Wallace & Gromit makers to create film for county

A Mole's Story will be made for Lincolnshire by Aardman, the stop-motion animators who created Wallace and Gromit

The animators behind Wallace and Gromit will create a short film for Lincolnshire on the dangers of flooding.

Titled A Mole's Story, Aardman Animations will produce the two-minute video for Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) to warn people about groundwater flooding.

The film is being produced as part of Project Groundwater, a government-funded scheme to protect areas at risk of this type of flooding - where water from underground rises to the surface.

The making of the film will cost £130,249 with £54,124 contributed by LCC, and the rest from councils elsewhere in the country.

Almost 200 properties in Horncastle flooded during Storm Babet last year

Aardman Animations are the creators of the much-loved stop-motion animation Wallace and Gromit, made with plasticine model construction.

Other creations include Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run and Morph.

In 2023, Lincolnshire received £7m for Project Groundwater from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Councillor Colin Davie, executive member for environment at LCC, said in July that groundwater flooding is "the least-understood form of flooding nationally".

LCC is working with Middlesex University to update the Multi-Coloured Manual, one of the main documents for flood risk management.

"The effects of groundwater are significantly different to flooding from rivers, coastal or surface water flooding," Mr Davie said.

"It often lasts for much longer periods, with water seeping up, and the full extent of the impacts can take a long time to become apparent."

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