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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 18:46:05 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Bishop's Hull is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, in the western suburbs of Taunton. It includes the areas of Rumwell, Rumwell Park, Roughmoor and Longaller and is close to the River Tone. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Netherclay, has a population of 2,975 in total.
Towns and villages near Bishops Hull with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Norton Fitzwarren · Taunton · North Petherton
Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Bishops Hull's gauges: Norton Brook (about 90 m) and the River Tone (about 110 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.
Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Bishops Hull's gauges. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Bishops Hull is monitored by 2 Environment Agency river level stations on the Halse Water, the River Tone, in Somerset. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Halse Water is monitored by 1 station (Halsewater). The River Tone is monitored by 1 station (Bishops Hull). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 8 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Bishops Hull. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Silk Mills Bridge to Bathpool including Roughmoor Close, Palmerston Road, French Weir, Castle Street and Station Road; Norton Bridge to Silk Mills Lane including Wassail View, Station Road, Morse Road, Mill House Road, Beauford Park and Taunton Trading Estate; Silk Mills Bridge to Bathpool including Clarence Street, Pollards Way, Greenbrook Terrace, Wood Street, Bridge Street, Staplegrove Road, St James Street and Priorswood Industrial Estate; Silk Mills Bridge to Bathpool including Roughmoor Crescent, Weirfield Green, Riverside, Northfield Avenue, French Weir Close, Cleveland Street, Portland Street, Belvedere Road, Albemarle Road, Priory Avenue to Firepool area and Crown Industrial Estate.
There are 20 storm overflows within 5km of Bishops Hull. None of the 20 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging. Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
6 of them, nearest first, with their own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Bishops Hull, call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 for the latest information. Move valuables upstairs, turn off gas and electricity if safe to do so, and avoid walking or driving through flood water. Sign up for flood warnings on any station page above to receive email alerts when water levels rise. For emergency numbers, a preparation checklist and insurance guidance, see our flood help & preparation guide.
Bishops Hull gets about 789 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 90 mm; driest July, 51 mm). That is 32% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. See the rain gauges →
A thirty-year average for the area, not a forecast and not a flood risk on its own. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 3.0 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of the town centre — most recent first. These are records of mapped extents, not a full list of floods. See them on the map →
Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.
Current verdict: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Bishops Hull has river level monitoring on Halse Water, River Tone — 2 monitoring stations in total.
Use the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service (check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk) or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 (24 hours). You can also set up free FloodRadar email or browser alerts from any station page above.
Follow official advice: move valuables and vehicles to safety, never walk or drive through flood water, turn off gas and electricity if safe, and check on vulnerable neighbours. See our flood preparation guide at floodradar.co.uk/flood-help.
Yes — the Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines dataset shows 10 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2009. That is a count of mapped extents, not of separate floods. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See the flood history link below.
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