The River Gipping, from downstream of Needham Market, to upstream of London Road Bridge, Ipswich

The River Gipping from downstream of Needham Market to upstream of London Road Bridge, Ipswich, including riverside areas at Great Blakenham, Bramford and Sproughton

Flood alert area Gipping Suffolk East Anglia

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Stowmarket

River Gipping • Combs Ford • 12.2 km (downstream)

Stonham Watercourse • Creeting St Mary • 9.6 km

River Brett • Hadleigh • 10.7 km

Suffolk Coast • Woodbridge • 15.2 km

River Stour • Thorington Street • 16.4 km

Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 16:30, rising slightly

0.35 m

31min ago

Polstead

River Box • Polstead • 16.6 km

River Deben • Brandeston • 17.3 km

Steady · normal

0.30 m

31min ago

Flood Event History (50)

28 Jan 2026 at 9:38am Flood Alert

6 Jan 2025 at 9:52am Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 3:58pm Flood Alert

8 Dec 2024 at 8:26am Flood Alert

22 May 2024 at 12:14pm Flood Alert

18 Feb 2024 at 1:46pm Flood Alert

11 Feb 2024 at 11:39am Flood Alert

9 Feb 2024 at 8:46am Flood Alert

5 Jan 2024 at 10:04am Flood Alert

2 Jan 2024 at 9:59am Flood Alert

2 Nov 2023 at 10:28am Flood Alert

29 Oct 2023 at 8:43am Flood Alert

20 Oct 2023 at 1:13pm Flood Alert

28 Jan 2021 at 5:13pm Flood Alert

14 Jan 2021 at 12:47pm Flood Alert

26 Dec 2020 at 4:49pm Flood Alert

24 Dec 2020 at 8:33am Flood Alert

20 Dec 2019 at 10:43am Flood Alert

27 Nov 2019 at 2:30pm Flood Alert

2 Apr 2018 at 12:11pm Flood Alert

23 Jun 2016 at 3:02pm Flood Alert

31 May 2016 at 10:51am Flood Alert

9 Mar 2016 at 11:48am Flood Alert

7 Jan 2016 at 3:40pm Flood Alert

27 Dec 2014 at 7:42am Flood Alert

23 Nov 2014 at 10:43am Flood Alert

15 Feb 2014 at 6:23am Flood Alert

7 Feb 2014 at 7:35am Flood Alert

1 Feb 2014 at 7:50am Flood Alert

10 Mar 2013 at 11:16am Flood Alert

14 Feb 2013 at 10:46am Flood Alert

27 Jan 2013 at 7:53am Flood Alert

21 Dec 2012 at 8:11am Flood Alert

7 Dec 2012 at 9:00am Flood Alert

25 Nov 2012 at 6:47am Flood Alert

5 Nov 2012 at 11:09am Flood Alert

3 May 2012 at 7:45am Flood Alert

27 Feb 2011 at 8:13am Flood Alert

12 Jan 2011 at 4:20pm Flood Alert

9 Nov 2010 at 9:53am Flood Alert

28 Feb 2010 at 1:18pm Flood Alert

17 Jan 2010 at 1:17pm Flood Alert

16 Jan 2010 at 11:31am Flood Alert

10 Feb 2009 at 8:34am Flood Alert

19 Jan 2009 at 12:23pm Flood Alert

24 Mar 2008 at 9:35am Flood Alert

23 Mar 2008 at 10:07am Flood Alert

22 Mar 2008 at 9:34am Flood Alert

17 Mar 2008 at 10:37am Flood Alert

16 Mar 2008 at 10:15am Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 213019 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 054WAFSF4FG

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.

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The River Gipping, from downstream of Needham Market, to upstream of London Road Bridge, Ipswich

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Flood Event History (50)

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