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Lower Taw area

Lower River Taw and its tributaries from Newnham Bridge to Barnstaple, including Umberleigh, Chittlehampton, Swimbridge and Bishop's Tawton areas

Flood alert area River Taw Devon Devon and Cornwall

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Umberleigh in this area

River Taw • Umberleigh • 1.7 km (downstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.71 at 07:45, now 0.68

River Taw • Barnstaple • 9.2 km (downstream)

River Taw • Burrington • 9.9 km (upstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.37 at 08:00, now 0.35

River Taw • Brushford • 19.7 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

UMBERLEIGH in this area

Falling — Down from 16.63 at 08:45, now 15.33

Swimbridge in this area

Landkey Brook • Swimbridge • 5.4 km

Steady · normal

Landkey Newland Tanners Road in this area

Halford Stream • 5.9 km

Steady · normal

River Mole • Chittlehamholt • 7.4 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.82 at 07:45, now 0.79

Coney Gut • Barnstaple • 7.8 km

Steady · normal

Coney Gut • Barnstaple • 8.3 km

Steady · normal

Flood Event History (50)

28 Jan 2026 at 3:05pm Flood Alert

25 Jan 2026 at 5:43pm Flood Alert

17 Dec 2025 at 4:17pm Flood Alert

14 Jun 2025 at 6:10am Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 10:54am Flood Alert

23 Nov 2024 at 10:35am Flood Alert

16 Oct 2024 at 5:02pm Flood Alert

28 Mar 2024 at 4:04pm Flood Alert

25 Feb 2024 at 11:37am Flood Alert

17 Feb 2024 at 4:47pm Flood Alert

4 Jan 2024 at 1:57pm Flood Alert

1 Jan 2024 at 5:32pm Flood Alert

2 Nov 2023 at 1:43pm Flood Alert

2 Nov 2023 at 1:17pm Flood Alert

31 Mar 2023 at 3:30pm Flood Alert

11 Jan 2023 at 5:16pm Flood Alert

25 Dec 2021 at 8:01pm Flood Alert

28 Oct 2021 at 6:21pm Flood Alert

30 Jan 2021 at 7:55am Flood Alert

27 Dec 2020 at 7:27am Flood Alert

23 Dec 2020 at 5:40pm Flood Alert

18 Dec 2020 at 10:20am Flood Alert

4 Oct 2020 at 5:44pm Flood Alert

9 Mar 2020 at 3:38pm Flood Alert

28 Feb 2020 at 3:47pm Flood Alert

15 Feb 2020 at 8:41pm Flood Alert

27 Dec 2019 at 12:11am Flood Alert

18 Dec 2019 at 3:26pm Flood Alert

2 Nov 2019 at 7:49pm Flood Alert

1 Nov 2019 at 5:53pm Flood Alert

28 Sep 2019 at 1:10pm Flood Alert

2 Apr 2018 at 3:45am Flood Alert

31 Mar 2018 at 10:32am Flood Alert

30 Mar 2018 at 4:47pm Flood Alert

15 Mar 2018 at 4:08am Flood Alert

21 Jan 2018 at 2:59pm Flood Alert

4 Jan 2018 at 11:47am Flood Alert

26 Dec 2017 at 2:58pm Flood Alert

10 Dec 2017 at 8:04pm Flood Alert

20 Nov 2016 at 5:20am Flood Alert

5 Feb 2016 at 3:05pm Flood Alert

25 Jan 2016 at 3:01pm Flood Alert

2 Jan 2016 at 4:11am Flood Alert

29 Dec 2015 at 3:49pm Flood Alert

3 Dec 2015 at 3:58pm Flood Alert

25 Aug 2015 at 4:51pm Flood Alert

22 Aug 2015 at 4:19pm Flood Alert

26 Feb 2015 at 2:09pm Flood Alert

15 Jan 2015 at 6:28am Flood Alert

18 Dec 2014 at 2:53pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 211033 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 113WAFTW03

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.