Tides and Planes

 A reminder that Chiswick Mall, whilst protected by the Thames barrier to the East and Richmond Lock to the West, floods at particularly high tides and it can become impossible either to walk or to drive along its full length. Cars parked at certain points are liable to be inundated.

Details of the times and heights of tides for today can be found at

Chiswick Mall tides today

Further information, including Tide Tables, can be found by searching the menus at Thames Tides.

Flooding

General information on flooding can be found on the Environment Agency website and it is possible to register for their free full flood alert warnings via this link Flood Warnings Direct.

 It is also possible to see a graphical representation of the tide levels at Richmond Lock by following PLA Richmond. 

Heathrow Operations

Sound is also part of the 'spirit of place' of the conservation area. We therefore keep a watching brief on activities at Heathrow to help mitigate the intrusion of aircraft noise both for residents and for visitors. At the moment, thanks to 'runway alternation', generally there is little or no aircraft noise for half of each day. As it can be very confusing for newcomers to understand when Old Chiswick might be free from this intrusive noise, in 2012 OCPS drafted, and has since updated Heathrow operations

Since 2012, details have changed but Heathrow have a vastly improved website for information about their operations. This can be found  on the Heathrow Noise website.

For the current Runway Alternation Programme, please click here.

We had commented extensively on the latest Heathrow Consultation, 'Airspace and Future Operations', and have attached some supporting documents here. Consultation 2019.docx is our analysis of how the Conservation Area would be affected, given the information from the Consultation papers.

In addition, we attach some of the Consultation papers below 

Heathrow Airport Ltd Consultation-Booklet-Update-1-AW-LR-pages.pdf