COUNTY council managers are urging residents to prepare for winter by making good use of information pages on its website.

Oxfordshire County Council’s website provides information about a wide range of winter weather issues, including flood risk, gritting, weather warnings and school closures.

A spokesman said: “When Winter arrives the likelihood of the weather disrupting our lives increases. Snow and ice are obviously far more likely but the chances of flooding also increase and fog and high winds tend to be more prevalent between November and March.

“Quite apart from the actual weather forecast there’s a whole range of information updated daily to keep you informed about such things as flood risk, river levels, gritting, weather warnings and school closures related to the weather. These sources really do come in to their own when the weather takes a turn for the worse.”

The website oxfordshire.gov.uk features information on daily gritting and the routes that are being gritted.