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Upper River Cam in Essex and Cambridgeshire

River Cam from Newport to Whittlesford including the Slades

Flood alert area River Cam Cambridgeshire, Essex East Anglia

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Great Chesterford on the boundary

River Cam • Great Chesterford • 6.1 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

River Cam • Great Shelford • 13.5 km (upstream)

Steady · below normal

Cambridge Jesus Lock

River Cam • Cambridge • 22.3 km (downstream)

structure gauge

Cambridge Baits Bite

River Cam • Milton • 24.9 km (downstream)

Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 07:45, rising slightly

River Stort • Clavering • 5.4 km

Steady · normal

River Ash • Furneux Pelham • 10.3 km

Steady · normal

River Granta • Linton • 13.1 km

Steady · normal

Stansted Mountfitchet, Gypsy Lane

Stansted Brook • Stansted Mountfitchet • 13.4 km

structure gauge

Flood Event History (39)

16 Feb 2026 at 8:21am Flood Alert

6 Feb 2026 at 1:41pm Flood Alert

28 Jan 2026 at 9:00am Flood Alert

16 Jan 2026 at 10:43am Flood Alert

9 Jan 2026 at 7:08pm Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 4:58pm Flood Alert

8 Dec 2024 at 8:34pm Flood Alert

2 Oct 2024 at 12:04pm Flood Alert

22 May 2024 at 8:13pm Flood Alert

28 Apr 2024 at 6:07pm Flood Alert

21 Feb 2024 at 5:26pm Flood Alert

17 Feb 2024 at 4:16pm Flood Alert

8 Feb 2024 at 8:43pm Flood Alert

2 Jan 2024 at 1:35pm Flood Alert

19 Dec 2023 at 5:11pm Flood Alert

2 Nov 2023 at 2:16pm Flood Alert

1 Apr 2023 at 1:52am Flood Alert

10 Mar 2023 at 9:44am Flood Alert

9 Jan 2023 at 7:57am Flood Alert

21 Feb 2022 at 9:31am Flood Alert

27 Jan 2021 at 7:10pm Flood Alert

19 Jan 2021 at 9:18am Flood Alert

17 Jan 2021 at 10:44am Flood Alert

14 Jan 2021 at 10:11am Flood Alert

24 Dec 2020 at 8:46am Flood Alert

4 Dec 2020 at 9:15am Flood Alert

16 Feb 2020 at 6:19pm Flood Alert

15 Jan 2020 at 2:02pm Flood Alert

20 Dec 2019 at 1:29pm Flood Alert

2 Apr 2018 at 12:07pm Flood Alert

29 Dec 2017 at 7:22pm Flood Alert

28 Mar 2016 at 12:49pm Flood Alert

11 Jan 2016 at 10:12am Flood Alert

27 Dec 2014 at 12:06pm Flood Alert

23 Nov 2014 at 3:02pm Flood Alert

15 Feb 2014 at 6:24am Flood Alert

31 Jan 2014 at 5:22pm Flood Alert

4 Jan 2014 at 1:28pm Flood Alert

24 Dec 2013 at 7:29pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 212100 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 052WAFUPCAM

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