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Slowing the flow at Pickering

Slowing the Flow at Pickering

Slowing the Flow at Pickering is exploring a new approach to flood management. It is about working with nature to try and store more water in the landscape and slow its passage downstream. Whilst this will not prevent all flooding, it is expected to reduce the frequency of future floods in Pickering, as well as deliver a range of other benefits to the local environment and community.

For further information contact

Simon Marrington
Slowing the Flow Programme Manager
Forest Research
North York Moors
Outgang Road
Pickering
North Yorkshire
YO18 7EL

Tel: 01751 470718
Email: simon.marrington@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

What's of interest

Bunded Storage update (PDF-142K)

August 2010


Land Management update (PDF-1750K)

August 2010


Latest Programme Delivery Group meeting minutes (PDF-23K)

25 May 2010


Assessment of the impact of upstream land management measures on flood flows in Pickering Beck using Overflow (PDF-3092K)

Outlining a distributed hydrological model and a set of interventions that might contribute to reductions in downstream flood risk.