Is Nottinghamshire at risk of flooding?

Nottinghamshire has 120 designated flood areas monitored by the Environment Agency, giving it a Very High risk rating. It ranks #13 out of 152 English counties for flood risk.

How many flood warning areas are in Nottinghamshire?

There are 120 flood warning and alert areas in Nottinghamshire, monitored by 0 Environment Agency stations across 30 rivers.

Which rivers flood in Nottinghamshire?

The main rivers in Nottinghamshire include Beauvale Brook, Nether Green Brook, Black Brook, Cocker Beck, Day Brook, Ford Green Brook and 25 others. These rivers have monitoring stations tracking water levels in real time.

Do I need flood insurance in Nottinghamshire?

If your property is in or near one of Nottinghamshire's 120 flood areas, flood insurance is strongly recommended. The government's Flood Re scheme helps make flood insurance affordable for at-risk properties.

How can I check flood risk for my postcode?

Use the Environment Agency's flood risk checker or our postcode lookup tool to check the flood risk for your specific address. You can also browse Nottinghamshire's flood areas on this page.

What was the worst flood in Nottinghamshire?

Nottinghamshire has experienced significant flooding events over the years. Check the Environment Agency's historical flood data and our UK Flood History guide for details on major events.

Flood Risk in Nottinghamshire

East Midlands

120

Flood Areas

Stations

Rivers

Risk Level

Very High

#13 of 152 counties

Flood Areas in Nottinghamshire

120 designated flood warning and alert areas

Name	River / Sea	Type
River Trent from Cromwell Weir to Gainsborough including The Flood Road, A156, Dunham Road and Gainsborough Road	River Trent, River Idle	Alert
River Trent flood area near Nottinghamshire	River Trent	Warning
Low-lying land and roads between Norton Green and Darlaston on the River Trent and on the Lyme Brook and Ford Green Brook	Ford Green Brook, Lyme Brook, River Trent	Alert
Low-lying land and roads between Blythe Bridge and Nethertown on the River Blithe and between Hoar Cross and Yoxall on the River Swarbourne	River Blithe, River Swarbourne	Alert
River Witham and its tributaries from South Witham to Claypole	River Witham, Foston Beck	Alert
River Trent at Carlton on Trent including Beck Cottage and Great North Road	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at North Clifton and South Clifton including Wheatholme	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Shelford for Shelford Manor and The Holmes including Church Street	River Trent	Warning
River Ryton at Blyth including Brecks Wood, Ash Holt and Redbridge House	River Ryton	Warning
Loughborough urban watercourses and local tributaries to the River Soar including: Black Brook, Wood Brook, Burleigh Brook, Grace Dieu Brook, Hermi...	Black Brook	Alert
Rivers Leen and Trent at Dunkirk including Nottingham's Queen Medical Centre and University Boulevard	River Leen	Warning
River Leen including Day Brook and Tottle Brook in Nottinghamshire	River Leen, Day Brook, Tottle Brook	Alert
River Trent at Radcliffe on Trent for Radcliffe Park Static Caravan Site	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Newark including Winthorpe	River Trent	Warning
River Witham and its tributaries from Claypole to Lincoln	River Witham	Alert
River Idle and tributaries from West Drayton to the confluence with the River Trent	River Idle	Alert
River Trent at Gibsmere and Gipsy Lane at Bleasby including riverside farms	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Spalford, Wigsley and Harby including properties at North Scarle and Kettlethorpe	River Trent	Warning
River Idle at West Retford and Ordsall including Works nearby the Belmoor Lake, the Industrial Estate and West Field	River Idle	Warning
River Trent at Newark Cattle Market including Kelham Road, Cullen Close, Sandhills Park and Sandhills Close	River Trent	Warning
River Maun at Mansfield including Bleak Hills and The Park	River Maun	Warning
River Maun in Nottinghamshire including Mansfield, Edwinstowe, Ollerton and Milton	River Maun	Alert
River Trent at Cromwell including The Ness and the Sewage Works	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Hoveringham including farms around the Causeway Dyke	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Collingham including Ferry Lane Farm, Westfield Farm and Wharf Bungalow area	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Beeston Rylands including Beeston, University Park, Dunkirk and The Queens Medical Centre	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Newark Sugar Factory and Kelham Bridge including the A616 Great North Road	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at West Bridgford including Gamston and the confluence of Melton Road, Wilford Lane and Loughborough Road	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Beeston for Beeston Marina and Lock	River Trent	Warning
River Soar at Ratcliffe on Soar including areas near the railway at Kingston on Soar	River Soar	Warning
Low lying areas around Saxilby and Skellingthorpe	Fossdyke Canal	Warning
The Fossdyke canal from Torksey Lock to Lincoln and the River Till from the Till Washlands. Tributaries may also affect Saxilby, Harby, Wigsley, a...	Fossdyke Canal	Alert
River Trent at Dunham-on-Trent including junction on Low Street and Upper Row to Manor Farm	River Trent	Warning
River Leen at Bulwell including Highbury Vale	River Leen	Warning
River Trent flood area near Nottinghamshire	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Holme Pierrepont for the National Watersports Centre including the Trent Fields	River Trent	Warning
Lyme Brook flood area near Nottinghamshire	Lyme Brook	Warning
River Meden at Budby including A616 Worksop Road and the North Farm	River Meden	Warning
River Soar at Sutton Bonnington including riverside properties around the Main Street	River Soar	Warning
River Trent at Cottam including Coates, Littleborough and North Leverton with Habblesthorpe	River Trent	Warning
River Soar at Zouch Island including Zouch Farm and riverside properties on the Zouch Road to Hathern	River Soar	Warning
River Trent at Holme including the properties on the riverside of the A1133	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Stoke Bardolph including the Works and low lying farms	River Trent	Warning
Rivers Leen at Old Basford, New Basford and Bobbers Mill including Works at New Basford	River Leen	Warning
River Trent at Fledborough and Ragnall including The Gables	River Trent	Warning
River Trent flood area near Nottinghamshire	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Laneham and Church Laneham including farms nearby	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Gunthorpe including Riverdale Caravan Park and access via the A6097 between Lowdham and Gunthorpe	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Attenborough Village including The Strand	River Trent	Warning
Day Brook at Ventnor Rise and Athorpe Grove in Old Basford including Rydal Grove	Day Brook	Warning
River Trent at Newark Tolney Lane and Riverside Marinas including Tolney Lane Caravan Park	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at North Muskham and low lying farms	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Stoke on Trent including Joiners Square, the University and Boothen	River Trent	Warning
River Ryton at Scrooby including Serlby and the riverside cottages and farms, and the Great North Road	River Ryton	Warning
River Trent at Torksey including Marton and Newton	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at East Ferry and Wildsworth including isolated properties from the M180 to Gainsborough	River Trent	Warning
River Ryton at Worksop around the Shelley Street area	River Ryton	Warning
River Trent at Owston Ferry and West Butterwick including the River Idle Confluence at West Stockwith and isolated riverside properties from the M1...	River Trent	Warning
Ford Green Brook flood area near Nottinghamshire	Ford Green Brook	Warning
River Soar at Redhill and Kegworth Bridge including Grounds Farm Cottages	River Soar	Warning
River Trent flood area near Nottinghamshire	River Trent	Warning
River Soar at Normanton on Soar including Hathern Sports Ground area	River Soar	Warning
River Maun at Haughton, Milton and West Drayton including the Earth Holme Plantation and riverside Farms near Milton	River Maun	Warning
River Devon at Bottesford including Easthorpe, Muston and Woolsthorpe	River Devon	Warning
River Devon, Smite and tributaries from Knipton to the River Trent at Newark on Trent	River Devon	Alert
River Trent at Caythorpe including Main Street and Caythorpe Road near Morrfield Farm	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Shelford including properties and farms between the Main Road and Waterfurrows Lane	River Trent	Warning
Isolated properties and villages near the River Witham and River Brant from Claypole to Lincoln including, Sutton, Beckingham, Stapleford, Bassingh...	River Witham	Warning
Rivers Trent and Devon at Farndon including properties around Farndon and Fosse Roads	River Trent, River Devon	Warning
River Idle at South Retford, Eaton, Gamston and Thrumpton	River Idle	Warning
River Smite at Aslockton and Whatton including the Dark Lane, the Recreation Ground and the Whatton Prison	River Smite	Warning
River Leen at Radford including properties around Triumph Road	River Leen	Warning
River Trent at Burton Joyce including properties around the A6142 Nottingham Road	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Besthorpe including the Besthrope Nature Reserve	River Trent	Warning
River Ryton flood area near Nottinghamshire	River Ryton	Warning
Wood Brook and River Soar at Loughborough including areas around Loughborough Meadows, the Industrial Estates and the Queen's Park	Wood Brook, River Soar	Warning
River Trent at Beckingham Marsh including the junction of Stockwith Road and Marsh Lane to Misterton	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Colwick Racecourse including Racecourse Road	River Trent	Warning
River Soar at Moor Lane in Normanton on Soar and Hathern Sports Ground including Pasture Lane and Hathern C of E Primary School	River Soar	Warning
River Trent at Wilford including properties around the Fairham Brook, Ruddington Lane and the Main Road	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Girton including Green and Trent Lanes	River Trent	Warning
Cocker Beck at Lowdham and properties at Lowdham around Southwell Road	Cocker Beck	Warning
Tributaries in Nottinghamshire including the River Greet, Potwell Dyke, Carr Dyke, Dover Beck, Cocker Beck, Thurgarton Beck, Fairham Brook and others	River Trent, River Greet, Potwell Dyke, Carr Dyke, Dover Beck, Cocker Beck, Thurgarton Beck, Fairham Brook	Alert
River Trent at Barton in Fabis including Manor Road, Chestnut Lane, Brown Lane and Rectory Place	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Hatfield Chase including isolated properties from the M180 to Gainsborough	River Trent	Warning
River Meden at Market Warsop, Church Warsop and Meden Vale including Gleadthorpe	River Meden	Warning
Rivers Trent and Devon at Farndon riverside properties including Dorner Avenue, Wyke Lane and Marsh Lane	River Trent, River Devon	Warning
River Soar at Kegworth including riverside properties and farms around the A6 London Road and Long Lane	River Soar	Warning
Day Brook at Old Basford including Valley Road	Day Brook	Warning
River Trent at Rolleston including Southwell Racecourse	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Hanford and Trentham including Church Lane area of Hanford, Park Drive in Trentham and Trentham Gardens	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Sutton-on-Trent including Carlton Hall including properties around Carlton Lane	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Radcliffe on Trent including the Animal Shelter	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Holme Pierrepont including Green Acres Mobile Home Park	River Trent	Warning
River Idle at Bawtry including the A631 Bawtry Bridge and properties near the river on Church Street	River Idle	Warning
River Trent at Fiskerton including Morton and the Lodge Farm	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Lea and areas around Lea Marshes Main Drain and Humble Carr Drain	River Trent	Warning
Nottingham Park and Ride Site and businesses off Lenton Lane	River Trent	Warning
River Smite at Shelton Lodge and Port Grange Farms	River Smite	Warning
River Trent at Fiskerton for Fiskerton Mill including Rolleston Fields, Gorse and Nurseries	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Newark for riverside properties including Mather Road, Brewer's Wharf and Water Lane	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at High Marnham and Low Marnham including Grassthorpe and farms along the Main Street	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Averham, Staythorpe and Kelham including the Staythorpe Power Station	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Bleasby including the properties around the Main Street	River Trent	Warning
River Trent at Colwick and Victoria Park, including Colwick Industrial Estate and Colwick Vale	River Trent	Warning
River Idle at Misson including surrounding isolated properties and farms	River Idle	Warning
Fowlea Brook from Cliff Vale Industrial Park to Stoke Town Hall	Fowlea Brook	Warning
River Maun at Edwinstowe and Ollerton including the junction on A614 Mansfield Road and Ollerton Road	River Maun	Warning
River Maun at Sherwood Forest Caravan Park near Kings Clipstone including roads to riverside farms	River Maun	Warning
Rivers Leen and Trent at Old Lenton and Castle Marina including Nottingham Canal	River Leen, River Trent	Warning
Ouse Dyke and River Trent at Netherfield, including Drummond Avenue, Rochester Avenue and Kingsley Drive		Warning
Ouse Dyke at Gedling and Carlton, including Waverley Avenue and Tennyson Avenue		Warning
Properties near Lowfield Drain and Middle Beck at Balderton		Warning
Beauvale Brook and Nether Green Brook at Eastwood	Beauvale Brook, Nether Green Brook	Warning
Woodborough Brook at Woodborough	Woodborough Brook	Warning
Tottle Brook at Wollaton and Beeston including Wollaton Vale	Tottle Brook	Warning
Baker Lane Brook and Titchfield Park Brook at Hucknall		Warning
Upper Day Brook at Sherwood and Woodthorpe		Warning
Isolated properties and villages near the River Witham from Hougham to Claypole including Westborough, Long Bennington and Claypole	River Witham, Foston Beck	Warning
Retford Beck at Retford, including Grove Lane and Blackstope Lane	Retford Beck	Warning

Monitoring Stations

0 Environment Agency monitoring stations

Rivers in Nottinghamshire

Beauvale Brook, Nether Green BrookBlack BrookCocker BeckDay BrookFord Green BrookFord Green Brook, Lyme Brook, River TrentFossdyke CanalFowlea BrookLyme BrookRetford BeckRiver Blithe, River SwarbourneRiver DevonRiver IdleRiver LeenRiver Leen, Day Brook, Tottle BrookRiver Leen, River TrentRiver MaunRiver MedenRiver RytonRiver SmiteRiver SoarRiver TrentRiver Trent, River DevonRiver Trent, River Greet, Potwell Dyke, Carr Dyke, Dover Beck, Cocker Beck, Thurgarton Beck, Fairham BrookRiver Trent, River IdleRiver WithamRiver Witham, Foston BeckTottle BrookWood Brook, River SoarWoodborough Brook

Flood Insurance Warning for Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire has 120 designated flood areas and a very high flood risk rating. If you live in this area, check your buildings and contents insurance covers flood damage. Homes in high-risk areas may face higher premiums or require specialist cover.

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