Prepare for flooding: Protect your property

Before a flood happens you can make changes to your property to reduce the damage flooding can do, for example:

Read more about how to prepare your property for flooding.

You can:

You may need permission to do work that will affect the flow of a river or divert flood water.

You’ll need to turn off your mains water, gas and electricity if you have to leave your home during a flood.

The water stop tap (also called a ‘stopcock’), gas shut-off valves and the electrical main switch are in different places in different properties.

You’ll usually find: