Cockermouth suffered badly in the nationwide flood on 19 and 20 November 2009.Over 200 people were rescued. Many historic buildings were severely damaged, also a number of bridges in and around the town.
Lying just outside the boundary of the Lake District National Park, Cockermouth is an attractive market town not overwhelmed by the tourist atmosphere of Keswick and Ambleside. Cockermouth grew up at the junction of the two most important rivers in the area. Here the River Cocker, flowing out of the lakes Buttermere, Crummock Water and Loweswater meets the River Derwent on its journey from lakes Derwent and Bassenthwaite to the sea at Workington.
Onea policeman doing his job i believe fell off the bridge
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What happened
They sell it at Lowes.
the flood happened cos it rained kthxbai.
The cockermouth flood happened in Cumbria
On the 20th November 2009
November 19 2009
The Cockermouth floods were caused by years worth of rain in just a few hours causing three rivers to flow into each other. The rivers over flowed a destroyed much of central Cockermouth. Cockermouth is still recovering from the disaster of November 2009.
the police evacuated the worst affected arrears
Around 900 properties in Cockermouth we flooded
Cockermouth railway station ended in 1966.
Cockermouth railway station was created in 1865.
As of 2021, the estimated population of Cockermouth is around 8,761.
One can find information on Cockermouth from the home domain of Cockermouth. It gives an easy-to-read official guide and basic information on the Cumbrian town.
Cockermouth and the surrounding west Cumbia was badly flooded in November 2009 by the river derwent, it was also flooded in 2005 but not a bad