Walham

Battle for Walham
	Part of 2007 United Kingdom floods
Date	July 2007 (precision flood prevention at a strategically important National Grid electricity switching station)
Location	Walham, Gloucestershire
Status	Flooding incident averted
Belligerents
The British people United Kingdom Army; United Kingdom Fire brigade; United Kingdom Severn-Trent water board; United Kingdom Environment Agency ; United Kingdom Royal Navy; United Kingdom National Grid;	The 2007 United Kingdom floods Flood water; Rain; Sleet;
Commanders and leaders
Unknown N/A, head of Cobra Committy members; N/A, head of the Royal Navy; N/A/, head of Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue; N/A, head of the British Army;	Not applicable;
Casualties and losses
0	Flood waters diverted.
	N/A

Walham is an English village, situated north of Gloucester, on the banks of the River Severn, just off the A40 road, 153 km west of london.

A National Grid switching centre, providing power to half a million homes and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), is situated at Walham.

The Walham substation came to national prominence in July 2007, when it was threatened by a major flood. The fire service and military stopped the flood waters two inches below the height at which the plant would flood. This struggle with nature was dubbed the "Battle for Walham" in national newspapers.

The Village

The village is effectively a suburb of Gloucester, which is to its south ^[1].

Battle for Walham

The Battle for Walham was the fight by emergency services and the Environment Agency to save the National Grid Electricity Switching Station at Walham, Gloucestershire.

The fire brigade, British Army, Royal Navy and the Environment Agency joined forces to save the power station

Involved in the Gloucestershire floods of 2007 the water came within 2 inches of overtopping (flooding) the controls at the Switching Station.

The Environment Agency 's Rivers and Costal Group committee were unanimous in their decision to award the Chairmans Award prize jointly to the Environment Agency and Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue for their work to save Walham.

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References

51°52′44″N 2°15′2″W / 51.87889°N 2.25056°W / 51.87889; -2.25056

[1] ttp://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.878889~-2.250556&style=r&lvl=15&sp=Point.51.878889_-2.250556_Walham___

[2] ttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/environment/saving+walham/624157#fold Channel 4's information about saving of Walham from floods

[3] ttp://www.abb.co.uk/cawp/seitp202/F96BC80DD66741B08025705000507EB4.aspx

[4] ttp://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/1827418?lang=_e&region=&projectstatus=&theme=&subject=&searchfor=&topic=&area=&month=

[5] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6916010.stm

[6] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/

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