Title: Lewes flooding fact sheet : Environment Agency
Author: Environment Agency Southern Region
Document Type: Monograph
Abstract:
This is an Environment Agency Southern Region fact sheet. Development in Lewes over the centuries has left a fairly constricted channel and flood plain in the town centre. This is further complicated by the tides in Lewes, the effect of which reaches upstream as far as Barcombe. Combination of flood flows coming down the Uck and Ouse valley towards Lewes and the tide coming up the valley is always a serious risk. The chalk fed Winterbourne stream is a further complication with its constricted and tortuous channel. With current planning guidance there has been little development in Lewes in the last ten years which has not had floor levels raised above flood levels or other mitigation measures. Following the flooding in the 1960s there was a major reinforcement of the Lewes Ouse defences and those on the Winterbourne. A number of debris screens had to be emplaced on the Winterbourne. These require continuous clearance and pose a considerable risk. All these defences were beaten by the October Weather.
Publisher: Environment Agency
Publication Date: [after 1996]
Publication Place: West Sussex
Extent: n.p. [4]
Permalink: http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ealit:1100
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