A number of roads across Oxfordshire were hit by flooding today as snow thawed.

Rivers across the county have been placed on flood watch as levels continue to rise.

The thaw was also causing problems for drivers with flooding reported this afternoon on the:

  • A4074 Oxford. Closed both ways between A423 Southern Bypass/A4142 Eastern Bypass (Heyford Hill Roundabout and Nuneham Courtenay for a time but now reported as open
  • A4130 Abingdon Road, Didcot. Closed both ways between B4016 Broadway and Sires for a time but now reported as open
  • A415, Marcham. Closed for a time both ways around Church Street, but now reported as open

Roads around Woodeaton, West Hanney, Great Milton and the road from Wheatley to Worminghall were also affected.

Emergency repairs to pot holes on the southbound carriageway of the M40 between junction eight at Wheatley and junction seven, leading to lane closures, were also carried out today.

  • Earlier in the day, other roads reported as being affected by flood water included the:

  • A4130 at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
  • A417, Challow Road, Wantage
  • B4044 between Farmoor and Botley
  • Cumnor Road, Farmoor
  • Park Lane, Stanford in the Vale
  • B4017 at Drayton, near Abingdon
  • B480 at Chalgrove
  • Grove Road, Harwell
  • B4437 Dyer's Hill, Charlbury
  • B4445 Chinnor Road, Thame
  • B4009 Lower Icknield Way, Henton
  • B4015 at Chiselhampton
  • A329 near Thame
  • Kennington Road, Kennington.

Slow traffic was also reported on the A40 near Northleach last night due to flooding.

The catchment areas of the River Cherwell and the River Ray, in North Oxfordshire, were first to be put on flood watch - the lowest level of flood warning.

Later yesterday afternoon, the River Windrush, from Bourton to Newbridge, and the River Thame and Chalgrove Brook were also put on flood watch.

Last night the list grew with the addition of the:

  • River Thames from Buscot to King's Lock; River Thames and its tributaries in the Oxford and Abingdon area
  • River Ock
  • Letcombe Brook
  • Ginge Brook
  • River Evenlode from Moreton-in-Marsh to Cassington
  • River Glyme
  • Clanfield Brook
  • Shill Brook.