{"id":1369,"date":"2021-07-12T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bournemouthtoday.com\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2021-07-12T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:28:19","slug":"bournemouth-lower-gardens-closed-due-to-flash-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/bournemouth-lower-gardens-closed-due-to-flash-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Bournemouth Lower Gardens closed due to flash flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flooding has been causing issues for drivers and residents across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on Monday<!--more-->.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain across the conurbation has resulted in roads being closed, and gardens being flooded.<\/p>\n<p>In Bournemouth Town Centre, the Lower Gardens were closed as flood water made them inaccessible.<\/p>\n<p>Large-scale flooding was also reported in Winton, Poole Quay, Fleetsbridge underpass, and the A35.<\/p>\n<p>Excessive amounts of water also caused problems for motorists with some roads officially closed around Poole.<\/p>\n<p>BCP Council reported that Fleetsbridge roundabout, A35 from Holes Bay (Westbound), A35 in Dorset Council areas and Blandford Rd (Southbound &amp; Northbound) were congested.<\/p>\n<p>The Met Office says more rain is expected throughout the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379\" src=\"https:\/\/bournemouthtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/08-water-mark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1371\" src=\"https:\/\/bournemouthtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/06-water-mark.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1373\" src=\"https:\/\/bournemouthtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/04-water-mark.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1380\" src=\"https:\/\/bournemouthtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/03-water-mark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1375\" src=\"https:\/\/bournemouthtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/02-water-mark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/bournemouthtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/001-water-mark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lower Gardens are closed as heavy rain and flooding covers parts of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole today \ud83c\udf27 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BournemouthOne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BournemouthOne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelDorset?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TravelDorset<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wave105Travel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wave105Travel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCPCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BCPCouncil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lmvm6Jxms6\">pic.twitter.com\/lmvm6Jxms6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bournemouth Today (@BmthToday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BmthToday\/status\/1414552320675823618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wilderton Road . Branksome chine stream now 20m across . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DiXm0Ax1Vp\">pic.twitter.com\/DiXm0Ax1Vp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian (@ianthegardener1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianthegardener1\/status\/1414529609207533570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flooding has been causing issues for drivers and residents across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on Monday with the Lower Gardens closed due to the amount of rain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christchurch","category-poole","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}