Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Tuesday 1st May 2012. Floods cut off resident's access to Abbey Mill - Fletcher's Mill" in Dinah Craik's novel "John Halifax, Gentleman" was based on this mill and the fictional town of "Norton Bury" is based on Tewkesbury. Photo:graham M. Lawrence/Alamy News


Tewkesbury was placed on flood alert after last night torrential rain and storms. Resident Geoffrey Hubbard said “There was amazing sheet lightning that lit up the whole Severn flood plain”. The environment agency has set up a base to monitor rise of the River Severn and Avon which flow close to Tewkesbury.


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