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Groundwater flooding in the Great Shefford area

Communities at risk of groundwater flooding in the Great Shefford area

Flood alert area Groundwater West Berkshire Thames

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Northfield Farm in this area
Groundwater Level • Lambourn (Great Shefford) • 1.1 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
106.56 m
13h ago
Chapel Wood
Groundwater Level • Winterbourne • 6.8 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 104.14 at 03:00, now 104.10
104.10 m
10h ago
Longacre
Groundwater Level • Upper Lambourn • 8.6 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 126.01 at 01:00, now 125.96
125.96 m
12h ago
Hodcott
Groundwater Level • Upper Pang • 9.8 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 105.20 at 22:00, now 105.14
105.14 m
13h ago
Water Acre
Groundwater Level • Aldbourne • 13.6 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 126.32 at 04:00, now 126.27
126.27 m
8h ago
Draycot Foliat
Groundwater Level • Ogbourne • 21.2 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
143.00 m
10h ago
Hazelberry Plantation
Groundwater Level • 29.3 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 104.86 at 00:01, now 104.83
104.83 m
35min ago
Eastbury Flood Control Structure
River Lambourn • Eastbury • 5.5 km
structure gauge
0.80 m
36min ago
Lambourn
River Lambourn • Lambourn • 6.9 km
Steady · normal
0.79 m
2h ago
Letcombe Bassett
Letcombe Brook • Letcombe Bassett • 7.9 km
Steady · normal
0.10 m
4h ago

Flood Event History (18)

8 May 2026 at 5:00pm Flood Alert
Groundwater levels are now returning to normal. 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 alert...
5 May 2026 at 12:44pm Flood Alert
Continued high groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are high but gradually falling at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. Groundwater levels are expected to continue falling slowly over the coming week f...
28 Apr 2026 at 10:39am Flood Alert
Continued high groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are falling at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. Groundwater levels are expected to fall slowly over the coming weeks in response to a period of more ...
21 Apr 2026 at 11:17am Flood Alert
Continued high groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are high but slowly falling at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. Groundwater levels are expected to continue slowly falling over the coming weeks in ...
14 Apr 2026 at 10:52am Flood Alert
Continued high groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are high but slowly declining at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. We expect levels to remain high over the next few weeks and levels will remain sen...
7 Apr 2026 at 11:41am Flood Alert
Continued high groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are now falling very gradually at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. We expect levels to remain high over the next few weeks and levels will remain se...
31 Mar 2026 at 3:17pm Flood Alert
High groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are now falling very gradually at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. We expect levels to remain high over the next few weeks and levels will remain sensitive to...
24 Mar 2026 at 7:50am Flood Alert
High groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are now falling very gradually at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. We expect levels to remain high over the next few weeks and levels will remain sensitive to...
17 Mar 2026 at 7:53am Flood Alert
High groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are now falling very gradually at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. We expect levels to remain high over the next few weeks and levels will remain sensitive to ...
10 Mar 2026 at 9:15am Flood Alert
High groundwater levels may lead to flooding. Flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. Groundwater levels are now falling very gradually at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area. We expect levels to remain high over the next few weeks and levels will remain sensitive to...
3 Mar 2026 at 11:41am Flood Alert
Groundwater levels are high but stable at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area and flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. We expect levels to remain high over the coming days and levels will remain sensitive to further rainfall. Due to the nature of groundwater floodin...
24 Feb 2026 at 11:44am Flood Alert
Groundwater levels are high at our Northfield Farm borehole in the Great Shefford area and flooding of low-lying areas and roads is possible. We expect levels to remain high over the coming days and levels will remain sensitive to further rainfall. Due to the nature of groundwater flooding, this s...
17 Feb 2026 at 11:32am Flood Alert
23 Dec 2024 at 11:41am Flood Alert
10 Dec 2024 at 1:23pm Flood Alert
6 Jan 2024 at 10:07am Flood Alert
2 Jan 2024 at 5:53pm Flood Alert
18 Feb 2021 at 9:57am Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 215008 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 061FAG22GtSheff

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.