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Middle River Tamar

Polson Bridge, Horsebridge, Gunnislake, Lifton and Sydenham

Flood alert area River Tamar, River Lyd, River Thrushel Cornwall, Devon Devon and Cornwall

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Lifton Park in this area
River Lyd • Lifton • 1.3 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.66 at 14:45, now 0.64
0.64 m
29min ago
Tinhay in this area
River Thrushel • Lifton • 2.7 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.31 at 13:30, now 0.29
0.29 m
29min ago
Greystone Bridge in this area
River Tamar • Felldownhead • 3.3 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.45 at 13:00, now 0.42
0.42 m
29min ago
Polson Bridge
River Tamar • Liftondown • 4.1 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.64 at 13:00, now 0.61
0.61 m
29min ago
Hayne Bridge in this area
River Thrushel • Lifton • 4.6 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.36 at 14:15, now 0.34
0.34 m
29min ago
Gunnislake in this area
River Tamar • Gunnislake • 11.1 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.82 at 06:30, now 0.76
0.76 m
44min ago
Crowford Bridge
River Tamar • Whitstone • 18.9 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.40 m
29min ago
Bridge Rule
River Tamar • Bridge Rule • 22.9 km (upstream)
Falling · normal
0.59 m
29min ago
Tamarstone Bridge
River Tamar • Kingford • 24.9 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.62 at 13:00, now 0.56
0.56 m
29min ago
Launceston
River Kensey • Launceston • 6.2 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.34 at 13:00, now 0.32
0.32 m
29min ago

Flood Event History (50)

25 Oct 2026 at 10:29am Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain. Further rainfall is forecast. The risk of flooding has reduced, however further bad weather is expected in the coming days. We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings ...
24 Oct 2026 at 5:40pm Flood Alert
High river levels this evening may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible on Saturday 24 October from approximately 6pm. Over the last 24 hours we have seen persistent rainfall in the area. Forecast river levels may cause flooding to low lying land and roads close to rivers from around 6pm on Satur...
17 Feb 2026 at 5:17pm Flood Alert
23 Jan 2026 at 1:39pm Flood Alert
20 Jan 2026 at 11:50am Flood Alert
17 Dec 2025 at 12:56pm Flood Alert
14 Dec 2025 at 4:55pm Flood Alert
8 Dec 2025 at 3:11pm Flood Alert
16 Apr 2025 at 10:53am Flood Alert
23 Feb 2025 at 7:10pm Flood Alert
26 Jan 2025 at 12:06pm Flood Alert
5 Jan 2025 at 9:07am Flood Alert
23 Nov 2024 at 10:43am Flood Alert
18 Oct 2024 at 3:28pm Flood Alert
15 Oct 2024 at 4:46pm Flood Alert
25 Feb 2024 at 12:15pm Flood Alert
22 Feb 2024 at 4:55pm Flood Alert
20 Feb 2024 at 4:58pm Flood Alert
18 Feb 2024 at 3:11pm Flood Alert
1 Jan 2024 at 7:56pm Flood Alert
24 Dec 2023 at 10:14am Flood Alert
17 Nov 2023 at 11:20am Flood Alert
16 Nov 2023 at 7:44am Flood Alert
10 Nov 2023 at 2:27pm Flood Alert
2 Nov 2023 at 9:35am Flood Alert
2 Nov 2023 at 9:28am Flood Alert
31 Mar 2023 at 2:44pm Flood Alert
16 Jan 2023 at 7:44am Flood Alert
14 Jan 2023 at 8:29am Flood Alert
14 Jan 2023 at 7:59am Flood Alert
7 Jan 2023 at 6:41am Flood Alert
29 Oct 2021 at 6:14pm Flood Alert
28 Oct 2021 at 4:33pm Flood Alert
20 Oct 2021 at 9:29pm Flood Alert
19 Feb 2021 at 1:56pm Flood Alert
20 Jan 2021 at 10:56pm Flood Alert
27 Dec 2020 at 3:44pm Flood Alert
27 Dec 2020 at 8:23am Flood Alert
20 Dec 2020 at 2:32pm Flood Alert
18 Dec 2020 at 10:46am Flood Alert
17 Dec 2020 at 5:01pm Flood Alert
16 Dec 2020 at 12:35pm Flood Alert
15 Dec 2020 at 4:47pm Flood Alert
4 Oct 2020 at 5:23pm Flood Alert
28 Feb 2020 at 12:24pm Flood Alert
13 Feb 2020 at 4:46pm Flood Alert
20 Dec 2019 at 12:28pm Flood Alert
19 Dec 2019 at 11:42am Flood Alert
18 Dec 2019 at 6:06pm Flood Alert
1 Nov 2019 at 3:28pm Flood Alert

Related Flood Areas

Lower River Tamar
River Tamar • Cornwall, Devon
River Tamar at Calstock
River Tamar • Cornwall, Devon
River Tamar from Greystone Bridge to Cotehele excluding Calstock
River Tamar • Cornwall, Devon
River Tamar from Netherbridge to Greystone Bridge
River Tamar • Cornwall, Devon
River Tamar from Tamarstone to Druxton Bridge
River Tamar • Cornwall, Devon
Upper River Tamar
River Tamar, River Strat, River Neet, River Ottery, River Kensey • Cornwall, Devon

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 211016 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 114WAFT1W09A00

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.