Does Brimscombe flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 22 postcodes in Brimscombe 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 178 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 Brimscombe

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Brimscombe watch River Frome (Severn), Nailsworth Stream, Slad Brook.

• Brimscombe
  River Frome (Severn) · 1.0 km away 0.65 mASD
  normal range · rising · 31 min ago
• Egypt Mill
  Nailsworth Stream · 3.3 km away 0.37 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Slad Road Structure
  Slad Brook · 3.6 km away 0.01 mASD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 31 min ago
• Merrywalks Structure
  Slad Brook · 3.7 km away 0.17 mASD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 31 min ago
• Chalford
  River Frome (Severn) · 3.9 km away 0.02 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Ebley Mill
  River Frome (Severn) · 4.6 km away 0.14 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Slad Steanbridge Lane
  Slad Brook · 5.4 km away 0.12 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Eastington
  River Frome (Severn) · 10.0 km away 0.40 mASD
  normal range · rising · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Brimscombe'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 Brimscombe

8 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Brimscombe. The EA has issued 98 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 18 Dec 2025.

• River Frome at Brimscombe and Thrupp
  14 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2023 0.8 km
• River Frome at Chalford
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2020 2.7 km
• Nailsworth Stream at Nailsworth, Woodchester and Dudbridge
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 3.0 km
• Slad Brook from Upper Steanbridge Mill to Rowcroft, Stroud
  15 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2023 3.5 km
• Slad Brook
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 4.0 km
• Rivers Frome and Cam
  42 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 4.4 km
• River Frome at Stroud and Ryeford
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2020 5.4 km
• River Frome at Stonehouse and Bridgend
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2020 7.8 km

Recorded floods near Brimscombe

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

• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 001 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 006 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 008 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 003 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 011 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 005 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 010 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 002 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 007 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — River Frome 009 (July 07) Main river
• 1 Jul 1968 — July 1968 (Lower Severn) Main river

Rainfall near Brimscombe

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.3 km away), recorded 1.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 9.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 46 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Brimscombe

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

High likelihood (16)

Medium likelihood (2)

Low likelihood (1)

Very low likelihood (3)

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.