Groundwater flooding in Patcham

Areas at risk of groundwater flooding in Patcham including Old London Road, parts of Church Hill and Mill Road where they meet the A23 and the Recreation Ground

Flood alert area Groundwater Brighton and Hove Solent and South Downs

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Shoreham Harbour

River Adur • Shoreham Beach • 7.8 km

Winterbourne Stream • Lewes • 10.7 km

River Adur • Upper Beeding • 11.0 km

tidal gauge

0.78 m

31min ago

Lewes Corporation Yard

River Ouse • Lewes • 11.7 km

River Adur • Wineham • 13.1 km

River Ouse • Barcombe • 14.5 km

River Ouse • Barcombe • 14.6 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 5.33 at 14:30, now 5.31

Falling — Down from 1.08 at 13:45, now 0.83

0.83 m

31min ago

Flood Event History (24)

9 Mar 2026 at 11:22am Flood Alert

Groundwater levels are now falling steadily. We do not expect further flooding and the flood alert has been removed. Rivers and streams remain full due to high groundwater levels and will react rapidly to further rainfall. We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or...

6 Mar 2026 at 7:16pm Flood Alert

Groundwater is high, close to the surface, but slowly falling at Ladies Mile borehole. A small amount of water could still be appearing in a few basements, although likely to be infrequently now. Previous events suggest impacts may initially affect Old London Road, Patcham and Peacock Lane, Withdean...

2 Mar 2026 at 5:06pm Flood Alert

27 Feb 2026 at 12:22pm Flood Alert

Groundwater is high, close to the surface, but slowly falling again at Ladies Mile borehole. A small amount of water could still be appearing in a few basements, although likely to be infrequently now. Previous events suggest impacts may initially affect Old London Road, Patcham and Peacock Lane, Wi...

23 Feb 2026 at 4:18pm Flood Alert

Groundwater is high, close to the surface, but slowly falling again at Ladies Mile borehole. A small amount of water could appear in a few basements. Previous events suggest impacts may initially affect Old London Road, Patcham and Peacock Lane, Withdean. Only isolated showers are forecast Monday to...

7 Feb 2026 at 9:11am Flood Alert

20 Feb 2024 at 10:57am Flood Alert

5 Jan 2024 at 8:41am Flood Alert

4 Jan 2024 at 12:13pm Flood Alert

10 Dec 2023 at 9:03am Flood Alert

7 Jan 2023 at 11:57am Flood Alert

6 Mar 2020 at 2:03pm Flood Alert

27 Feb 2020 at 2:18pm Flood Alert

21 Dec 2019 at 1:49pm Flood Alert

5 Feb 2016 at 2:59pm Flood Alert

29 Jan 2016 at 9:23am Flood Alert

22 Jan 2016 at 1:25pm Flood Alert

12 Jan 2016 at 10:40am Flood Alert

3 Mar 2014 at 11:33am Flood Alert

9 Feb 2014 at 9:28am Flood Alert

5 Feb 2014 at 2:31pm Flood Alert

31 Jan 2014 at 1:40pm Flood Alert

25 Dec 2012 at 12:18am Flood Alert

24 Dec 2012 at 4:41pm Flood Alert

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This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 216016 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 065FAG017

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.

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