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Road closures and flooding due to heavy rainfall

By Laura Herbert
May 01, 2012

Heavy rainfall overnight has led to road closures and localised flooding across the borough.

Loddon Bridge Park and Ride in Winnersh Triangle remains closed this morning along with some roads due to flooding.

Redlake Lane in Wokingham is closed between Easthampstead Road and Honey Hill due to flooding.

Sandford Lane in Woodley is closed between its junctions with Mohawk Way and Davis Street. An alternative route is via Mohawk Way, The Bader Way, Loddon Bridge Interchange South, A329 Reading Road, Robinhood Lane and Davis Street.

Mill Lane in Sindlesham is also closed between its junctions with Mole Road and Lower Earley Way until further notice. An alternative is via Lower Earley Way,A329 Reading Road, King Street Lane and Mole Road.

Church Lane in Shinfield is closed between it junctions with Hollow Lane and Basingstoke Road. Vehicles can travel along Hollow Lane, Hyde End Lane and Basingstoke Road as an alterntative route.

Other road closures include School Road in Riseley betwee The Devil's Highwat and the borough boundary.

The Lands End ford in Park Lane, Charvil, has also been shut after river rose to more than four foot deep but the road and pub remains open. An alternative route is along Lodge Road, Waltham Road, Church Street, Old Bath Road and Park lane.

Park & Ride closed after flood alert

A number of flood alerts have been issued for the Emm Brook and the Lower River Loddon at the River Thames confluence in Twyford, which could lead to possible flooding this afternoon.

Rain is expected to fall throughout the morning, before clearing this afternoon.

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I completely agree 'Christian99', I cannot fathom why people would risk going through such high levels of water. As a taxi driver in Wokingham and surrounding areas the amount of people willing to risk their lives/cars to gain a few minutes on their journey is crazy. Don't get me started on level crossings, sometimes it's scary to see.

Henry http://atoztaxiwokingham.co.uk/

Berkshire Taxi man
11/05/2012 at 12:42

Wettest drought in recorded history, eh?

LMAO!

PhunkyPunk, Reading
01/05/2012 at 19:49

That was yesterday CMA and everyone knows

Bruce Wayne
01/05/2012 at 13:40

Redlake Lane in Wokingham is always flooded. It's because it passes through a ford !!

grumpy old man of woodley, woodley
01/05/2012 at 13:32

Someone died recently when their car got submerged in water in a ford near Newbury...

CMA
01/05/2012 at 13:14

It never ceaes to amaze me how people go through the ford at ridiculously high levels. It also scares me as closing the ford permanently (which will happen if these muppets continue) will result in about 30 minutes of delays in the morning attempting to go through Twyford, which may as well just be closed in rush hour.

Christian99
01/05/2012 at 12:32

The Foudary in Mortimer is looking very high and the road through Grazely was definitely starting to become more water than tarmac... We only need a few more days of rain I think before the regular flooding of the roundabout by the train station/ Cinnamon Tree occurs.

Princess Pea, Happyville
01/05/2012 at 10:32

It's really bad in the West Berks villages this morning as well. My car didn't have it's wellies on and found some of the puddles hard going.

Common Cents, Reading
01/05/2012 at 10:20

Perhaps Get Wokingham should open a book until how long until the first report of a vehicle stuck in the Lands End Ford. You know that with this weather it's just a matter of time.