I HAVE lived halfway up Matford Hill, Monkton Park for more than 30 years.

During this time I have never seen the river flood onto Riverside Drive (which runs along the bottom of the hill) although many years ago Jubilee Acres, the grass area beside the river, flooded very occasionally.

So imagine my horror to be informed by several insurance companies that my postcode was in a flood plain and therefore my insurance quote would be loaded and in one case they would not even quote for my postal code area.

I should imagine that if the river ever reached my property then a large part of Chippenham would be under water. Is there something that the Environment Agency or North Wiltshire District Council are not telling us or is this another insurance scam?

P DEACON

Chippenham