Hull Floods: June 25th 2007
Independant Review Body: Final Report
Coulthard, T.J., Frostick, L., Hardcastle, H., Jones, K., Rogers, D., Scott, M. & Bankoff, G. (2007) The 2007 floods in Hull. Final report by the Independent Review Body, 21st November 2007. Hull City Council, 68pp.
Independant Review Body: Interim Report
Coulthard, T.J., Frostick, L., Hardcastle, H., Jones, K., Rogers, D. & Scott, M. (2007) The 2007 floods in Hull. Interim report by the Independent Review Body, 24th August 2007. Hull City Council, 36pp.
Tom Coulthard Professor of Physical Geography, University of Hull, UK.
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On the 25th June, 2007, Hull received an unusually high amount of rainfall that led to widespread flooding across the city and the surrounding area. Over the wider city region, over 10 000 properties were damaged impacting upon the livlihoods and well being of tens of thousands of people. Following the floods, I was asked by Hull City Council to chair an independent review into the flooding. Links to these reports can be found on the boxes to the left or below.
Following the reports, there have been a series of other publications, from a wide variety of sources and these web pages have been set up to provide a resource of information (reports, links, websites etc..) on the floods, their impacts and possible causes. The omission of any data or reports is not intentional or intended to provide a biased overview. If you have information, reports, links etc.. that you would like to be linked from this page, please do not hesitate to ask.

Reports (Chronological):

Coulthard, T. J. & Frostick, L. E. (2010) The Hullfloods of 2007: implications for the governance and managementof urban drainage systems. Journal of Flood Risk Management, pp 1-9. DOI:10.1111/j.1753-318X.2010.01072.x

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES Humbercare Sewerage Network Analysis (July 2008)

Pitt Review, final report (Zipped file including all chapters) (June 2008)

House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: Flooding (April 2008)

Gloucestershire County Council Scrutiny Committee report (tackling issues with the floods in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire)

Pitt Review, interim report (Feb 2008)

Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT) HULL FLOODING JUNE 2007 EXPERT OPINION (January 2008)

Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT): Water and sewerage services during the summer 2007 floods (2007)

Environment Agency Document "Tackling surface water flooding in Hull 2007 Summer floods" (2007)

Coulthard, T.J., Frostick, L., Hardcastle, H., Jones, K., Rogers, D., Scott, M. & Bankoff, G. (2007) The 2007 floods in Hull. Final report by the Independent Review Body, 21st November 2007. Hull City Council, 68pp.

Coulthard, T.J., Frostick, L., Hardcastle, H., Jones, K., Rogers, D. & Scott, M. (2007) The 2007 floods in Hull. Interim report by the Independent Review Body, 24th August 2007. Hull City Council, 36pp.

Pictures and other links:

Hull Daily Mail pages dedicated to the flooding

Readers images from the Hull Daily Mail

Youtube has a huge collection of residents video clips of the flooding in Hull. Simply visit youtube.com and enter Hull Floods into the search box

Pages from C4's Dispatches Program 'Britain Under Water' including a video clip about Hulls drainage system