There is a variety of methods available to ensure that your paving drains properly, for example draining into a lawn or soakaway. Correct drainage of paving is a requirement for planning permission. See our guide on planning permission for paving for more information.
Berriedale
Berriedale is a small estate village on the north eastern coast of Caithness, Scotland, on the A9 road between Helmsdale and Lybster, close to the limit in between Caithness and also Sutherland. It is sheltered from the North Sea. The town has a parish church in the Church of Scotland. Just south of Berriedale, en route to the north, the A9 passes the Berriedale Braes, a steep drop in the landscape (brae is a Scots word for hill, a borrowing of the Scottish Gaelic bràighe). The roadway falls steeply (13% over 1,3 kilometres) to connect a river, prior to increasing once more (13% over 1,3 kilometres), with a number of sharp bends in the roadway-- although several of the hairpin bends and various other close-by slopes have actually been eased in recent years. The impracticality (and also expense) of linking the Berriedale Braes stopped the structure of the Inverness-Wick Far North Line along the eastern coastline of Caithness; instead the train runs inland through the Flow Country. Berriedale lies at the end of the eighth phase of the coastal John o' Groats Route.
