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Coast from St Margaret's at Cliffe to Sandgate

Areas at risk of coastal flooding from St Margaret's at Cliffe to Sandgate, including Dover and Folkestone

Flood alert area English Channel, North Sea Kent Kent S London and E Sussex

Flood Alert Active Warning

Raised: 26 Oct 2026 at 7:59am • Updated: 26 Oct 2026 at 7:59am
Locations most affected will be coastal roads and footpaths on Monday 26/10/2026 morning at 10:30 GMT with a height of 3.68m Above Ordnance Datum and Force 6 Southerly winds with 2.6m waves. After this peak tides reduce although will peak again on Wednesday 28th October.

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Dover USGS
• 0.6 km
Steady
0.35 m
33min ago
Dover in this area
Tide • Dover • 0.9 km
tidal gauge
3.46 m
48min ago
Crabble Mill
River Dour • Dover • 3.0 km
Rising · normal
0.15 m
33min ago
Crabble Mill GS
• 3.0 km
Rising
0.26 m
33min ago
Alkham Valley
Groundwater Level • 6.1 km
Steady · normal
33.97 m
1h ago
Black Bull Road
Pent Stream • Folkestone • 10.8 km
Steady · normal
0.13 m
33min ago
North Elham
Groundwater Level • 14.7 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 52.87 at 03:46, now 52.84
52.84 m
32min ago
Sandwich Quay
River Stour • Sandwich • 17.1 km
tidal gauge
3.00 m
33min ago
Wingham Bridge GS
• 18.6 km
Easing — Easing — down from 0.09 at 04:15, now 0.07
0.07 m
33min ago
Wingham Road
Groundwater Level • Wingham • 18.8 km
Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 00:00, rising slightly
4.14 m
7h ago

Flood Event History (50)

26 Oct 2026 at 7:59am Flood Alert
Locations most affected will be coastal roads and footpaths on Monday 26/10/2026 morning at 10:30 GMT with a height of 3.68m Above Ordnance Datum and Force 6 Southerly winds with 2.6m waves. After this peak tides reduce although will peak again on Wednesday 28th October.
25 Oct 2026 at 2:33pm Flood Alert
High tides today may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible from 20:45 on 25/10/2026 to 00:45 on 26/10/2026.  Locations most affected will be coastal roads and footpaths from St Margaret's at Cliffe to Sandgate, including Dover and Folkestone. High Tide is expected at 22:15 GMT at a height of 3.58...
6 Nov 2025 at 1:02pm Flood Alert
5 Nov 2025 at 3:42pm Flood Alert
4 Oct 2025 at 12:59pm Flood Alert
30 Mar 2025 at 9:57am Flood Alert
17 Nov 2024 at 8:49am Flood Alert
16 Nov 2024 at 1:02pm Flood Alert
17 Oct 2024 at 5:01pm Flood Alert
11 Apr 2024 at 2:12pm Flood Alert
10 Apr 2024 at 8:22am Flood Alert
9 Apr 2024 at 5:50pm Flood Alert
7 Apr 2024 at 7:06pm Flood Alert
11 Mar 2024 at 10:38am Flood Alert
15 Jan 2024 at 5:43pm Flood Alert
15 Jan 2024 at 9:33am Flood Alert
14 Jan 2024 at 4:09pm Flood Alert
24 Nov 2023 at 11:25am Flood Alert
29 Oct 2023 at 11:42pm Flood Alert
1 Oct 2023 at 5:30pm Flood Alert
29 Sep 2023 at 4:22pm Flood Alert
1 Sep 2023 at 12:43am Flood Alert
2 Aug 2023 at 3:57pm Flood Alert
24 Feb 2023 at 2:34pm Flood Alert
22 Feb 2023 at 3:17pm Flood Alert
20 Feb 2023 at 4:10pm Flood Alert
12 Sep 2022 at 5:56pm Flood Alert
6 Feb 2022 at 4:23pm Flood Alert
4 Feb 2022 at 4:41pm Flood Alert
31 Jan 2022 at 9:26am Flood Alert
5 Jan 2022 at 7:02pm Flood Alert
3 Jan 2022 at 5:33pm Flood Alert
7 Nov 2021 at 4:52pm Flood Alert
6 Nov 2021 at 6:36pm Flood Alert
21 Oct 2021 at 7:36am Flood Alert
10 May 2020 at 8:05pm Flood Alert
9 Apr 2020 at 1:49pm Flood Alert
8 Apr 2020 at 2:14pm Flood Alert
12 Mar 2020 at 9:22am Flood Alert
11 Mar 2020 at 7:44am Flood Alert
10 Mar 2020 at 7:41pm Flood Alert
9 Feb 2020 at 5:19pm Flood Alert
27 Oct 2019 at 6:20pm Flood Alert
2 Oct 2019 at 9:14am Flood Alert
30 Sep 2019 at 6:23pm Flood Alert
30 Sep 2019 at 8:02am Flood Alert
29 Sep 2019 at 4:35pm Flood Alert
28 Sep 2019 at 6:18pm Flood Alert
2 Sep 2019 at 7:28am Flood Alert
1 Sep 2019 at 7:38am Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 217041 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 064WAC303

Live warnings and area boundaries are the Environment Agency’s and the EA is the authority on them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This area in the EA’s own data.