Millennium Flood Video
Ruishton Floods AGAIN, allegedly due to Somerset Council Highways failure to maintain equipment.
We have been telling Highways for what feels like for ever that their non return flap is not shutting and this is causing the village to flood when the river tone is high.
6th January 2025
24th November 2024
Lipe Lane looking towards the junction with Cheats Road taken from near the old railway/Aqueduct (25/11/2025)
Cheats Road, taken from No.2 Overlands (24/11/2024)
Cheats Road at the junction with Overlands (24/11/2024)
Cheats Road looking towards Creech St Michael from outside the village hall (25/11/2024)
Lipe Lane looking towards Creech St Michael from the junction with Cheats Road (25/11/2024)
Cheats Road Looking towards the flood signs at the end of Lawn Meadows (25/11/2024)
Bottom of Church Lane near the bridge over the Blackbrook looking West (24/11/2024)
Cheats Road looking east from the end of the junction with Martins (24/11/2024)
Lawn Meadows looking north towards Dinhams Bungalows (24/11/2024)
Cheats Road Looking towards the flood signs at the end of Lawn Meadows (25/11/2024)
Cheats Road looking towards Creech St Michael from outside the village hall (24/11/2024)
Lipe Lane looking towards Creech St Michael from the junction with Cheats Road (24/11/2024)
Lipe Lane looking north towards Cheats road junction (25/11/2024)
River Tone Breached, near New Bridge Creech St Michael, looking north (24/11/2024)
Bottom of Church Lane near the bridge over the Blackbrook looking North (25/11/2024)
Cheats Road looking towards Creech St Michael from outside the village hall (24/11/2024)
Bottom of Church Lane near the bridge over the Blackbrook looking West (24/11/2024)
Lipe Lane looking south from New Bridge Creech (25/11/2024)
November/December 2023
End of Overlands car Nov/Dec 2023
End of Barton Lane looking towards Ruishton Inn Nov/Dec 2023
End of Lawn Meadows looking towards Lipe Lane Nov/Dec 2023
Looking from junction of Lipe lane and Cheats Road looking towards Creech St Michael Nov/Dec 2023
Looking Looking south from field near the old Ilminster railway line Nov/Dec 2023
January 2023
Outside Village Hall looking towards Creech St Michael Jan 2023
Outside Village Hall looking towards Creech St Michael Jan 2023
Village Pump (RED LIGHT = PUMP STOPPED PUMPING) JAN 2023
November 2012
Closing road outside
Martins Nov 2012
Cheats road looking like a river Nov 2012
Archive Photo's
Dinhams Bungalows, Flood Cheats Road (2012)
Flood Cheats Road (circa 2012)
Flood Cheats Road (circa 2012)
Floods outside Dinhams bungalows (circa 2000)
Flooded fields river Tone (circa 2000)
Village Hall Flood (circa 2000)
Flood Cheats Road (circa 2012)
Flood Lower Henlade (Circa 2018)
Floods seen from Creech end of Lipe Lane (circa 2000)
Flood Lawn Meadows looking at Dinhams Bungalows (circa 2000)
Aerial Flood Scene between Creech St Michael and Ruishton (circa 2022)
Flooded field Creech side of old Chard canal (circa 2000)
Flood Scene Cheats Road (circa 2012)
Flood scene taken from end of Lawn Meadows (circa 2008)
Flood scene taken from end of Lawn Meadows (circa 2008)
Flood scene taken from end of Lawn Meadows (circa 2008)
Flood Scene Cheats Road (circa 2000)
Flood scene taken from Lawn Meadows (circa 2008)
Flood scene taken from end of Lawn Meadows (circa 2000)
Flood scene taken from end of Lawn Meadows (circa 2000)
Flood Cheats Road (circa 2008)
Lipe Lane and Cheats Road junction 17th April 2001