Flood Work Progress in Kendal - June 2026 | Cumbria | Shot on DJI Mini 3

🛡️ Kendal Flood Scheme – Project Updates & Progress Report
Protecting 1,920 homes & 2,250 businesses from flooding – June 2025

Welcome to our latest update on the Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme—an ambitious flood defence project led by the Environment Agency and delivered by VolkerStevin. Here's a snapshot of recent progress:

🔨 What’s New?
New Road (Gooseholme) wall design approved: Planning permission granted in Sept 2024 for a sensitive, stone-clad flood wall featuring safe community access and complementary materials to blend with town heritage Wall build is well underway: The 148 m flood wall from Miller Bridge to Gooseholme footbridge is now complete in sections, reaching up to 1.6 m high with stone cladding
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Electrical/Motor Control Centre finished: A new MCC building supporting Stock Beck pumps is built in local stone, ensuring flood systems are ready
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Waterside defences: Two of three sections are done—one topped with glass panels to preserve river views, another prepped for a flood gate. Piling is now being drilled through bedrock to complete the third

Defences in South Kendal & River Mint: Walls at Sandaire House, Little Aynam, Scout Hut and Dale Farm Creamery are finished and stone-clad. Landscaping and native planting are ongoing

Beezon Fields & Mintsfeet enhancements: Community-focused landscaping is being added—hand-carved seating, sensory paths, bee sculpture, wildflower meadows, swales, and new footpaths


📅 What’s Next?
Waterside piling & glass installation: Preparatory drilling began in late March 2025, with wall construction through the summer and glass-panel fitting in autumn

Phases 2 & 3: Ongoing work upstream in Burneside, Staveley & Ings; flood storage areas and enhanced drainage due by end of 2025/early 2026

completion goal: The overall scheme—comprising 3 phases—remains on track to finish by late 2025, early 2026 .
🌿 Programme Highlights
Over 6 km of flood defences, including walls, embankments, gates, pumping station, swales.
Eco-conscious design: local stone cladding, 1 : 6 tree-to-loss planting ratio, habitat improvements across 55 ha
Community benefits: enhanced green spaces, river-edge access, public art installations, and interpretive signage .

📌 Why it matters: Once completed, this scheme will strengthen Kendal’s resilience by better protecting approximately 1,920 homes and 2,250 businesses, preventing an estimated £880 million in future flood damage

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