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River Gaunless

River Gaunless and its tributaries

Flood alert area River Gaunless, Oakley Cross Beck County Durham North East

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

West Auckland on the boundary

River Gaunless • West Auckland • 1.1 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Oakley Cross Beck in this area

Oakley Cross Beck • West Auckland • 1.6 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

River Gaunless • Bishop Auckland • 2.4 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Spring Gardens Dam

River Gaunless • Toft Hill • 2.6 km (upstream)

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South Church in this area

River Gaunless • Bishop Auckland • 3.1 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Ramshaw Mill in this area

River Gaunless • West Auckland • 3.5 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Lowlands in this area

River Gaunless • Cockfield • 6.0 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

River Gaunless • Copley • 10.8 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

River Wear • Witton Park • 4.8 km

Steady · normal

Bedburn Beck • Hamsterley • 9.4 km

Steady · normal

Flood Event History (50)

11 Feb 2026 at 7:14pm Flood Alert

27 Jan 2026 at 10:10am Flood Alert

22 Jan 2026 at 6:26pm Flood Alert

20 Sep 2025 at 8:57pm Flood Alert

1 Jan 2025 at 7:29am Flood Alert

9 Oct 2024 at 7:03am Flood Alert

9 Apr 2024 at 1:56pm Flood Alert

9 Feb 2024 at 7:29am Flood Alert

29 Jan 2024 at 3:46pm Flood Alert

27 Dec 2023 at 11:50am Flood Alert

7 Dec 2023 at 4:36pm Flood Alert

4 Dec 2023 at 1:36pm Flood Alert

2 Nov 2023 at 9:13am Flood Alert

1 Nov 2023 at 9:43am Flood Alert

29 Oct 2023 at 4:12am Flood Alert

14 Aug 2023 at 8:13pm Flood Alert

3 Aug 2023 at 7:57pm Flood Alert

2 Aug 2023 at 1:43pm Flood Alert

8 Jul 2023 at 11:28am Flood Alert

11 Jan 2023 at 4:43pm Flood Alert

17 Nov 2022 at 1:22pm Flood Alert

20 Feb 2022 at 3:34pm Flood Alert

24 Feb 2020 at 6:47pm Flood Alert

15 Feb 2020 at 6:29pm Flood Alert

8 Feb 2020 at 9:03pm Flood Alert

3 Oct 2019 at 8:15pm Flood Alert

1 Oct 2019 at 8:10am Flood Alert

16 Mar 2019 at 11:46am Flood Alert

4 Apr 2018 at 6:45pm Flood Alert

6 Mar 2018 at 5:41am Flood Alert

4 Jan 2018 at 6:32pm Flood Alert

22 Mar 2017 at 6:33pm Flood Alert

21 Nov 2016 at 7:00pm Flood Alert

9 Jan 2016 at 8:52pm Flood Alert

3 Jan 2016 at 8:23pm Flood Alert

25 Dec 2015 at 11:06am Flood Alert

9 Dec 2015 at 8:36pm Flood Alert

4 Dec 2015 at 4:30pm Flood Alert

14 Nov 2015 at 4:09pm Flood Alert

12 Feb 2014 at 8:58pm Flood Alert

8 Jan 2014 at 7:51pm Flood Alert

18 May 2013 at 11:35am Flood Alert

18 Mar 2013 at 8:36am Flood Alert

26 Jan 2013 at 7:47pm Flood Alert

22 Dec 2012 at 1:53pm Flood Alert

20 Dec 2012 at 8:14pm Flood Alert

26 Nov 2012 at 7:26am Flood Alert

24 Sep 2012 at 3:52pm Flood Alert

6 Jul 2012 at 9:30pm Flood Alert

28 Jun 2012 at 6:56pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 133004 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 121WAF917

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.