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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 04:45:03 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Blunham is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) east of Bedford town centre. At the 2011 census date its population was 946. The River Ivel forms the parish's eastern boundary in places and the River Great Ouse its western and northern boundaries. The village is just over 0.6 miles (1 km) to the west of the A1 road, and Route 51 of the National Cycle Network passes to the south.
Towns and villages near Blunham with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
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.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Ivel, about 10 m from the middle of Blunham's gauges. It flows into the River Great Ouse about 3.5 km downstream.
A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on the River Ivel nearest the middle of Blunham'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.
Blunham is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Ivel, in Central Bedfordshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Ivel is monitored by 1 station (Blunham). 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 Blunham. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: The Ridgeway, Wellsfield, High Street, Tempsford Road and Grange Road in Blunham and Mill Lane in Tempsford; New Road, Bedford Road, Girtford Bridge, Great North Road, Rivermead Gardens, McMurdo Court, Church Path, London Road, Poplar Close, Sandford Rise, Braybrook, Western Way and Nursery Drive in Sandy; St Neots Road and Water Lane at Renhold, High Street, School Lane, Orchard Way and Churchgate at Great Barford, and Church Street at Tempsford; Meadow Lane at Cardington, Water Lane at Renhold, Old Mills Cottage and New Road at Great Barford, Church Street and Ford Lane at Tempsford, and Great North Road between Roxton and Tempsford.
There are 7 storm overflows within 5km of Blunham. None of the 7 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 Blunham, 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.
Blunham gets about 591 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 62 mm; driest March, 35 mm). That is 49% 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), 2.8 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.
Blunham has river level monitoring on River Ivel — 1 monitoring station 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 28 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2003. 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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