Quantifying flood mitigation benefits of proposed Countryside Stewardship interventions in the Gaythorne Hall demonstration catchment, Cumbria

Sep - Oct 2017

To quantify the potential flood mitigation benefit to Scale Beck (Eden Catchment, Cumbria) of potential interventions consistent with Countryside Stewardship measures. JBA's JFLOW model is used to simulate the effects of a range of farmer-defined CS interventions on the 'infitration-excess overland flow' component of flood flows (1-in-10 year design event) downstream of the farm estate.

Funding sources

Woodland Trust Uplands Planting Research Programme (EAA7569; A102260)

Investigators

Nick Chappell (Overall PI), Barry Hankin and Sally Bielby (JBA Consulting).

Project Publications

Chappell, N.A., Hankin, B., Bielby, S. and Leeson, P. 2018. Reducing surface flow during floods by proposed landscape interventions at Gaythorne Hall Farm in the headwater of Scale Beck, Cumbria. Technical Report EAA7569/R2. Lancaster University, Lancaster (UK). view report (pdf).