Stamford Bridge water pump failure led to flooding in village - council

Heavy rainfall led to flooding in Stamford Bridge, near York, on Monday

The failure of a water pump was behind the flooding of a number of properties in an East Yorkshire village, a council has confirmed.

Some shops in Stamford Bridge, on the River Derwent, were left damaged and some roads were covered with flood water on Monday.

Other properties in the shopping area narrowly escaped flooding.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council said the main flood water pump by the bridge was working again by the afternoon.

Monday's flooding caused the closure of the A166, with sandbags being used to protect other buildings at risk of being affected.

One local resident said she had never seen such bad flooding in the village.

The A166 was closed due to the flood, with water covering the village square

Councillor Paul West, East Riding of Yorkshire Council's cabinet member for environment and transport, said the local authority was continuing to monitor the situation.

"The council's main floodwater pump at the bridge in Stamford Bridge failed yesterday, but our emergency flooding team was on site as soon as it could get there," he said.

"They brought two mobile pumps which were working most of the day to try to remove the flood water."

Mr West added: "We also repaired the main pump and got that working as well yesterday afternoon, which meant, with three pumps working together, we were able to stop the flooding and reopen the A166 road."