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Wider area of the South Forty Foot Drain

Isolated properties and villages in wider low lying areas east of the South Forty Foot Drain and minor tributaries from Bourne to Boston

Flood alert area South Forty Foot Drain and tributaries Lincolnshire Lincs and Northants

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Donington Bridge in this area

South Forty Foot Drain • Bridge End • 6.9 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

South Forty Foot Drain • Swaton • 11.0 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

South Forty Foot Drain • Gosberton Clough • 11.2 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Billingborough Ousemere

South Forty Foot Drain • Billingborough • 12.7 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Surfleet Sluice

River Glen • Surfleet Seas End • 9.0 km

structure gauge

Tide • Fosdyke Bridge • 9.2 km

Langrick Bridge

River Witham • Hedgehog Bridge • 10.4 km

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 1.16 at 13:15, now 1.13

Tide • Fishtoft • 12.6 km

Pointon Lode • Pointon • 13.3 km

Steady · normal

Maud Foster/Stonebridge Drain • Cowbridge • 13.3 km

Flood Event History (26)

15 Jan 2026 at 7:01pm Flood Alert

6 Jan 2025 at 12:03pm Flood Alert

22 May 2024 at 4:36pm Flood Alert

23 Feb 2024 at 1:27pm Flood Alert

9 Feb 2024 at 10:23am Flood Alert

2 Jan 2024 at 11:41am Flood Alert

5 Dec 2023 at 9:32am Flood Alert

21 Oct 2023 at 12:44am Flood Alert

7 Feb 2021 at 12:37pm Flood Alert

28 Jan 2021 at 7:15am Flood Alert

14 Jan 2021 at 7:27pm Flood Alert

24 Dec 2020 at 9:45am Flood Alert

17 Feb 2020 at 4:36pm Flood Alert

21 Dec 2019 at 8:15am Flood Alert

14 Nov 2019 at 11:18pm Flood Alert

7 Nov 2019 at 8:56pm Flood Alert

27 Oct 2019 at 11:28am Flood Alert

15 Oct 2019 at 9:26am Flood Alert

3 Apr 2018 at 12:29am Flood Alert

9 Mar 2016 at 7:29pm Flood Alert

23 Dec 2013 at 11:55am Flood Alert

27 Jan 2013 at 12:02pm Flood Alert

20 Dec 2012 at 7:59pm Flood Alert

5 Jul 2012 at 5:30pm Flood Alert

10 Feb 2009 at 6:30pm Flood Alert

16 Jan 2008 at 10:33am Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 207016 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 053WAF123SFF

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.