Flooding in Stockport

[west didsblue]

Northenden golf club from the other side of the Mersey. The water in the foreground is the Mersey and it’s the golf course behind the river bank in the middle of the picture.

 

[BlueMoonday]

East Didsbury looks like the seaside today.Parrs Wood fields under at least six feet of water,houses opposite on Manchester Road flooded,Waterside Hotel evacuated during the night and cars in their car park literally floating
Fletcher Moss looking bad,no road access to Cheadle from Parrs Wood.Apart from that,Happy New Year everyone!!!

Fletcher Moss has always flooded over the years, a lot of the fields are flood plains. I imagine Toc H is flooded as well.

 

[bluethrunthru]

I spent 40 years dealing with flood claims. Hated them. Total devastation for the customers lives and futures - you can't put a time on anything. Drying out a house takes as long as it takes, depends on type of construction - how long the water was in the property even the ongoing conditions - if there is a lot of low pressure it can take longer.
Then there is the reinstatement works. Extensive, expensive and there is a finite number of builders in any given impacted area which inevitably impacts on how long it all takes.
A rotten start to 2025 for those poor folk affected.

 

[Marklr]

It must flood about 5 times a year around there.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Northenden golf club from the other side of the Mersey. The water in the foreground is the Mersey and it’s the golf course behind the river bank in the middle of the picture.

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I worked on the Mersey flood defences in the 90s, but as a contractor not a designer I should add ! That area is actually designed to flood, it's a flood water compensation/ storage area. It's supposed to take up flood water and alleviate flooding in other areas. But there is clearly too much water for the design at present.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Mersey very swollen in Warrington. Thankfully near me there are flood defences but it does sometimes overflow towards the town centre. Usually a few metres below this.

 

[bluethrunthru]

FUCK ME !!!!

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

Kids said they wanted a pool?

 

[west didsblue]

I worked on the Mersey flood defences in the 90s, but as a contractor not a designer I should add ! That area is actually designed to flood, it's a flood water compensation/ storage area. It's supposed to take up flood water and alleviate flooding in other areas. But there is clearly too much water for the design at present.

The river reached its highest measured level today. Previous record was 3.22m a couple of years ago when it made the national news. Above 3.5m it’s designed to flood the golf course and Merseybank playing fields. It reached 3.76m which is unprecedented. Normal height is about 0.5m and the typical maximum is 1.8m.
https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/5101

 

[Psychedelic Casual]

The river reached its highest measured level today. Previous record was 3.22m a couple of years ago when it made the national news. Above 3.5m it’s designed to flood the golf course and Merseybank playing fields. It reached 3.76m which is unprecedented. Normal height is about 0.5m and the typical maximum is 1.8m.
https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/5101

Says at the bottom of that link, ‘Flooding might not happen again at the same historical levels. This may be because flood management schemes are now in place’.