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High Street, HORNCASTLE, LN9 5PD

Watermill Farm is just visible left of the telegraph pole.

Flood defence area in Image

Flood defence area in Image For earlier shot see Image

By the River Bain. See http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/local/hemingby-is-site-for-new-flood-defences-1-6735495 The weather may be dull down there but the October evening sun is still shining up here, hence the warm orange glow on the wing spar. See later shot (end of November): Image

On the River Bain. See: http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/local/hemingby-is-site-for-new-flood-defences-1-6735495 See also earlier shot (October) Image For finished picture see Image

On the River Bain. See Image The £8.8m flood alleviation scheme is based on farmland close to Watermill Farm. It features a 720-metre long embankment five metres high with a 4m wide ‘crest’. The project was a multi-agency scheme which involved the Environment Agency, East Lindsey District Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Horncastle Town Council, the Witham Drainage Board and Anglian Water. The River Bain is channelled through the embankment, and in times of heavy rain, potential flood water is held back and allowed to create new holding lakes. Once the heavy rain has stopped - and the threat of flooding receded - the water is allowed to drain back into the river. The scheme was completed in 2017, but has had an eventful existence. It failed dramatically following Storm Babet in October 2023, when the gate into the holding lake failed to open. The latest theory, however, is that this was a one in a thousand year flood, which it would not have been able to compensate for. Finally it seemed to have saved the day at the beginning of January 2024, and the reservoir, shown here, is partly full. Despite high river levels, the water in Horncastle seemed to have covered only a footpath alongside a park - people were able to find another way to Tesco's!

On the River Bain. See Image The £8.8m flood alleviation scheme is based on farmland close to Watermill Farm. It features a 720-metre long embankment five metres high with a 4m wide ‘crest’. The project was a multi-agency scheme which involved the Environment Agency, East Lindsey District Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Horncastle Town Council, the Witham Drainage Board and Anglian Water. The River Bain is channelled through the embankment, and in times of heavy rain, potential flood water is held back and allowed to create new holding lakes. Once the heavy rain has stopped - and the threat of flooding receded - the water is allowed to drain back into the river. The scheme was completed in 2017, but has had an eventful existence. It failed dramatically following Storm Babet in October 2023, when the gate into the holding lake failed to open. The latest theory, however, is that this was a one in a thousand year flood, which it would not have been able to compensate for. Finally it seemed to have saved the day at the beginning of January 2024, and the reservoir, shown here, is partly full. Despite high river levels, the water in Horncastle seemed to have covered only a footpath alongside a park - people were able to find another way to Tesco's!