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River Soar at Sharnford including Croft Mill

River Soar at Sharnford including Croft Mill and the Leicester Road with Coventry Road junction

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

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Sharnford on the boundary
River Soar • Sharnford • 2.1 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.23 m
32min ago
Littlethorpe
River Soar • Littlethorpe • 6.5 km (upstream)
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.74 at 10:15, now 0.71
0.71 m
32min ago
Freemans Weir
River Soar • Aylestone • 13.0 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.19 m
47min ago
Pillings Lock
River Soar • Barrow Upon Soar • 26.4 km (downstream)
structure gauge
0.98 m
32min ago
Whetstone
Whetstone Brook • Whetstone • 7.1 km
Steady · normal
0.05 m
32min ago
South Wigston
River Sence • South Wigston • 10.3 km
Rising · normal — Peaked 1.00 at 11:00, now 0.91 and rising again (0.02 m/h)
0.91 m
47min ago
Leicester Tuffleys Way
Thorpe Astley Brook • Leicester Braunstone • 10.8 km
Steady · below normal
0.72 m
4h ago
Nuneaton
River Anker • Nuneaton • 11.7 km
Steady · normal
0.69 m
32min ago
Churchover
River Swift • 12.0 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.29 at 10:00, now 0.25
0.25 m
47min ago
Glenfield
Rothley Brook • Glenfield • 13.7 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.85 at 08:45, now 0.83
0.83 m
47min ago

Flood Event History (7)

28 Feb 2026 at 8:57pm 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.  Further rainfall is forecast but no further flooding is expected.   We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts...
28 Feb 2026 at 6:18am Flood Warning
Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding this morning.  Flooding is expected on 28 February 2026 .  River levels at Sharnford Gauge are rising due to heavy rain. Areas most at risk are Leicester Road, Fox Hollies, Sharnbrook Gardens and Coventry Road. Sharnford, Soar Mill and Croft are al...
6 Jan 2025 at 7:59am Flood Warning
9 Feb 2024 at 2:00am Flood Warning
2 Jan 2024 at 4:54pm Flood Warning
16 Feb 2020 at 8:21am Flood Warning
25 Nov 2012 at 5:16am Flood Warning

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 306133 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 034FWFSOSHRNFRD

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.