Flooding hits England – in pictures

Parts of England were struck by flash floods after more than a month’s rain fell in 24 hours. Heavy rainfall in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and London caused widespread travel disruption and damage to properties

Northamptonshire

A man moves furniture out of flood water in Wellingborough on Thursday

Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Cambridgeshire

Flooding around St Ives after the River Great Ouse overflowed its banks

Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Oxfordshire

The swollen River Thames at Abingdon partially submerged fields

Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Rex/Shutterstock

Bedfordshire

Flooded roads in Harrold after the River Great Ouse overflowed its banks

Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Northamptonshire

Flood water covers parts of Billing Aquadrome holiday park, where firefighters and police helped 43 people to evacuate on Tuesday night

Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Bedfordshire

The flooded A421 dual carriageway in Marston Moretaine caused traffic to back up on Tuesday

Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Bedfordshire

The rear end of a car is the only thing visible above flood water on the A421 in Marston Moretaine on Monday

Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Berkshire

A driver gets his car stuck in floodwater underneath Station Road railway bridge near to Burnham Station on Monday

Photograph: Maureen McLean/Alamy Live News

London

Londoners brought their umbrellas with them on Monday, as one braved the weather near Oxford Circus

Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock

Northamptonshire

Neighbours help to clear flood water from the home of John Sayles in Grendon

Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Gloucestershire

A car drives through a flooded road in Willersey village on Monday

Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Hertfordshire

Firefighters pump water out of homes on Woolgrove Road along the River Purwell in Hitchin on Monday

Photograph: Wesley Johnson/PA

Northamptonshire

The stands at Spencer football club were in flood water on Tuesday in Northampton

Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Northamptonshire

Caravans at Cogenhoe Mill holiday park did not escape flooding after the River Nene overflowed on Tuesday

Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Kent

Cattle wade through the overflows of Eden Brook in Edenbridge on Tuesday

Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Bedfordshire

Officials attempt to start pumping water from the A421 dual carriageway road on Monday

Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

London

Heavy rain clouds pass over the City of London skyline on Monday

Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Buckinghamshire

A road is blocked off by Thames Water workers owing to flooding in Chalfont St Peter after sewage came up the drains and on to the streets

Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Bedfordshire

A flooded allotment in Harpenden on Monday

Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

London

A pedestrian on Westminster Bridge struggles with her umbrella during rain showers on Monday

Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock