Shoring up the Leven

I have been fretting about the riverbank by Holmes Bridge at Little Ayton for a while now, the way you fret about a loose tooth. Each flood leaves that electricity pole looking more exposed, more hopeful of a swim. And every time the river rises, the public footpath from the bridge looks closer to stepping on to an island. It sits on one of my regula ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/02/03/shoring-up-the-leven/

#LittleAyton #NorthYorkshire #NaturalFloodManagement

Recognition in the recent report from Aviva and in The Guardian on the part #naturalfloodmanagement has to play in meeting the increased flood risk UK communities are having to deal with.

#remotesensing & #gis can help #nfm schemes in building the evidence base for their use https://www.mdpi.com/2335050

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/millions-more-homes-in-great-britain-at-risk-of-flooding-investigation-finds?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
https://static.aviva.io/content/dam/aviva-corporate/documents/newsroom/pdfs/reports/building_future_communities_report_2025.pdf

Read: How restoring rivers' natural curves can prevent flooding | BBC

#naturalfloodmanagement

Read: How restoring rivers' natural curves can prevent flooding | BBC

#naturalfloodmanagement https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240918-how-restoring-rivers-natural-curves-can-prevent-flooding