Update: The brook has burst it’s banks as has the Millenium Pond. Alsop Road isn’t passable at the point below.
Thanks you to Rona C for letting us know that Dam Lane is flooded outside Veronica’s. Please let us know of any other problems
Thank you Alexandra S for this photo of the same place
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Isnt it time that we all as a village got this problem under control. I believe that the majority of water that comes through the village, could be controlled reasonably easily with the co-operation of landowners upstrem of the village. By installing a simple earth dam and to create a temporary flood plain. When the brook course is in spate, normally it only lasts about an hour / two hours at most. I ask the Parish Council to co ordinate such a plan even though it does not fall within the councils remit.
There are two brooks flowing into the village:
The obvious one, Parwich Brook, enters the village alongside Alsop Lane/Dam Lane, then between Flatts Style and The Fold, to the Dam and so on alongside the Church Yard. There are possible signs of historic water management heading out of the village towards Alsop from Brook Close Farm’s drive onwards. Though it has never been established definitively where the Parwich Mill, recorded in Tudor times, was, and whether or not it was a water mill. Additional water also feeds into the Brook at Sycamore Green, presumably springs fed from the hillside behind Smithy Close. Apearantly there was also signs of historic water management on Sycamore Green levelled out when the Smithy here was demolished. Pinch points on the Brook that can cause problems are where it goes under the road by the Dam and the Sycamore Inn, where it goes under the road at Nether Green (which is why the Jubillee Pond was dug here) and through pipes/bridges below Wash Meadow.
The other brook flows from the Fouffinside direction, behind Pool Croft to the pond at Close Farm where it is culverted under School Lane, Main Street, Church Walk, under the Church Yard, under the Brook and pond at Nether Green and then out into Parwich Brook near Wash Meadow. The course of this culvert regularly gets disturbed or blocked as workmen generally don’t know where it runs, then in heavy rain water finds its way up above ground in the centre of the village, as it may have done yesterday by the Green. This can significantly contribute to water entering houses along Main Street.
However also in very heavy rain run off from other directions also contributes to potential problems, including water running down Creamery Lane, down Kiln Lane, Smithy Lane and off the hillside behind Sycamore Cottages.
Then on top of this are the seasonal springs behind the cricket Pavillion and at Nether Green Farm that traditionally appeared in November, but have been less reliable over the last decade or so.
Hi Peter,
I know this thread is 3 years old but I have a general question I hope you can help me with.
I am looking to move to Parwich and have seen there is a bit of a history of flooding. Are there any particular roads or properties in the village that are particularly affected? Also have any improvements been implemented since 2016 by the council?
It is probably not strictly correct to use the term flooding in relation to Parwich, as any previous problems related more to run off in exceptionally heavy rain. It is not an issue for the majority of houses, and we are talking about ‘once in a hundred’ year events.
Last time I looked at the Dept of Environment’s mapping, they just included some areas adjacent to the main Parwich brook, and it is their risk estimates that insurers or mortgage lenders are likely to take into account. So if you are interested in any specific property you need to check their website and/or speak to the sellers.
Its interesting to know that there is evidence of water management along the Alsop road, maybe its worth having a look at reinstatement of that facility, with the landowners permission of coarse. The brook cannot really take anymore water between the bridge near the Sycamore Inn and the millennium pond, but there is a pinch point from what used to be Mr Fodens cottage and the millennium pond, which needs to be widened slightly, and this has already been pointed out to the Parish Council for action. One of the biggest problems is getting the water under the road at the millennium pond, this is the biggest bottle neck, it needs an extra pipe under the road. This would be a Derbyshire County Council job and would need to be requested by our Parish Council.