The River Kent is one of the foremost Salmon and Sea Trout rivers in the northwest of England. It is also one of the few places where you will find native White Clawed crayfish and Fresh Water White Pearl Mussels, and as such has been designated an SSSI by English Nature.
I was out walking down by the river today and it got me thinking about the recent flooding of the river. I came upon a wall plaque which shows the river levels during various floods.
The highest recorded on the plaque was approx 5ft above the current pathway, this was 1898. During the recent flooding the river was about 2ft above the current pathway. The plaque was put up by the North West Water Authority (now United Utillities)in 1978, after the completion of the flood defence work done on the river to help stop the flooding. the measures taken included widening the river and insatalling weirs and dredging the bottom.
This is the second time that the river has burst it's banks in 10years.
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Good to see you've started a blog. Interesting first post . Its incredible to think how high the water level can actually rise to.
ReplyDeletewith it being a spate river fed by rainfall and snow melt, with this coinciding with a high tide the river can rise by 4 foot in a day and drop back to normal levels by the following day
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