Here is an update of water levels across Swindon and the current flood warnings that are still currently in place following excessive flooding across the town.
On Thursday, October 19, heavy rainfall hit the town and floods hit the town early on the Friday, October 20.
There are currently three flood alerts currently still in place in and around Swindon on the Government website.
The first is the River Cole and Dorcan Brook in Covingham. Peregrine Close which runs along the river was badly flooded on Friday morning with many residents' gardens being badly flooded.
This flood warning was last updated at 5.43am on Friday. The warning says that flooding is possible and that residents should “be prepared”.
The height of the River Cole at Lower Stratton is currently back to normal and has reduced by a small amount over the weekend.
There is also a flood warning for the River Thames and its small tributaries from Calcutt to Lechlade, the government website also says the flooding is possible. It was last updated on October 18.
The third flood alert is for tributaries on the Upper River Thames above Cricklade.
There are currently eight river levels which are labelled as high on the government website.
These are listed as the River Ray at Water Eaton and River Cole at Inglesham. The others are all listed as the River Thames at Hannington Bridge, Buscot Lock, Buscot Lock – downstream, St Johns Lock, Grafton Lock and Grafton Lock downstream.
There is little rain for the rest of the week. See our weather update for more.
Adver reporter Ed Burnett took images of Coate Water on Saturday which showed that the levels of the lake were high.
On Friday floods affected areas such as Queens Drive which was hit badly by floods forcing the road to be closed as well as all train lines being blocked for a majority of Friday.
Flooding in Royal Wootton Basset on the train tracks meant that most of the trains were cancelled with only a few travelling between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads and between London Paddington and Cheltenham Spa.
On Saturday, October 21 all trains were back up and running with most of the floods in Swindon being cleared.
Some areas near Swindon such as Cricklade Road, near Cricklade, on the outskirts of Swindon were blocked by flooding.
A Melksham road was also closed because of floods and left a young family stranded in their Silver Renault. As of Sunday, October 22 they have now cleared.
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