Flood warning in Surrey as river bursts its bank after days of relentless rain

Flood warnings are in place in part of Surrey in the same area badly affected by swollen rivers two years ago.

People living in Chertsey are being warned to stay away from areas liable to flood in particular Eastworth Road and Hamm Court.

The River Bourne has burst its banks flooding local roads and parks and leaving some back gardens under water.

In 2024, people were evacuated from their homes by boat after the area suffered extensive flooding.

Local Conservative MP Ben Spencer said the latest flood warnings made residents anxious.

"I think people are always very anxious and it's anxious every year," Ben Spencer told ITV News London.

"January and February is peak flood alert season. I would say to everyone there is no better time to get a flood plan together.

"There are very simple things people can do to prepare themselves. Contact local neighbourhood groups, which are very effective in terms of coordinating flood response.

"Residents have been messaging me in terms of where the river and the groundwater has come up, where it's affected roads.

"All eyes are also on the river because this has quite a lot of impact in terms of people who are backing onto the river directly affected.

"But also given all the rain that's happened over the past few days I'm very mindful it's got to come down the river and when it comes down, that's when we're at risk in terms of having quite substantial flooding from the Thames directly.

"So at the moment, the river's coming up fast, but it looks okay.

"It's rained over the last 24 hours - I understand there's more rain forecast, so really it's just hoping and praying for a bit of sunshine and g et down the river system so that we don't have a repeated flooding that we've seen over previous years."

Heavy rain on Monday afternoon and evening may cause some flooding and disruption to travel, the Met Office said.

Temperatures are set to reach double figures across parts of eastern England and the South East so it “might feel relatively pleasant for February”, according to Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan.

In an online forecast, he added: “Out towards the west here we have another area of rain pushing in through the afternoon, with the wind strengthening, particularly in the South West.

“The winds are coming in from a south-easterly direction, so it is coming on to coasts that have been particularly affected by recent storms.

“There will be some heavy rain and the rain is falling on saturated ground so further flooding is possible, particularly as we move into the evening.”

He added there could “potentially be some surface water on the roads for Monday evening’s rush hour and some difficult driving conditions” for parts of central southern England and towards the South East.

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