and charities. Keep an eye on this events section for events that will be happening near you.

 

Some of the 1,000 tree cuttings planted by St Thomas’ and Stramongate Schools

 


 

ONE million minutes

The Kendal and Upper Kent Catchment Project Team have recently launched their ONE MILLION MINUTES!

This initiative provides an exciting opportunity to give back to the local area, through acts of kindness that benefits the local community and environment.

By joining forces, the team will aim to give back the equivalent of ONE MILLION MINUTES by pledging their time to undertake community, environment, education and/or fundraising based activities.

Already this year, they have delivered over 5000 minutes of kindness.

 


 

Kendal Flood Scheme Virtual Art Gallery and Walk

The Environment Agency is featuring the work of a Kendal based artist Bob Henfrey, who has captured the construction of the Kendal Flood Scheme in watercolours. The virtual walking art gallery which is part of an online map guide is now available and gives residents and visitors a unique opportunity to see this substantial Government funded civil engineering project being captured through sketches and paintings.

The Kendal Flood Scheme Virtual Art Gallery is an online map, which can be viewed by clicking here, links Bob’s watercolours with the locations along the River Kent in Kendal where work has been completed and is currently taking place.

Artist Robert, who has lived and worked in the town since 1993 has created over a dozen sketches of the ongoing civil engineering project.  His art has depicted the progression of the project from various points of view, and he is creating a series of sketches which will record the event as a personal project.

Image of Kendal based artist Bob Henfrey

 

Screenshot of virtual walking art gallery which is part of an online map guide for the Kendal Scheme (click the above image to load the map)