The Hardcastle Crags Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions have been proven a successful test project by scientific monitoring, showing that NFM does work to help alleviate flooding!

Therefore, (as we have always known, but it’s nice to have proof) the more NFM and SuDS interventions we can implement, and the more widespread we can make it, the better; and the less devastating future flood events will be.

In this blog post, Stuart Bradshaw discusses the detailed findings from his important work in monitoring our ‘leaky dam’ interventions at Hardcastle Crags NT. The results show that our volunteers have helped to slow the flow of water, as it heads towards the oft-flooded settlement of Hebden Bridge, and the townships beyond, in the bottom of the Calder Valley.