Does Bedworth flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Bedworth

Ordnance Survey places 47 postcodes in Bedworth in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 597 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Bedworth

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bedworth watch River Sowe, River Anker, River Sherbourne.

• Longford
  River Sowe · 3.4 km away 0.37 mASD
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago
• Hall Green Road
  River Sowe · 4.1 km away 0.29 mASD
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago
• Nuneaton
  River Anker · 5.7 km away 0.70 mASD
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago
• Holyhead Road
  River Sherbourne · 7.7 km away 0.08 mASD
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago
• Hope Street, Coventry
  River Sherbourne · 8.2 km away 0.41 mASD
  normal range · rising · 34 min ago
• Charterhouse Bridge
  River Sherbourne · 8.3 km away 0.13 mASD
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Bedworth's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Bedworth

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bedworth. The EA has issued 86 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 28 Feb 2026.

• River Sowe at Bedworth including Heather Drive, Brooklea, Croft Pool and Delamere Road areas 0.1 km
• River Sowe at Longford including Rowley's Green Lane, Oakley Close, Basford Brook Drive, Bungalow Estate Lady Lane and Longford Bridge areas 3.4 km
• River Sowe at Manor House, Coventry including Avocet Close, Windmill Road, Aldermans Green Road, Honeysuckle Drive and Hall Green Road areas 4.0 km
• River Anker at Horeston Grange and Attleborough including Launceston Drive area, Kingfisher Court, Liberty Way, Pembroke Way, Attleborough Road, Seymour Road, Caarnarfon Drive, Ribbonbrook, Lister Street, Ribbonfields and Pingle Court
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 4.8 km
• River Anker at Nuneaton Town Centre
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.2 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Bedworth and Baginton on the River Sowe, between Allesley and Whitley on the River Sherbourne, between Tile Hill and Canley on the Canley Brook and the Finham Brook and its tributaries
  62 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 6.4 km
• River Anker at Weddington including Church Lane, Cleaver Gardens, Cleaver Park Sports Ground, Brook Lane and parts of Weddington Road
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 6.4 km
• River Sherbourne at Allesley including Washbrook Lane, Browns Lane, Butt Lane, Staircase Lane, Holyhead Road, Westbury Road and Grayswood Avenue areas
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 7.6 km
• River Sherbourne at Coventry City Centre including Arches Industrial Esate, Northumberand Rd, Doe Bank Lane, Upper Spon Street, Sherbourne Street, Wellington Gardens, Windsor Street, Vincent Street, Meadow Street, Corporation Street and Gulson Rd areas 8.1 km
• River Sowe at Wyken and Stoke, Coventry including Heybrook Close, Sidmouth Close, Starcross Close, Plymouth Close, New Green Park, Blackshaw Drive, Triumph Close, Ventnor Close, Binley Road and Brookvale Avenue areas 8.4 km
• River Sherbourne at Pinley and Whitley, Coventry including Bar Road and Abbey Road areas 9.0 km
• River Anker at Leather Mill including properties on Leathermill Lane
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 9.0 km

Recorded floods near Bedworth

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Bedworth, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 2 Dec 2008 — 02 Dec 2008 Main river
• 1 Dec 1992 — December 1992 - River Trent Main river
• 20 Jan 1985 — M_LS_Jan_1985 Main river
• 1 May 1932 — May 1932 (Upper Trent) Main river

At-risk postcodes in Bedworth

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Bedworth that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (9)

Medium likelihood (15)

Low likelihood (21)

Very low likelihood (2)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.