Banbury

• Banbury

  Town 50km north of Oxford with a population of 45,000 on the River Cherwell
• Banbury flooded at a cost of £12.5 million

  1998
• Banbury flooded again

  2007
• Management schemes used in Banbury

  1. Raised the A361 road

  2. 2.9km embankment was built

  3. Flow control now operates controlling the flow of water towards Banbury

  4. A flood storage area was also created to store excess water
• The whole scheme cost £18.5 million
• You need to talk about the costs and benefits of the scheme in Banbury
• 2.9km embankment


  • Was built
• Flow control

  1. Now operates

  2. Controlling the flow of water towards Banbury
• Flood storage area


  • Was created
  • To store excess water
• The whole scheme cost £18.5 million