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River Blithe and River Swarbourn

Low-lying land and roads between Blythe Bridge and Nethertown on the River Blithe and between Hoar Cross and Yoxall on the River Swarbourne

Flood alert area River Blithe, River Swarbourne Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Hamstall Ridware in this area
River Blithe • Hamstall Ridware • 10.7 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.12 m
48min ago
Hoar Cross in this area
River Swarbourne • 12.0 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.20 m
48min ago
Cresswell in this area
River Blithe • 13.2 km (upstream)
Steady · below normal
0.17 m
48min ago
Blythe Bridge on the boundary
River Blithe • 16.5 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.33 m
48min ago
Uttoxeter Park
Picknall Brook • 6.2 km
Steady · normal
0.27 m
33min ago
Great Haywood
River Trent • Great Haywood • 7.4 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.89 at 08:00, now 0.86
0.86 m
48min ago
Leasows Farm
River Tean • Leasows Farm • 8.2 km
Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 11:00, rising slightly
0.43 m
33min ago
Doveridge
River Dove • Doveridge • 8.7 km
Steady · normal
0.78 m
33min ago
Marchington
Marchington Brook • 9.2 km
Steady · normal
0.18 m
33min ago
Milford
River Sow • Milford • 9.8 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.69 at 08:00, now 0.67
0.67 m
48min ago

Flood Event History (50)

23 Oct 2026 at 8:34pm Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain. Further rainfall is forecast. We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary. Continue to take care on waterside roads and footpaths and don't put yoursel...
23 Oct 2026 at 2:09pm Flood Alert
High river levels today may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible on Friday 23 October . Flooding may affect low-lying land and roads adjacent to the River Blithe between Blythe Bridge and Nethertown and on the River Swarbourne between Hoar Cross and Yoxall. We are closely monitoring the situation ...
1 Mar 2026 at 7:35pm Flood Alert
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.   If you have been evacua...
1 Mar 2026 at 8:37am Flood Alert
River levels remain high but are falling at the Hamstall Ridware river gauge. Flooding is expected to continue throughout today 1 March 2026. Flooding may affect low-lying land and roads adjacent to the River Blithe between Blythe Bridge and Nethertown and on the River Swarbourne between Hoar Cross ...
28 Feb 2026 at 9:48am Flood Alert
High river levels today may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible on 28 February 2026 .  Flooding may affect low-lying land and roads adjacent to the River Blithe between Blythe Bridge and Nethertown and on the River Swarbourne between Hoar Cross and Yoxall.  We are closely monitoring the situatio...
15 Feb 2026 at 4:02pm Flood Alert
13 Feb 2026 at 8:36am Flood Alert
6 Feb 2026 at 6:48am Flood Alert
18 Dec 2025 at 5:00pm Flood Alert
14 Nov 2025 at 7:22pm Flood Alert
22 Apr 2025 at 5:11pm Flood Alert
5 Jan 2025 at 3:21pm Flood Alert
1 Jan 2025 at 8:24am Flood Alert
7 Dec 2024 at 9:43am Flood Alert
23 Nov 2024 at 2:54pm Flood Alert
22 Sep 2024 at 6:29pm Flood Alert
21 Sep 2024 at 4:59pm Flood Alert
22 May 2024 at 2:31pm Flood Alert
17 Mar 2024 at 11:04am Flood Alert
12 Mar 2024 at 12:43pm Flood Alert
22 Feb 2024 at 7:50am Flood Alert
18 Feb 2024 at 10:30am Flood Alert
9 Feb 2024 at 9:22am Flood Alert
2 Jan 2024 at 4:10pm Flood Alert
29 Dec 2023 at 9:21am Flood Alert
27 Dec 2023 at 12:14pm Flood Alert
9 Dec 2023 at 11:41am Flood Alert
7 Dec 2023 at 6:15pm Flood Alert
4 Dec 2023 at 2:59pm Flood Alert
3 Nov 2023 at 10:42pm Flood Alert
3 Nov 2023 at 1:13am Flood Alert
20 Oct 2023 at 7:43am Flood Alert
13 Oct 2023 at 3:27pm Flood Alert
8 Jul 2023 at 9:21pm Flood Alert
21 Nov 2022 at 5:04pm Flood Alert
31 Oct 2022 at 5:06pm Flood Alert
23 Oct 2022 at 10:18am Flood Alert
20 Feb 2022 at 4:08pm Flood Alert
30 Jan 2021 at 10:27am Flood Alert
28 Jan 2021 at 6:51am Flood Alert
21 Jan 2021 at 5:21pm Flood Alert
20 Jan 2021 at 6:05pm Flood Alert
19 Jan 2021 at 8:06am Flood Alert
14 Jan 2021 at 7:55am Flood Alert
27 Dec 2020 at 7:55am Flood Alert
25 Aug 2020 at 7:53am Flood Alert
17 Jun 2020 at 4:29pm Flood Alert
10 Mar 2020 at 8:02am Flood Alert
29 Feb 2020 at 9:32am Flood Alert
23 Feb 2020 at 7:25am Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 208014 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 033WAF313

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.