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Another gauge is also registered under the name Brampton: Brampton Moat Side (Cumberland) — see the Cumberland gauges. This page is Brampton, Cambridgeshire.
No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:33:13 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Brampton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Huntingdon within Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. According to the 2011 UK census, Brampton had a population of 4,862 A 2019 estimate puts it at 5,462.
Towns and villages near Brampton with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Brampton · Huntingdon · Houghton · St Ives
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 Brampton's gauges: Brampton Brook (about 450 m) and Alconbury Brook (about 560 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 Brampton'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.
Brampton is monitored by 3 Environment Agency river level stations on the Alconbury Brook, the Brampton Brook, the River Great Ouse, in Cambridgeshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Alconbury Brook is monitored by 1 station (Brampton Racecourse). The Brampton Brook is monitored by 1 station (Brampton). The River Great Ouse is monitored by 1 station (Brampton Sluice). 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 Brampton. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Elizabethan Way, Centenary Way, Layton Crescent, Lenton Close, Hawkes End, Park Road, North Road, Buckden Road, Allens Orchard, St Georges Close, River Lane, Central Avenue and Badger Way in Brampton; Berry Lane in Godmanchester and Bromholme Lane in Brampton; Berry Lane, West Street, The Causeway, St Anns Lane, Cambridge Street, Earning Street, Fairey Avenue, The Close, Tudor Road, Cambridge Road, White Hart Lane, Anderson Crescent, Orchard Way, Chadley Lane, Post Street, and The Avenue in Godmanchester; Hamerton Road, Willow Farm Close, Spires End, High Street and North Road in Alconbury Weston, Great North Road, Mill Road, Brookside, Sharps Lane, High Street and Rusts Lane in Alconbury, Low Road in Little Stukeley, Thrapston Road in Brampton.
There are 7 storm overflows within 5km of Brampton. 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 Brampton, 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.
Brampton gets about 568 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 58 mm; driest March, 33 mm). That is 51% 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), 1.9 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.
Brampton has river level monitoring on Alconbury Brook, Brampton Brook, River Great Ouse — 3 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 16 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1998. 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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