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River Cherwell from Lower Heyford down to and including Oxford

River Cherwell and its tributaries from Lower Heyford down to Oxford including Rousham, Enslow, Thrupp, Hampton Poyle and East Kidlington

Flood alert area River Cherwell, Woodeaton Brook, Bayswater Brook, Marston Brook, Peasmoor Brook Oxfordshire Thames

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Thrupp in this area
River Cherwell • Thrupp • 3.0 km (downstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.88 at 08:15, now 0.85
0.85 m
35min ago
Enslow Weir A in this area
River Cherwell • Shipton-On-Cherwell • 4.9 km (upstream)
structure gauge
0.23 m
35min ago
Kings Mill in this area
River Cherwell • Oxford • 7.8 km (downstream)
structure gauge
1.59 m
17d ago
Oxford Botanical Gardens in this area
River Cherwell • Oxford • 8.3 km (downstream)
Easing · below normal — Easing — down from 4.73 at 08:45, now 4.72
4.72 m
35min ago
Heyford Bridge in this area
River Cherwell • Steeple Aston • 11.0 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.39 m
35min ago
Banbury
River Cherwell • Banbury • 27.3 km (upstream)
structure gauge
0.14 m
35min ago
Islip
River Ray • islip • 1.6 km
Steady · below normal
6.29 m
35min ago
Kings Lock
River Thames • Wolvercote • 4.9 km
structure gauge
0.07 m
35min ago
Godstow Lock
River Thames • Wytham • 5.8 km
structure gauge
0.02 m
35min ago
Cassington Weir A
River Evenlode • Cassington • 7.3 km
structure gauge
0.14 m
35min ago

Flood Event History (50)

7 Mar 2026 at 8:00am 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.   Continue to take care o...
6 Mar 2026 at 9:56am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads remains possible today, 6 March 2026, including areas around Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is for rain from this afternoon and overnight into tomorrow morning. Dry condit...
5 Mar 2026 at 10:37am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 5 March 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is for a dry day today with further rain through much of ...
4 Mar 2026 at 8:59am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 4 March 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is to remain dry today and for the next few days. We exp...
3 Mar 2026 at 9:07am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 3 March 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is to remain dry today and for the next few days. We exp...
2 Mar 2026 at 8:16am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 2 March 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is for a dry day today. then remaining dry for the next f...
1 Mar 2026 at 8:28am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 1 March 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is for further light rain today, 1 March 2025, before a d...
28 Feb 2026 at 8:52am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 28 February 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is for some further light rain over the weekend. We e...
27 Feb 2026 at 10:00am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 27 February 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is for rain overnight tonight, which could be heavy a...
26 Feb 2026 at 9:53am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 26 February 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is for some rain overnight tonight and further rain t...
25 Feb 2026 at 8:49am Flood Alert
High river levels may lead to flooding. River levels are high on the River Cherwell. Flooding of low lying land and roads is expected to continue today, 25 February 2026, including areas around Lower Heyford, Kidlington and Thrupp. The forecast is predominantly dry today with rain tomorrow. We exp...
11 Jan 2026 at 8:41am Flood Alert
6 Dec 2025 at 6:50pm Flood Alert
17 Nov 2025 at 1:54pm Flood Alert
26 Feb 2025 at 1:49pm Flood Alert
28 Jan 2025 at 7:47am Flood Alert
6 Jan 2025 at 12:57pm Flood Alert
6 Dec 2024 at 9:23pm Flood Alert
29 Nov 2024 at 12:14pm Flood Alert
24 Nov 2024 at 6:09pm Flood Alert
24 Sep 2024 at 7:15am Flood Alert
25 May 2024 at 6:58am Flood Alert
28 Mar 2024 at 6:39pm Flood Alert
12 Mar 2024 at 3:07pm Flood Alert
8 Feb 2024 at 6:36pm Flood Alert
28 Dec 2023 at 5:09pm Flood Alert
6 Dec 2023 at 3:30pm Flood Alert
16 Nov 2023 at 8:33am Flood Alert
11 Nov 2023 at 3:36pm Flood Alert
4 Nov 2023 at 8:42am Flood Alert
22 Oct 2023 at 2:12am Flood Alert
1 Apr 2023 at 3:48pm Flood Alert
12 Mar 2023 at 8:27am Flood Alert
12 Jan 2023 at 6:50am Flood Alert
30 Dec 2022 at 4:29pm Flood Alert
22 Dec 2022 at 9:14pm Flood Alert
24 Nov 2022 at 4:05pm Flood Alert
20 Nov 2022 at 4:27pm Flood Alert
19 Mar 2022 at 10:38am Flood Alert
22 Feb 2022 at 7:45pm Flood Alert
26 Dec 2021 at 8:21pm Flood Alert
14 May 2021 at 9:06pm Flood Alert
18 Feb 2021 at 7:50pm Flood Alert
2 Feb 2021 at 7:29pm Flood Alert
20 Jan 2021 at 8:45am Flood Alert
16 Jan 2021 at 8:23am Flood Alert
21 Dec 2020 at 2:50pm Flood Alert
3 Nov 2020 at 12:33pm Flood Alert
13 Feb 2020 at 1:47pm Flood Alert
11 Jan 2020 at 8:56pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 171445 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 061WAF14LChrwell

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.