2014

SU4922 : River flowing down Hensting Lane

taken 10 years ago, near to Owslebury, Hampshire, England

River flowing down Hensting Lane
River flowing down Hensting Lane
Flowing towards the camera and here passing the large thatched barn at Hensting Farm. The water was deepest slightly beyond the more distant car in this photo. I measured the depth there as 14 inches (35.5 cms). It was easily passable in a 4x4, possible (as can be seen) in a saloon, but some vehicles did come to grief here.
Longwood/Hensting Lane floods 2014 :: SU5124

Hensting Lane had a river running down it for several weeks in 2000 and also in 2014. There is a large catchment area at Longwood, encompassing New Warren Farm, Longwood Warren, Honeyman Farm, Warren Farm and the Longwood House area. It amounts to about 8 square miles and it all has to drain down the valley to Fishers Pond. Normally, it drains invisibly in the underlying chalk but, after prolonged heavy rainfall, it sometimes becomes a river flowing on the surface.

Running roughly along the base of this valley are, in turn, Honeyman Lane, Stags Lane and Hensting Lane. These all become running rivers when the flood occurs. At its peak in 2014, about 3500 cu.m/hour was flowing down the lower part of Hensting Lane.

During the flood of 2000, some properties at Hensting hamlet were also flooded by ground water coming up through the floors. Since then, residents installed extensive under-floor drainage, and so the properties were not affected that way in the 2014 flood although it was at least as severe.


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SU4922, 22 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Peter Facey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 9 February, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 18 February, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 4973 2243 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:59.9472N 1:17.5616W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 4971 2239
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