Andrew Leeke

Andrew Leeke is the Chair of Deerhurst Community Preservation

A community approach to reducing flood risk

Andrew Leeke, 9 March 2015 - Climate change, Community, Flood

I have lived in Deerhurst since 1987. I knew the village was at risk of flooding even before I decided to buy a house here and that houses had last flooded in 1947, but that didn’t put me off. There …

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