Please see the information at the bottom of this page.
New information from Feb 2026.
Reporting Flooding
Please remind your communities to report flooding to us as soon as they can if their home or business has flooded. We understand it is a difficult time when people are affected by flooding however, we would encourage those affected to report property flooding as close to the event as possible: https://www.gov.uk/report-flood-cause Environment Agency Incident Hotline 0800 80 70 60
Reporting flooding helps us to understand the impacts on properties or communities and prioritise our response. By gathering information, specific issues impacting residents and communities are identified and recurring issues highlighted. The evidence from flood reporting is crucial in planning effective maintenance and justifying business cases for potential long-term solutions.
Once affected residents are able, we ask that they please submit a full report to floodreport.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/. This tool is available for residents across Wessex (the service is hosted by Dorset Council but is available for other local authority areas). The information provided is then shared with the risk management authorities to ensure it goes to the correct organisation depending on the source and impact of flooding. If the portal opens on the wrong FORT region, don't worry, you will be redirected when you identify a property affected.
Businesses
Many businesses have also been affected by flooding, with impacts not only on property but on livelihoods and the wider community. Flood Mary has produced a Business Flood Handbook, and The Flood Hub also has resources about business resilience and recovery.
Please direct any enquiries to our local customers and engagement team wessexenquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk. For enquiries related to Flood Warnings, preparedness, and resilience, you can contact the Flood Resilience team at floodwessex@environment-agency.gov.uk.
PCAP (Pewsey Community Area Board) met in Oct 25 and showed these 2 very useful flood presentations.
Flooding and flood risk in Pewsey Vale
Community flood risk and prevention
Our 2024 Flood report on the Brook St area can be viewed via this link. Brook St Flood survey
Great Bedwyn has a historical problem with flooding in different
areas of the village, caused by surface water run off. Great Bedwyn suffered
its most recent flooding event on 7 January 2014, with many homes and the
doctors surgery particularly affected. On the weekend of 7/8th July 2012 a
dozen homes and gardens in many areas of Great Bedwyn were flooded. As a result
residents reformed the Flood Group in 2012 and now meet regularly.
You can view the detailed Atkins report here.
The Flood Group has produced a comprehensive list of actions: Action Plan and The Flood Plan.
Many other documents relating to flooding it the village are held in an online archive.
The Flood Group are very pleased to have received the news in January 2015 that Great Bedwyn will be allocated funding to carry out significant engineering works to minimise the risk of future flooding.
In 2023 the Parish Council hope to approve an updated flood plan and allocate regular preventative work to the Parish Council handyman,
To report a problem or become involved please contact the clerk.
Update.
At the July 2023 council meeting the flood plan was approved. Final contact details are being added and then the plan will be published. A map of the flood risk areas is below.
Useful links:
Links for information,
guidance and resources related to Property Flood Resilience
Reporting flooding - by type of flooding and the relevant Flood Risk Management Authority:
For more online guidance, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-authorities