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Heavy rain causes flooding in Beccles

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Hayley Mace

Published: 3:02 PM July 14, 2009    Updated: 9:36 PM October 10, 2020

Hayley MaceHeavy rain has caused flooding around Beccles this afternoon.Properties around the town, including in Ingate and Common Lane North, have been flooded by the rainwater, which is overflowing from drains after several hours of heavy rain.Hayley Mace

Heavy rain has caused flooding around Beccles this afternoon.

Properties around the town, including in Ingate and Common Lane North, have been flooded by the rainwater, which is overflowing from drains after several hours of heavy rain.

A spokesman for Suffolk police said that there is currently about one foot of water on some of the roads in the town centre.

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