There are certain places along the upper reaches of the Thames which flood on a regular basis.
The local councils put up dozens of signs warning motorists not to park as the road is liable to flood.
Without fail, on every high tide some cars will go under.
A car that has been fully submerged will never be the same, some are write offs.
I do not understand people who park cars here and go away for many hours
There is still a lot of water in the car.
I am parked in River Lane.
Dont make waves.
Not much traffic along here.
Bow wave.
E Type Jag sees a flooded road and reverses away fast.
Hope all those parked cars have shut their windows.
Not so smart parking there.
Seen it all before.
Not really flooded, just a bit wet.
Rough seas today.
Stay in the centre of the road.
The foot of Twickenham railway bridge.
View from Twickenham road bridge.
Very shallow here.
Now thats just being silly.
High tide at Putney, again.
Embankment, Putney, 1976
This one got it out just in time.
Luckily this one filled up with water.
This one made it out.
Embankment, Putney, 1976
Flood level sign, river level in photo is at the top of a spring high tide.
Very nice pictures, John. I live at the Thames end of Park House Gardens, above the flood level because our road of houses was built on top of the infill of a gravel pit, about 6 feet above the flood plain level. We have, of course, many pictures, and some videos, of Ranelagh drive flooding. I found your site when trying to find the exact tide level at which flooding occurs, since we have a friend's car parked on our drive for a few weeks, and our car parked under Twickenham bridge, and full moon is in a few days time.