FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account

Explore FloodRadar

Map

The live map

By place

Where it flooded

Rivers

Right now

Community

Explore a river

Other water

River history

Weather

What’s coming

What fell

The bigger picture

Sewage

Sewage & storm overflows

My Gauges

Yours

Why?

About FloodRadar

Flood help

Buying or moving
← All Flood Warning Areas

River Anker at Amington, Tamworth

River Anker at Amington, Tamworth including Shuttington Road, Amington Old Hall, Amington Park, Filey, Selker Drive and Whitley Avenue

Flood warning area River Anker Staffordshire West Midlands In River Anker and River Sence

Map

Nearby Monitoring Stations

Polesworth
River Anker • Polesworth • 3.5 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.16 m
45min ago
Mancetter
River Anker • Mancetter • 12.2 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.84 at 15:15, now 0.82
0.82 m
45min ago
Nuneaton
River Anker • Nuneaton • 19.9 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.69 m
30min ago
Tamworth
River Tame • Lady Bridge • 2.7 km
Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.03 m since 15:30, rising slightly
0.89 m
45min ago
Hopwas
River Tame • Hopwas • 5.0 km
Rising · normal — Up 0.07 m since 16:00, still rising (0.01 m/h)
0.55 m
45min ago
Elford
River Tame • Elford • 7.1 km
Rising — Up 0.06 m since 18:45, still rising (0.02 m/h)
1.22 m
30min ago
Hints
Bourne Brook • 7.2 km
Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 12:30, rising slightly
1.28 m
45min ago
Clifton Hall
River Mease • 7.4 km
Steady · normal
0.24 m
45min ago
Lea Marston
River Tame • Lea Marston • 11.2 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.39 at 17:00, now 0.36
0.36 m
45min ago
Temple Mill
River Sence • Temple Mill, Twycross • 12.6 km
Steady · normal
0.27 m
45min ago

Flood Event History (13)

1 Mar 2026 at 7:22pm Flood Warning
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain.  Weather conditions are expected to improve and no further flooding is expected.   We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary.   Continue to take care o...
1 Mar 2026 at 9:00am Flood Warning
High river levels are causing flooding today.  Flooding is expected on 01 March 2026 .   River levels along the Anker at the Polesworth and Mancetter gauges are decreasing, but slowly. Therefore, the risk of flooding remains. Flooding may affect properties and roads in the Shuttington Road, Amingto...
28 Feb 2026 at 1:48pm Flood Warning
Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding today.  Flooding is expected on 28 February 2026 .  Flooding may affect properties and roads in the Shuttington Road, Amington Old Hall, Amington Park, Filey, Selker Drive and Whitley Avenue areas.  We are monitoring rainfall and river levels .  Sta...
6 Jan 2025 at 3:13pm Flood Warning
9 Feb 2024 at 1:02pm Flood Warning
2 Jan 2024 at 6:31pm Flood Warning
21 Oct 2023 at 5:13am Flood Warning
17 Feb 2020 at 8:52am Flood Warning
16 Feb 2020 at 3:58pm Flood Warning
22 Nov 2012 at 8:15pm Flood Warning
22 Nov 2012 at 11:35am Flood Warning
22 Nov 2012 at 3:29am Flood Warning
7 Jul 2012 at 10:17am Flood Warning

Related Flood Areas

Ashfield Brook at Newcastle-Under-Lyme
• Staffordshire
Bourne Brook at Hints and Drayton Manor Park
Bourne Brook • Staffordshire
Cecily Brook at Cheadle
Cecily Brook • Staffordshire
Dovefields Industrial Estate area, Uttoxeter
River Dove, River Tean • Staffordshire
Endon Brook at Denford
Endon Brook • Staffordshire
Lower Tame
River Tame • Staffordshire
Marchington Brook at Marchington
Marchington Brook • Staffordshire
Picknall Brook at Uttoxeter
Picknall Brook • Staffordshire
Ridings Brook at Bridgetown, Cannock
Ridings Brook • Staffordshire
Ridings Brook at Rumer Hill, Cannock
Ridings Brook • Staffordshire
Rising Brook, Stafford
Rising Brook • Staffordshire
River Anker at Grendon and Bradley Green
River Anker • Warwickshire

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 308014 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 033FWF3ANKR008

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.