Category: Flood Alert Information

Aficionados of the Tilshead borehole will appreciate that a week of what seemed to be pretty consistent rain might not be all that it appeared.  That is indeed the case and the water level in the... Read More

Well, two bits of good news this week.  First, and ever so slightly tongue in cheek, you. will be delighted to read that the village has now drifted back east and the Environment Agency recognises... Read More

Many of you are going to wake up this morning to the shocking realisation that you no longer live in Wiltshire.  That's right, you didn't misread what I had written, you don't live in Wiltshire... Read More

Another interesting week in the borehole.  After the torrential rain the week before last and the snow last weekend whilst the water levels in the borehole fell to a low of 95.62 metres AOD last... Read More

Are you sitting comfortably?  Then I'll begin.  It's been a truly horrible week with lots of heavy rain and wind, so you might have expected the water level in the Tilshead borehole to have risen... Read More

Hope you like the new-look Parish Council website.  This has been done to bring the site into compliance with the latest changes to the accessibility regulations.  It's designed to be more... Read More

The water level in the Tilshead borehole has risen steadily over the last week.  As I have mentioned in previous years, at this stage of the season, the aquifer is fairly insensitive to rainfall as... Read More

The water level in the Tilshead borehole has risen steadily over the last week.  The level is still above the 7-year average and about 3-4 weeks early. More rain is forecast for the coming week... Read More

The water level in the aquifer has risen steadily throughout the first week of December, but not as dramatically as some might imagine given the torrential downpours yesterday.  Although the run-off... Read More

Today is the first day of recording for the 2020-2021 flood season.  As in previous years, the weekly graph will show the depth of water in the Tilshead borehole expressed in metres above Ordnance... Read More