'Black Bull' Flood level, 2009 - Cockermouth, Cumbria - High Level Marks on Waymarking.com

A high flood marker on the wall of the Black Bull pub on Main Street, Cockermouth. It recalls the unprecedented event of November 2009 when this part of the town was flooded to a depth of 2.5 metres.

"On Thursday 19th November, the rivers Cocker and Derwent, which join in Cockermouth, rose to a level that flooded much of central Cockermouth, leaving huge amounts of destruction, and most of the shops, restaurants and pubs in the town completely wrecked.

At midday the river was high, but the Main Street was dry. By three pm – the water was a foot deep in the Main Street. By midnight a raging torrent was flowing down the Main Street and some of the side streets, including South St and Challoner St – about 5 feet deep, and up to 8 feet deep in places.

It took a year before most of the businesses were back up and open. Flood defence work [was] still ongoing (March 2013). The silver lining to the floods is that the affected area has now been repaired to be even prettier than before with many of the affected businesses having their Georgian shop fronts restored."

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Natural or man made event?: Natural What type of marker?: wall plaque When did this occur?: 11/19/2009 Website related to the event..: [Web Link]

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A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.

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