How to... find out your flood risk context?

In this episode, Ed discusses how you can go about finding out your flood risk context. This includes identifying the sources of flooding, the pathways and routes by which flood water could reach your property and the potential likelihood that a flood event could occur.

This episode of Hazard + Hope is sponsored by Flood Re

USEFUL LINKS & RESOURCES

ENGLAND
Check Your Flood Risk - https://check-for-flooding.service.go...
Long Term Flood Risk - https://www.gov.uk/check-long-term-fl...
Flood Map for Planning - https://flood-map-for-planning.servic...

WALES
Natural Resource Wales Page on Flooding - https://naturalresources.wales/floodi...
Development advice map - https://naturalresources.wales/floodi...

SCOTLAND
SEPA’s Flooding Page - https://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/w...
SEPA’s Flood Map Page - https://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/w...

NORTHERN IRELAND
Flood Map - https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/...
Rivers & Flooding Page - https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/...

SIGN UP FOR FLOOD WARNINGS
Scotland - https://floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodin...
Wales - https://naturalresources.wales/floodi...
England - https://www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-...

Call Floodline - 0345988 1188 or 0345 602 6340 (for hard of hearing)

Sign up for MET office weather warnings - https://service.govdelivery.com/accou...

OTHER RESOURCES
Groundwater Flooding | British Geological Survey - https://www.bgs.ac.uk
Check River Levels - https://www.gaugemap.co.uk
Check Flood Alerts - https://www.floodalerts.com

The Code of Practice for Property Flood Resilience: https://www.ciria.org/pfr

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This episode was created by The Environmental Design Studio (TEDS) - https://www.t-e-d-s.com
Ed Barsley is Founder & Director at TEDS. His RIBA book 'Retrofitting for Flood Resilience: A Guide to Building & Community Design' is available from: https://www.t-e-d-s.com/product-page/...

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