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River Soar at Braunstone

River Soar at Braunstone including Fosse Park

Flood warning area River Soar Leicester, Leicestershire East Midlands In Upper Soar catchment

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Freemans Weir
River Soar • Aylestone • 2.5 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.19 m
49min ago
Littlethorpe
River Soar • Littlethorpe • 4.1 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.75 at 08:15, now 0.72
0.72 m
34min ago
Sharnford
River Soar • Sharnford • 12.4 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.23 m
34min ago
Pillings Lock
River Soar • Barrow Upon Soar • 17.3 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.97 m
34min ago
Kegworth
River Soar • Kegworth • 26.4 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.45 m
49min ago
Leicester Tuffleys Way
Thorpe Astley Brook • Leicester Braunstone • 2.6 km
Steady · below normal
0.72 m
2h ago
South Wigston
River Sence • South Wigston • 4.0 km
Falling · normal — Down from 1.00 at 11:00, now 0.94
0.94 m
49min ago
Whetstone
Whetstone Brook • Whetstone • 5.5 km
Steady · normal
0.05 m
34min ago
Spinney Hill Park
Evington Brook • Leicester Spinney Hills • 5.7 km
Steady · normal
0.04 m
49min ago
Glenfield
Rothley Brook • Glenfield • 5.9 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.85 at 06:45, now 0.83
0.83 m
49min ago

Flood Event History (6)

1 Mar 2026 at 9:26am Flood Warning
The Flood Warning has now been removed. However, a Flood Alert remains in force for the wider area, so flooding of roads and low lying land is still possible.  Weather conditions are expected to improve and no further flooding is expected.   We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue ...
1 Mar 2026 at 12:45am Flood Warning
High river levels are causing flooding today. Areas most at risk are Amy Street, Cyril Street, Braunstone Lane East and Gwencole Crescent. Properties and roads in Brauntone are also at risk. Light rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours. We are closely monitoring the situation. This message...
28 Feb 2026 at 5:19pm Flood Warning
Rising river levels are causing flooding today.  Flooding is expected on 28 February 2026 imminently.  Areas most at risk are Amy Street, Cyril Street, Braunstone Lane East and Gwencole Crescent. Properties and roads in Brauntone are also at risk. Light rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours. R...
6 Jan 2025 at 4:04pm Flood Warning
2 Jan 2024 at 10:34pm Flood Warning
21 Oct 2023 at 6:15am Flood Warning

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 306115 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 034FWFSOBRUNSTNE

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.