Amersham residents have sounded the alarm over 'ongoing' flooding issues on Rectory Hill after firefighters closed off the road when two cars got stuck in the water this morning.

Emergency services were called to the road near Amersham train station at 6:53am this morning, Monday, September 23, after a night of heavy rain saw around one-and-a-half feet of water build up underneath the railway bridge.

They found two vehicles submerged in the water, with all passengers out of harm's way, and sectioned the road off using a wide area flooding kit.

While large parts of the county recorded flooding this morning after the Met Office issued a rare amber warning for rain in the region, locals believe the issues on Rectory Hill are part of a wider problem that has plagued the area for years.

Christopher Barratt, who lives in the town, said he had repeatedly written to Buckinghamshire Council complaining about flooding on the hill, which he said becomes practically impassable "every time we have more than a heavy shower".

Adding: "They fob us off with excuses that it's a 'complex issue with many parties involved', but they've done nothing in the last five years to fix it.

"It makes it impossible for our children to walk to school and imposes a significant health and safety risk."

The road is still cordoned off (Image: NQ)

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Another local who didn’t want to be named added that today’s flooding had come after recent maintenance work to resolve blocked drainage – and had “forced drivers to make long detours by foot and car to get to the station, schools and work”.

They added that they had contacted the council, alongside Affinity Water and Chiltern Railways, numerous times, “with no solution or responsibility forthcoming”, and suggested that the only means left to pass underneath the bridge was “using inflatable dinghies".

Reports of flooding on Sycamore Hill made on the council’s FixMyStreet platform last August called for a “better surface water drainage system” in the area, suggesting that the regular flooding was caused by “rain water flowing from Oakfield Corner down to the bridge because road gullies (hadn’t been) cleared and were filled with silt and debris”.

Steven Broadbent, the council's cabinet member for transport, said work was underway to "provide a new, more permanent solution for drainage and handling water" around Rectory Hill, something that would be accelerated by today's incident.

He added: "Very heavy rainfall in Buckinghamshire and other parts of the country today has resulted in this and other areas, that are vulnerable to flooding, succumbing in these conditions and our contractor is currently on site to manage the flood water there.

"We recognise the inconvenience the weather has caused and thank the emergency services for managing a large volume of responses.”