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River Anker at Tamworth Town Centre

River Anker at Tamworth Town Centre including Stationfields Park Homes, Amington Road and Moor Lane

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

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Polesworth
River Anker • Polesworth • 5.3 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.17 m
51min ago
Mancetter
River Anker • Mancetter • 13.3 km (downstream)
Crested · normal — Rose 0.15 m since 08:45 — peaked 0.84 at 15:15, now 0.83 and holding
0.83 m
51min ago
Nuneaton
River Anker • Nuneaton • 20.9 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.69 m
36min ago
Tamworth on the boundary
River Tame • Lady Bridge • 0.4 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.91 at 07:00, now 0.86
0.86 m
51min ago
Hopwas
River Tame • Hopwas • 3.2 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.58 at 06:30, now 0.48
0.48 m
51min ago
Hints
Bourne Brook • 4.9 km
Steady · normal
1.27 m
51min ago
Elford
River Tame • Elford • 7.0 km
Falling
1.19 m
51min ago
Clifton Hall
River Mease • 9.3 km
Steady · normal
0.24 m
51min ago
Lea Marston
River Tame • Lea Marston • 10.0 km
Rising · normal — Up 0.09 m since 09:15, still rising (0.02 m/h)
0.38 m
51min ago
Water Orton
River Tame • Water Orton • 12.9 km
structure gauge
0.25 m
51min ago

Flood Event History (10)

1 Mar 2026 at 8:26am Flood Warning
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain.  Further rainfall is forecast but 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 on waterside ro...
28 Feb 2026 at 2:46pm Flood Warning
Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding today.  Flooding is expected on 28 February 2026 .  River levels are rising sharply at Polesworth and will continue to do so through Saturday afternoon and evening. As a result flooding is possible along the River Anker. Flooding may affect propert...
6 Jan 2025 at 5:10pm Flood Warning
3 Jan 2024 at 4:25am Flood Warning
17 Feb 2020 at 8:52am Flood Warning
16 Feb 2020 at 7:05pm Flood Warning
22 Nov 2012 at 8:27pm Flood Warning
22 Nov 2012 at 11:42am Flood Warning
22 Nov 2012 at 3:34am Flood Warning
7 Jul 2012 at 10:22am Flood Warning

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 308015 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 033FWF3ANKR009

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.