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How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.

• Updated: 18 November 2025

How to prepare for a flood: who to contact, how to protect your property, get insurance.

• Protect yourself from future flooding

  You can: check for flooding in the next 5 days get flood warnings by text,…

• Protect your property

  Before a flood happens you can make changes to your property to reduce the…

• Get insurance

  If you’re a homeowner, you can: get insurance advice from the National…

Distances between locks on the River Thames and measurements restricting navigation.

• Updated: 4 February 2026

VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.

How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.

• Updated: 2 October 2023

Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.

• Updated: 5 February 2026

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper gave a statement to Parliament following her trip to Adré on the Sudanese border in Chad.

• Updated: 5 February 2026

How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.

• Updated: 27 May 2025

Bridge heights and profiles, locks and facilities for boaters on the River Medway.

• Updated: 18 April 2019

Complete if you are applying for a new environmental permit, or to change or transfer an existing environmental permit.