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Rivers Wampool and Ellen

Rivers Wampool and Ellen and other watercourses, from Dalston to Maryport including low lying areas around Wigton, Abbeytown, Silloth, Allonby, Aspatria and Dearham

Flood alert area River Wampool, River Ellen Cumberland Cumbria and Lancashire

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Blennerhasset Bridge in this area
River Ellen • Blennerhasset • 9.8 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.73 m
26min ago
Bull Gill in this area
River Ellen • Allerby • 17.9 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.57 m
26min ago
Station Road, Wigton in this area
Wiza Beck • Wigton • 1.9 km
Steady · normal
0.29 m
26min ago
Wiza Beck Storage Basin, Wigton in this area
Wiza Beck • Wigton • 2.4 km
Steady · normal
0.15 m
26min ago
Caldbeck Gill Beck Bridge
Gill Beck • Caldbeck • 13.0 km
Steady · normal
0.36 m
26min ago
Sebergham
River Caldew • Sebergham • 14.3 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.66 at 11:45, now 0.64
0.64 m
26min ago
Stockdalewath
Roe Beck • Stockdalewath • 15.7 km
Steady · normal
0.28 m
26min ago
Carlisle Raffles Avenue
Parham Beck • Carlisle • 15.8 km
Steady · normal
0.05 m
26min ago
Cummersdale
River Caldew • Cummersdale • 16.1 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.57 at 11:15, now 0.56
0.56 m
26min ago
Sheepmount
River Eden • Carlisle • 17.1 km
Easing · normal — Easing — down from 1.30 at 11:15, now 1.25
1.25 m
26min ago

Flood Event History (50)

25 Mar 2026 at 9:19am 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...
24 Mar 2026 at 4:47pm Flood Alert
Rising river levels today may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible on 24 March 2026 .  The rain will continue today and into this evening when it will clear Cumbria from midnight. Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads near rivers Wampool, Ellen and other watercourses from Dalst...
13 Mar 2026 at 7:24am 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...
12 Mar 2026 at 3:13pm Flood Alert
Rising river levels today may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible on 12 March 2026 .  The band of rain will clear to the south by this evening. Tonight will then have variable cloud with patchy rain in the early hours, which will fall wintry on higher ground. Staying windy. Locations most affe...
27 Jan 2026 at 12:55pm Flood Alert
13 Dec 2025 at 6:23pm Flood Alert
8 Dec 2025 at 3:50pm Flood Alert
13 Nov 2025 at 6:05am Flood Alert
3 Nov 2025 at 5:18pm Flood Alert
19 Sep 2025 at 5:27pm Flood Alert
18 Sep 2025 at 6:24pm Flood Alert
15 Sep 2025 at 9:14am Flood Alert
31 Dec 2024 at 2:40pm Flood Alert
23 Aug 2024 at 6:01am Flood Alert
23 May 2024 at 11:43am Flood Alert
9 Apr 2024 at 7:22am Flood Alert
14 Mar 2024 at 8:39am Flood Alert
23 Jan 2024 at 5:00pm Flood Alert
27 Dec 2023 at 7:15pm Flood Alert
26 Dec 2023 at 4:09pm Flood Alert
14 Nov 2023 at 7:22am Flood Alert
13 Nov 2023 at 2:34pm Flood Alert
29 Oct 2023 at 6:42am Flood Alert
1 Jan 2023 at 3:18am Flood Alert
20 Feb 2022 at 2:11pm Flood Alert
31 Dec 2021 at 6:35am Flood Alert
26 Oct 2021 at 5:39pm Flood Alert
5 Oct 2021 at 6:10pm Flood Alert
3 Feb 2021 at 8:26pm Flood Alert
3 Feb 2021 at 6:37am Flood Alert
28 Jan 2021 at 7:52am Flood Alert
19 Jan 2021 at 2:58pm Flood Alert
26 Dec 2020 at 9:46pm Flood Alert
24 Nov 2020 at 6:25am Flood Alert
3 Oct 2020 at 6:46pm Flood Alert
21 Feb 2020 at 2:49pm Flood Alert
19 Feb 2020 at 6:25pm Flood Alert
15 Feb 2020 at 6:14pm Flood Alert
9 Feb 2020 at 7:01am Flood Alert
11 Jan 2020 at 4:39pm Flood Alert
10 Dec 2019 at 5:52pm Flood Alert
3 Oct 2019 at 7:33pm Flood Alert
1 Oct 2019 at 4:32am Flood Alert
28 Sep 2019 at 6:54am Flood Alert
11 Aug 2019 at 3:19pm Flood Alert
10 Aug 2019 at 8:38am Flood Alert
16 Mar 2019 at 10:51am Flood Alert
12 Mar 2019 at 6:45am Flood Alert
13 Oct 2018 at 12:41pm Flood Alert
25 Dec 2017 at 12:55pm Flood Alert

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Brampton Beck at Brampton
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Cairn Beck and Trout Beck at Warwick Bridge
Cairn Beck, Trout Beck • Cumberland
Coast from Gretna to Silloth
Irish Sea • Cumberland
Coast from Silloth to St Bees
Irish Sea • Cumberland
Coast from St Bees Head to Haverigg
Irish Sea • Cumberland
Cockermouth Gote Road and St Leonards
Surface Water • Cumberland
Coledale Beck at Braithwaite
Coledale Beck • Cumberland
Cumbria coast at Maryport harbour
Irish Sea • Cumberland
Cumbrian coastline from Gretna to Silloth including Port Carlisle, Skinburness and Rockcliffe
Irish Sea • Cumberland
Cumbrian coastline from Gretna to Silloth, between Longtown and Skinburness
Irish Sea • Cumberland
Cumbrian coastline from Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven
Irish Sea • Cumberland

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 141045 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 011WAFWE

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.