Sadly we have so far, and continue to loose vehicles in the flooding. Why? If you don’t know the depth of the water don’t attempt to drive into it, it’s always likely to be deeper in places that you expect. At West Mudford Road by the Church is notorious for flooding and there are depth markers that give you an indication of how deep it is, unfortunately the water is deeper than the old depth gauges depict, mainly because the road has dropped slightly!
But the flood group put out ‘Warning Flood’ signs every time it gets too deep to drive through, but still people feel the need to drive into it. So far in December 2025 we have lost 5 cars and it’s only early days in the flood season.

Last year we lost 11 cars, 2 lorries and 3 vans, all because people take a chance, please don’t be one of these people. Take care and take a different route!