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Jubilee River Flood Relief Channel

The Jubilee River is a flood relief channel on the River Thames. It was constructed to reduce the risk of flooding in Windsor and Eton by diverting water from the River Thames. It was funded by the Environmental Agency and cost £330 million. It opened in 2002, and at 11.17 kilometres long, it is the UK’s largest artificial channel and was designed to look like a natural river with meanders and shallow reed beds. It has five weirs (dams) along its course.

Social Issues

As the discharge of the River Thames between Maidenhead and Eton is reduced during high flow conditions, wealthy properties in Maidenhead and Eton are protected. However, this is at the expense of less affluent areas downstream at Wraysbury, beyond the confluence of the Jubilee River and the River Thames beyond Eton.

The Jubilee River is not a fully navigable river, as was promised. Weirs disrupt those using the river for leisure along its course.

Economic Issues

At £330 million, it is one of the UK’s most expensive flood defence schemes. It is one of four planned flood relief channels. However, the EA ran out of money to complete them all.

The weirs were damaged during floods in 2003, and their upkeep is expensive.

The flood relief scheme has transferred the problem of flooding downstream, where there was severe flooding in 2014. However, additional flood management is needed downstream.

Environmental Issues

Habitats located below the confluence of the Jubilee River and the River Thames were damaged following extensive flooding in 2014.

The concrete weirs look unattractive and spoil the natural environment.

Aquatic habitats are affected by algae that collect above the weirs.

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1 . Question

What is the flood relief channel for the River Thames called?

• Jubilee River.
• London River.
• Thames Bypass River.
• London Bypass river.

2 . Question

What is the name of the longest man-made flood relief channel in the UK (on the River Thames near Maidenhead)?

• Maidenhead relief.
• Thames relief.
• London relief.

3 . Question

How long is the longest man-made flood relief channel in the UK (on the River Thames near Maidenhead)?

4 . Question

Which Government Agency funded the Jubilee River?

• Environmental Agency.
• Home Office.
• Department for Flood Relief.
• Department for Rural Affairs.

5 . Question

How much, in 2002, did the Jubilee River cost?

• £110 million.
• £10 million.
• £1 million.
• £25.4 million.

6 . Question

How wide is the Jubilee River?

7 . Question

What is the UK’s biggest artificial flood relief channel?

• Kielder Dam.
• River Avon.
• River Thames.

8 . Question

How many weirs or large dams does the Jubilee River have along its course?

9 . Question

What is the most expensive flood-relief scheme in the UK?

• Stratford Olympic Park.
• Edinburgh Relief River.

10 . Question

How many of the Jubilee River weirs are navigable by paddle craft?

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Physical landscapes in the UK AQA - Flood management case study - Jubilee river flood relief channel

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• Flooding 3: Response to floods: Oxford Case Study

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The Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme is designed to reduce the impacts of a major flood in Oxford by diverting water down Hinksey Stream, which is a branch of the River Thames that flows between Botley and Kennington. Land use zoning means that much of the floodplain of Hinksey Stream is undeveloped. However, road, rail and energy infrastructure, as well as a number of homes are at risk on the margins of the floodplain.

This scheme uses a combination of hard and soft engineering strategies. Hard engineering, such as deepening the river channel and the replacement of culverts under roads, will ensure that the new channel has a greater capacity. Soft engineering (landscaping the floodplain and planting trees), will increase the flood storage capacity of the floodplain. At the same time, the network of footpaths and cycle paths along the floodplain will be improved, enhancing the environmental value of this commuter and leisure corridor through the urban landscape.

Specification requirements

Understanding flood management strategies including the role of flood plain zoning, flood relief channels and flood plain retention are requirements of all GCSE specifications. An understanding of urban land uses and the dilemmas of urban development is required by some.  Download the Specification audit .

Learning objectives

These activities can be used to develop an enquiry into the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme. This resource can be used to meet one or more of the following objectives:

• develop the skills required to conduct an enquiry – from setting an aim, sampling, collecting and analysing evidence to evaluating the quality of the data
• develop skills of extended writing as they evaluate the flood management scheme
• create a case study of the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Download the Assessment Objectives .

Students should begin by reading the  brief document  published by Oxfordshire County Council which describes the scheme and outlines its potential benefits. The document includes a sketch map of the scheme but students should also become familiar with the location of the scheme and the area it is designed to protect. They should, therefore, study an OS map of the area – one is available on the  Bing map here .

Students can then investigate the area that will be protected by the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme in a virtual field trip – the student resource  Virtual fieldtrip . This investigation uses the same six steps that would be used in a real fieldwork enquiry and could be used to reinforce understanding of this process. However, it  cannot  be used as a substitute for one of the actual fieldwork enquiries conducted by your centre. The enquiry will help students explore the concept of risk and flood plain zoning and help to answer the following questions:

• What kinds of land uses are at risk of flooding in Oxford?
• Which land uses will be protected by the new flood alleviation scheme?

At this point students might want to watch the two videos about the scheme that have been created by the Environment Agency. The  first video  provides an outline of the scheme. The  second video  simulates a fly-through over the area affected by the scheme.

To conclude, students should be encouraged to use all of the evidence they have seen to create an evaluation of the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme. To do this, students might also want to consider these enquiry questions:

• Who will benefit?
• How might the scheme affect the economy of Oxford?
• What are the potential benefits for the environment?
• Does the scheme make Oxford a more sustainable city?

The Environment Agency publishes up to date information about the  flood scheme here . If students read this after they have completed the other activities then they can use it to assess the effectiveness of their own evaluation:

• What did I learn from the Environment Agency evaluation?
• What did I get right in my own evaluation?
• What did I miss?
• How was the Environment Agency evaluation structured?
• Could I improve the way that I write an evaluation next time?

Other lessons in this series:

Flood risk and flood management: Introduction Flooding 1: Causes of river floods Flooding 2: Investigating the effects of river floods Flooding 4: Managing the upper drainage basin Flooding 5: Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Flooding 6: Managing river floods – exploring the role of the Environment Agency Flooding 7: Coastal flooding at Chiswell Flooding 8: Managed realignment Flooding 9: The role of the Environment Agency in coastal management and the development of shoreline management plans

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Jubilee River flood alleviation scheme

Updated 29 September 2021

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The Jubilee River was built by the Environment Agency and opened in 2002. It is part of the Maidenhead Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme (MWEFAS) and is a man made, 11.6 kilometre stretch of naturalistic river and habitats. The scheme reduces the risk of flooding to approximately 3,000 properties in Maidenhead, Windsor, Eton and Cookham.

The Jubilee River diverts river water from the River Thames upstream of Maidenhead, running parallel and to the north of the river, and rejoins the Thames downstream of Windsor.

Under normal conditions, the Jubilee River provides a local recreational and wildlife amenity. In flood conditions, water is diverted from the Thames and into the Jubilee River. This reduces flood levels in the River Thames running through Maidenhead, Windsor, Eton and Cookham.

Along the length of the Jubilee River are several weirs that keep water at levels similar to those experienced in the River Thames. The scheme also incorporates flood embankments to the north of Maidenhead and the west and north of Cookham.

The Jubilee River reduces flood risk to properties by increasing the total flood capacity of the channels flowing through the area. While it does not protect communities downstream of the scheme, it operates so that flood levels downstream are not adversely affected.

A short video has been produced that explains how the Jubilee River works. View it on the Environment Agency River Thames Waterways Team Facebook page .

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