Lewes Floods 25th Anniversary Report

2025 marked the 25th anniversary of the October 2000 floods that devastated Lewes and surrounding areas.

Twenty-five years on in autumn 2025, Lewes Town Council supported a team of partners to bring together residents, businesses and professionals to remember and learn from those momentous events.

Through a two-day event at Lewes Town Hall – one day for professionals and one for the public – plus a residents’ survey, Friends of Lewes’ touring Lewes Floods exhibition and other satellite events, more than 1,200 people shared memories, insights and suggestions for how Lewes should tackle the risk of flooding  now.

A report has now been published distilling the insights and ideas that came out of those events – identifying the actions and approaches that local people and flood professionals would like to see to address flood risk  across Lewes.

View the full report below – and a short film about the Lewes Floods 25^th Anniversary events.

If you have any thoughts about the report, or would like to get involved in flood action in Lewes, email .

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