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The Rivers Pant, Blackwater and Brain

The Rivers Pant and Blackwater from, Great Bardfield to Langford including Braintree, and the River Brain from, Black Notley to Witham

Flood alert area Pant, Blackwater, Brain Essex East Anglia

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Stisted in this area

River Blackwater • Stisted • 1.4 km

Steady · normal

Braintree in this area

Pods Brook • 5.0 km

Steady · normal

Guithavon Valley in this area

River Brain • Witham • 9.1 km

Steady · normal

GUITHAVON VALLEY FGS WITHAM

Appleford Bridge in this area

River Blackwater • Rivenhall End • 9.6 km

Steady · normal

River Colne • Colne Engaine • 9.6 km

Steady · normal

EARLS COLNE FGS

Easing — Easing — down from 0.16 at 14:30, now 0.14

River Chelmer • Felsted • 12.0 km

Steady · normal

River Colne • Castle Hedingham • 13.2 km

Steady · normal

COPFORD HALL FGS DUAL COMMS on the boundary

Easing — Easing — down from 0.94 at 13:15, now 0.92

Flood Event History (47)

16 Feb 2026 at 8:38am Flood Alert

6 Feb 2026 at 9:15am Flood Alert

27 Jan 2026 at 5:40pm Flood Alert

10 Jan 2026 at 5:59pm Flood Alert

8 Jan 2025 at 9:01am Flood Alert

6 Jan 2025 at 10:09am Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 10:48am Flood Alert

24 Feb 2024 at 9:13am Flood Alert

20 Feb 2024 at 10:41am Flood Alert

19 Feb 2024 at 9:37am Flood Alert

11 Feb 2024 at 10:14am Flood Alert

10 Feb 2024 at 10:10am Flood Alert

9 Feb 2024 at 8:39am Flood Alert

5 Jan 2024 at 12:33pm Flood Alert

4 Jan 2024 at 2:25pm Flood Alert

3 Jan 2024 at 1:18pm Flood Alert

2 Nov 2023 at 5:42pm Flood Alert

1 Apr 2023 at 2:23am Flood Alert

28 Jan 2021 at 6:07pm Flood Alert

17 Jan 2021 at 8:00am Flood Alert

16 Jan 2021 at 7:45am Flood Alert

15 Jan 2021 at 7:52am Flood Alert

14 Jan 2021 at 11:03am Flood Alert

6 Dec 2020 at 9:41am Flood Alert

5 Dec 2020 at 10:41am Flood Alert

4 Dec 2020 at 2:03pm Flood Alert

23 Dec 2019 at 2:06pm Flood Alert

20 Dec 2019 at 1:48pm Flood Alert

27 Jun 2016 at 8:35am Flood Alert

11 Jan 2016 at 8:17pm Flood Alert

23 Nov 2014 at 6:46pm Flood Alert

20 Sep 2014 at 10:06am Flood Alert

7 Feb 2014 at 8:38am Flood Alert

1 Feb 2014 at 7:16am Flood Alert

20 Dec 2012 at 2:48pm Flood Alert

27 Nov 2012 at 7:37am Flood Alert

1 May 2012 at 10:48am Flood Alert

18 Jan 2011 at 8:48am Flood Alert

2 Mar 2010 at 9:10am Flood Alert

1 Mar 2010 at 12:25pm Flood Alert

28 Feb 2010 at 1:39pm Flood Alert

26 Feb 2010 at 6:59am Flood Alert

23 Feb 2010 at 1:08pm Flood Alert

22 Feb 2010 at 2:22pm Flood Alert

11 Feb 2009 at 8:34am Flood Alert

10 Feb 2009 at 7:11am Flood Alert

20 Jan 2008 at 9:46am Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 213618 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 051WAFEF5

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.