Does Bottesford flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 40 postcodes in Bottesford 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 488 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 Bottesford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bottesford watch River Devon, Foston Beck, River Witham.

• Woolsthorpe
  River Devon · 5.5 km away 0.60 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago
• Allington
  Foston Beck · 6.9 km away 0.03 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago
• Wensor Bridge, Shelton
  River Devon · 7.1 km away 0.62 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago
• Hougham
  River Witham · 9.8 km away 0.81 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago
• Claypole
  River Witham · 9.9 km away 0.09 mASD
  normal range · steady · 25 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Bottesford'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 Bottesford

8 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bottesford. The EA has issued 199 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 28 Feb 2026.

• River Devon at Bottesford including Easthorpe, Muston and Woolsthorpe
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 0.1 km
• River Devon, Smite and tributaries from Knipton to the River Trent at Newark on Trent
  47 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.2 km
• River Smite at Aslockton and Whatton including the Dark Lane, the Recreation Ground and the Whatton Prison
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 6.6 km
• River Smite at Shelton Lodge and Port Grange Farms
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 6.7 km
• Areas near the Foston Beck in Sedgebrook and Allington and the A1 between Great Gonerby and Foston
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 7.2 km
• River Witham and its tributaries from South Witham to Claypole
  127 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 7.4 km
• Isolated properties and villages near the River Witham from Hougham to Claypole including Westborough, Long Bennington and Claypole
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 9.1 km
• Areas near to the River Witham in Marston and Hougham
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2025 10.0 km

Recorded floods near Bottesford

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

• 5 Jan 2025 — Redmile January 2025
• 5 Jan 2025 — Bottesford January 2025 Main river
• 5 Jan 2025 — Muston January 2025 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — LNA_2024_01_Fluvial_Upper River Witham Main river
• 20 Oct 2023 — LNA_2023_10_Fluvial_Upper River Witham Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Redmile October 2023
• 16 Feb 2020 — LNA_2020_02_River Witham Main river
• 18 Jul 2001 — River Devon Bottesford July 2001 Main river
• 10 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 Main river
• 8 Nov 2000 — Trent 8th November 2000 Main river
• 1 Jan 1979 — 19790101 Main river
• 29 Dec 1978 — River Devon December 1978 Main river

…and 4 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Bottesford

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (8.6 km away), recorded 0.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 8.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 40 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Bottesford

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

High likelihood (1)

Medium likelihood (15)

Low likelihood (24)

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.