Barepot residents have been left trapped in their homes after the River Derwent burst its banks.

The water levels rose so high that villagers have been forced to park in lay-bys and abandon their vehicles.

Ciaran Kennedy, 25, and George Bowsher, 26, who live at Seaton Mills Cottages nearby were horrified when persistent floodwater sabotaged their home.

Ciaran said: "It feels strange. I'm trying to keep strong but we don't know what's going to happen next or what to do in this situation.

"When we left in the morning we knew something was going to happen so we said goodbye to our house.

"Nothing has happened in the three or four years years we've been there. We'll see what the landlord has to say. We're all in the same boat, but we hope it never happens again."

George said: "I'd just finished work and I had to move everything upstairs and had to get the sandbags. We're obviously going to have to move.

"I'd heard about Appleby and Keswick and thought there would be more warnings and I could see what was going to happen.

"From 2009 there's a plaque on the wall to mark where the water was."

Meanwhile Hall Brow near Workington police station was completely shut off after it flooded and the new leisure centre at Brow Top has also flooded.

Club officials will hold a crisis meeting at Workington Cricket Club after the pitch at their ground at the Cloffocks was ruined.

The club also cancelled its Christmas party on Saturday night and equipment including rollers, nets, artificial wickets and club uniforms have all been damaged.

Malcolm Wood, development officer, said: "We're devastated. It's a bit of deja vu. We've spent a lot of money to get the club up and running.

"Now five years after we opened we've got this again. We will make an assessment and Cumbria Cricket Limited and the ECB have a recovery fund so we will see what's available.

"The ground will recover, it's the other bits and pieces. I can't put a figure on it. Once we've got access to the ground, but we'll do an inventory for the damage and contact the insurance companies."

The nearby bowls club was also under several feet of water.

Camerton was also hit by flooding on Saturday and 50 guests were rescued from Camerton Hall after attending a wedding there in the afternoon.

Alan Straughton, 56, of Moss Bay, Workington was taking photographs at the wedding and managed to escape unharmed.

He said: "Halfway through they had to move upstairs because the water was rising that quickly. I had to leave because I had an appointment in Cambridge.

"I drove through 18 inches of water to get out of Lower Camerton. I was at Camerton Hall early in the morning and the waters were rising and then we could see it moving into the gardens of the hall.

"When the ceremony was over we went back to the hall and you could see that the waters had risen considerably.

"The guests were told to evacuate upstairs. It's a shame that the wedding came to an abrupt end after spending thousands of pounds. They'll never forget