A417 Road Flood Depth Gauge is positioned on the west side of the road. This is a low spot in the road after its descent from Over Roundabout. The road then starts to go through a series of long gentle sweeping curves towards Maisemore Bridge. The road is steeply cambered in places to take account of the surrounding flood plain and River Severn that runs along the west side of the road. 2012 experienced some of the heaviest rainfall recorded, causing many floods throughout the country. Once again Gloucestershire has not escaped the effects of floods, although not as bad as they were in 2007.
At 10.35am 27th November 2012 i did see water levels reach 2 feet on this depth gauge. Its well known locally that this road can flood after excessive rainfall. Surrounding fields become water logged eventually spilling over the road trying to feed into the River Severn. After extended periods of rainfall the River Severn, Britain’s longest river burst its banks.
