Overnight rain on Sunday brought the River Kennet within an inch or two of reaching part of the Town Mill development in Marlborough and causing extended flooding on Coopers Meadow.
And parts of Marlborough College’s grounds were also hit by the Kennet, at his highest level following its worst drought in decades earlier in the year.
The sluice gates area on Coopers Meadow was bubbling with water pouring through while its army of ducks were enjoying new pools on the edge of the footpath. The effect was much the same at the site of the flood protection project, now halted by the latest deluge.
“Let’s hope the worst of the storms has passed and we shall escape any serious damage,” said one passer-by on his way to work. “These houses seem to have escaped by the skin of their teeth.”
Kennet Place resident Val Compton reported: “The trigger hasn’t tripped into sending the Environment Agency automated message to say we’re on a flood warning.”
“I am watching and photographing gauges to see if water is rising or falling at the moment – having remained steady all weekend and risen very sharply overnight. the usual bits of town mill are under water.”
“But no danger to them as the houses are built on stilts to accommodate flood water.”
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