Bungalow off Botley Road floods as warnings issued in Oxford

Sandbags have been deployed outside the home in Seacourt Road but floodwater has still “seeped inside”, the Oxford Mail has been told.

The property first flooded on Tuesday (January 2) when heavy rainfall from Storm Henk wreaked havoc across Oxfordshire.

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The woman who lives in the bungalow, Susan, was helped to clear the water by nearby residents Stephen Bodey and his wife.

Mr Bodey said: “My wife and I mopped up the flood water that had seeped in and left towels down around the back door to the flooded garden”.

Sovereign Network Group, which owns the bungalow, was contacted and put out sand bags outside the front door on Wednesday.

Mr Bodey said the floodwater receded that day.

But yesterday evening (Thursday), following hours of heavy rain, water again flooded into the garden and was approaching the front door.

Pictures show several inches of floodwater in the garden.

Sovereign attended again and laid more sandbags, which Mr Bodey hopes will keep water out of the bungalow.

Botley Road and the surrounding streets have been badly affected by the flooding which has impacted large parts of Oxfordshire since Tuesday.

Temporary flood barriers were deployed yesterday in Bullstake Close, an estate which backs onto Botley Meadow, by Oxford Direct Services (ODS) Group, on behalf of Oxford City Council.