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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jessica Murray

Norfolk pub put at risk by ‘Britain’s most flooded road’

Water-level measure stained to 0.5 beside a road as a car goes past.
The Welney Wash Road in Norfolk has been closed for a record-breaking 89 days this winter because of flooding. Photograph: Joshua Bright/The Guardian

Dennis Birch estimates his pub loses about £3,000 a week when the road into the village of Welney is closed because of flooding – and this winter, it was closed for a record-breaking 89 days.

Now labelled “the most flooded road in Britain”, Birch said he questions whether the 18th-century Lamb and Flag can survive the impact the flooding has on the number of customers coming through his door.

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