Flooding update
Floods Alerts Remain in Place
Flood Alerts remain in place for the Lower Don, River Idle, River Went and River Dearne.
This covers the following areas:
- Barnby Dun
- Bawtry
- Bentley
- Conisborough
- Clay Lane
- Fishlake
- Kirk Bramwith
- Kirk Sandall
- Mexborough
- Sprotbrough
- Stainforth
There may well be flood warnings coming in the next 24 hours, so please keep a keen eye out tomorrow for any further updates from us or the Environment Agency.
We've seen some amazing teamwork again today as the work hard continues across the borough to prepare for potential flooding.
The temporary defence installations below were installed at the Dearne Valley Leisure Centre to protect one of our local Covid vaccination sites - a joint effort between Environment Agency field teams and council staff.
We are continuing to call those who are clinically extremely vulnerable to check on their wellbeing and plans if they need to evacuate due to flooding.
We are putting in place an evacuation plan which will cover information points, rest centres and the use of hotels should people need to be moved.
For any more questions about flooding, including prevention measures, or for more advice:
 Please stay alert and check flood warnings regularly and your area here:
and you can also follow the Environment Agency on Twitter.
We will issue regular updates on the situation on Doncaster Council’s Facebook and Twitter.
Please also be aware that we are mindful of the pandemic and we urge you to continue to follow the current Covid-19 advice and be careful and stay safe.
Road Closures
As of 9pm on Wednesday 20th January - the following roads are closed due to flooding:
- Fordstead Lane (between Barnby Dun and Arksey)
- Grey's Bridge, Denaby
- Jubilee Bridge, Thorne
- Low Lane Bridge, Kirk Bramwith
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