Eight Oxfordshire rivers on flood alert and one flood warning this morning (From The Oxford Times)

Eight Oxfordshire rivers on flood alert and one flood warning this morning

8:25am Tuesday 19th March 2013 in News By Pete Hughes, Reporter. Call me on 01865 425431

There are eight flood alerts and one flood warning for Oxfordshire this morning.

The Chalgrove brook remains on flood warning, after reportedly bursting its banks last night, with property flooding feared.

Heavy rain swelled the river, which overtopped its banks at Mill Lane.

Further scattered showers are forecast for today and may be heavy at times.

The other flood alerts currently in place are for the River Cherwell and its tributaries from Lower Heyford down to Oxford including Rousham, Enslow, Thrupp and Hampton Poyle,

The River Thames and its tributaries from Days Lock to above Pangbourne, including Dorchester and Overy, Shillingford, Benson, Ewelme, Wallingford, Winterbrook, East Hagbourne, South Moreton, North Stoke, Moulsford, South Stoke, Goring and Streatley,

The River Thames for the Abingdon Area, including areas between Abingdon down to and including Little Wittenham,

The River Thames for Shiplake, Lower Shiplake and Wargrave,

The River Ock from Watchfield to Abingdon including, Stanford in the Vale, Charney Bassett, Lyford and Garford, and also the Letcombe Brook at Wantage, Grove and East Hanney,

The River Thames and tributaries in the Oxford Area, including areas between Wolvercote down to and including Radley and Jericho,

The River Thames and Tributaries from Buscot Wick down to Kings Lock, above Oxford, including Buscot, Kelmscott, Radcot, Chimney, Northmoor, Stanton Harcourt, Bablock Hythe and caravan park, Eynsham, Swinford and Yarnton

River Thame from Marsworth to Dorchester including, Long Marston, Rowsham, North Aylesbury, Cuddington, Thame, Shabbington, Ickford, Waterperry, Cuddesdon, Wheatley, Quarrendon, Drayton St Leonard, Overy, the Chalgrove Brook at Chalgrove and Stadhampton.