Does anybody know how far below SEA LEVEL the fens are in the UK?
I can see the UK equivalent of New Orleans happening here with all the storms that are battering the UK.
I live on the edge of the fens and it is very worrying. Flash floods have never been this bad in my lifetime until this summer.
2007-07-21 03:25:57 · 3 answers · asked by lollipoppett2005 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The lowest point on land in the UK is Holme Fen, it's 2.1 metres below sea level and is at the westernmost point of the East Anglian Fens.
I made enquiries about this with the Ordnance Survey (OS) a little while ago and apparently there are two Holme Fen's near to each other, the one that's mentioned in all the books as being the lowest point is the wrong one. The correct one has some sort of OS marker on the site. It doesn't help that both Holme Fen's are close by and both below sea level, but one's a little bit lower than the other.
Some other stuff about low points - the lowest publicly accessible point in the UK is in the Dartford Tunnel under the Thames (it's marked by a rivert in the kerb), some Underground lines are deeper but aren't classed as publicly accessible. One of the shafts in the Selby Coalfield contains the deepest point in the UK that anyone can get to.
2007-07-21 09:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jan to Feb 1953 was interesting flood on East coast of England
It was caused by high tides coinciding with strong North westerly I think
The tides certainly played a part
2007-07-21 16:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Am sorry to here that ,I wish I'd can help in some way.
2007-07-21 12:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋