Case study:Slowing the Flow at Pickering

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Location: 54° 14' 47.14" N, 0° 46' 42.55" W

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://www.therrc.co.uk/sites/default/files/projects/12_pickering.pdf
Themes	Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring
Country	England
Main contact forename	Tom
Main contact surname	Nisbet
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Contact organisation	Forest Research
Contact organisation web site	http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/
Partner organisations	Defra, Forestry Commission, Environment Agency, North York Moors National Park Authority, Natural England, Durham University, Ryedale Flood Research Group, North Yorkshire County Council, Ryedale District Council, Pickering Town Council, Sinnington Parish Council, North York Moors Railway, Yorkshire Flood and Coastal Committee, Duchy of Lancaster Estates
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The project was established in April 2009 to look at how changes in land use and land management can help to reduce flood risk for the town of Pickering in North Yorkshire. It was 1 of 3 pilot projects funded by Defra in response to Sir Michael Pitt’s Review of the 2007 floods in England and Wales and his call for greater working with natural processes. The project's overall aim is to demonstrate how the integrated application of a range of land management interventions/measures can help reduce flood risk at the catchment scale, as well as providing wider multiple benefits for local communities. A strong local partnership was formed, which put in place an agreed set of measures designed to reduce the chance of flooding in the town from 25% to 4% or less in any given year. Initial results have been very positive and work continues to evaluate the effectiveness of the measures in reducing flood risk. An analysis of flow measurements from the Boxing Day 2015 storm event, when 50mm of rain fell over a 36-hour period, concluded with a relatively high degree of certainty that the project measures prevented flooding to a small number of properties in the town. It was estimated that the measures reduced the flood peak by 15–20%, with around half of the reduction due to the upstream land management interventions and half due to the large flood storage bund. The results are consistent with other observations that show the measures to be working as expected in reducing flood generation by storing and slowing flood waters within the catchment.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Site Edit site Name Pickering Beck and River Seven WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2009 Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) £4m"£" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Defra, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Flood risk management Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern leaky woody dams Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information