Does Beeston flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 337 postcodes in Beeston 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 7,046 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 Beeston

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Beeston watch Tottle Brook, River Trent, River Leen, River Erewash, Boundary Brook, Golden Brook, Day Brook, River Derwent.

• Wollaton
  Tottle Brook · 3.0 km away 0.45 mASD
  normal range · rising · 36 min ago
• Clifton Bridge
  River Trent · 3.5 km away 0.95 mASD
  normal range · just past its peak · 36 min ago
• Lenton
  River Leen · 4.1 km away 0.11 mASD
  normal range · rising · 36 min ago
• Sandiacre
  River Erewash · 4.4 km away 0.17 mASD
  normal range · rising · 36 min ago
• Trowell
  Boundary Brook · 4.7 km away 0.34 mASD
  normal range · steady · 36 min ago
• Breaston
  Golden Brook · 7.2 km away 0.34 mASD
  normal range · steady · 36 min ago
• Day Brook
  Day Brook · 8.5 km away 0.03 mASD
  normal range · steady · 36 min ago
• Church Wilne
  River Derwent · 9.5 km away 0.47 mASD
  normal range · steady · 36 min ago
• Shardlow
  River Trent · 9.8 km away 0.50 mASD
  normal range · steady · 36 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Beeston'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 Beeston

46 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Beeston. The EA has issued 732 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Sep 2026.

• River Trent at Beeston Rylands including Beeston, University Park, Dunkirk and The Queens Medical Centre 1.0 km
• River Trent at Attenborough Village including The Strand 1.5 km
• River Trent at Beeston for Beeston Marina and Lock
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 1.6 km
• River Trent at Attenborough Nature Reserve including the Visitor Centre
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 1.8 km
• Rivers Trent and Erewash at Chilwell including Attenborough and areas near to the Sewage Works and Chilwell Manor Golf Club
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 2.1 km
• Tottle Brook at Wollaton and Beeston including Wollaton Vale 2.3 km
• Rivers Erewash and Trent at Toton around the A6005
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 2.9 km
• Nottingham Park and Ride Site and businesses off Lenton Lane
  16 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 3.0 km
• Rivers Leen and Trent at Dunkirk including Nottingham's Queen Medical Centre and University Boulevard 3.0 km
• River Trent at Barton in Fabis including Manor Road, Chestnut Lane, Brown Lane and Rectory Place 3.1 km
• River Trent at Wilford including properties around the Fairham Brook, Ruddington Lane and the Main Road 3.6 km
• River Trent at Thrumpton including Barton Ferry including the riverside farms and the Lake House
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.7 km

Recorded floods near Beeston

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

• 2 Jan 2024 — Beeston to West Bridgford January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Sandiacre January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Sawley January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Trentlock January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Trentlock to Beeston January 2024 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Toton October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Stapleford October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Long Eaton October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Attenborough October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Sandiacre October 2023 Main river
• 10 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 Main river
• 8 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent 8 Nov 2000 Main river

…and 21 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Beeston

The nearest rain gauge, Day Brook (8.5 km away), recorded 1.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 15.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 36 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Beeston

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

High likelihood (18)

Medium likelihood (10)

Low likelihood (290)

Very low likelihood (19)

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.