Wendlebury pub hit with £4k losses due to flooding

The Lion in Wendlebury, near Bicester, was forced to close between Sunday evening (November 24) and Monday evening after areas of the pub, including food service areas, were flooded as a result of Storm Bert. 

General manager Stefan Wright said the pub has flooded three times since October, but "this is the worst one". 

"We lost £4,000 in stock as the water blew out our electrics for the fridges... not to mention the heavy discounting we had to do on the last tables we had in on Sunday due to them being sat in the flooding pub," he said. 

Flooding in the pub (Image: Stefan Wright) "Monday lunch is usually a busy time for us as other pubs in the area close, but this was a write-off as the team had to work to get the pub bailed out cleaned and sanitised ready for the evening service and hotel guests arriving.

"This can’t carry on happening to local businesses and local people."

He said the community is having to "pick up the pieces" and if "if nothing is done" it's going to get "worse and worse every time".

The pub is open now, but Mr Wright said the brook is still "extremely high".

"Another heavy rain fall and we could be back to square one," he said.