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Upper River Rother catchment

River Rother from Chesterfield to Staveley, including the Rivers Hipper, Drone and Whitting

Flood alert area River Rother, River Hipper, River Drone, Whitting Derbyshire, Sheffield Yorkshire

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Chesterfield Tapton Bridge in this area
River Rother • Chesterfield • 1.5 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.08 m
33min ago
Whittington in this area
River Rother • Old Whittington • 1.5 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.28 m
33min ago
Hady Hill in this area
River Rother • Chesterfield • 2.1 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.57 m
33min ago
Chesterfield Park Road Bridge in this area
River Hipper • Chesterfield • 2.5 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
-0.02 m
33min ago
Chesterfield St Augustines in this area
River Rother • 3.1 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.22 m
33min ago
Chesterfield in this area
River Hipper • Walton • 3.6 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
0.35 m
33min ago
Chesterfield Avenue Washlands in this area
River Rother • Chesterfield Avenue Washlands • 4.5 km (upstream)
structure gauge
0.25 m
33min ago
Holymoorside in this area
River Hipper • Holymoorside • 6.5 km (upstream)
Steady · normal
0.00 m
33min ago
Dronfield on the boundary
River Drone • Dronfield • 6.8 km (downstream)
Steady · normal
-0.01 m
33min ago
Dronfield Dam on the boundary
River Drone • Dronfield Dam • 7.6 km (upstream)
structure gauge
0.15 m
33min ago

Flood Event History (30)

27 Aug 2026 at 6:50pm Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain.  Further rainfall is forecast but no further flooding is expected.   We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary.   Never drive through flood water, jus...
27 Aug 2026 at 10:51am Flood Alert
Rising river levels today may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible on 27 August 2026 due to the heavy and thundery downpours expected today  Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads near rivers.  We are closely monitoring the situation as river levels may rise suddenly and cause s...
14 Nov 2025 at 4:14pm Flood Alert
6 Jan 2025 at 6:32am Flood Alert
31 Dec 2024 at 7:09pm Flood Alert
30 Sep 2024 at 7:14pm Flood Alert
9 Dec 2023 at 5:32pm Flood Alert
7 Dec 2023 at 1:06pm Flood Alert
19 Oct 2023 at 8:54pm Flood Alert
31 Oct 2022 at 5:20pm Flood Alert
16 Aug 2022 at 7:49pm Flood Alert
16 Feb 2020 at 6:48am Flood Alert
14 Nov 2019 at 3:25pm Flood Alert
7 Nov 2019 at 11:35am Flood Alert
26 Oct 2019 at 11:26am Flood Alert
21 Nov 2016 at 12:54pm Flood Alert
28 Mar 2016 at 9:21am Flood Alert
3 Jan 2016 at 4:19pm Flood Alert
19 Jul 2014 at 5:52pm Flood Alert
27 Oct 2013 at 6:31pm Flood Alert
27 Jul 2013 at 7:37pm Flood Alert
23 Jul 2013 at 6:33pm Flood Alert
26 Jan 2013 at 5:10pm Flood Alert
20 Dec 2012 at 3:30pm Flood Alert
25 Nov 2012 at 5:46am Flood Alert
23 Sep 2012 at 8:10pm Flood Alert
25 Aug 2012 at 9:06pm Flood Alert
5 Jul 2012 at 7:17pm Flood Alert
25 Apr 2012 at 6:15pm Flood Alert
11 Dec 2010 at 10:20am Flood Alert

Related Flood Areas

River Sheaf Catchment
River Sheaf • Derbyshire, Sheffield

Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 137605 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 123WAF966

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.