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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (17.6 mm in the last 24 hours at Canonbie Raingauge). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 15:11:52 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Canonbie is a small village in Dumfriesshire within the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 6 miles south of Langholm and 2 miles north of the Anglo-Scottish border. It is on the A7 road from Carlisle to Edinburgh, and the River Esk flows through it. There are frequent references in older documents to it as Canobie.
Flood Zones, Warning Areas and Surface Water are Environment Agency maps and cover England only. Canonbie is in Scotland, so they draw little or nothing here — that is where the map ends, not an absence of flood risk. SEPA’s warning areas have their own pages under flood areas.
No SEPA warning within 15 km of Canonbie is in FloodRadar's Scottish record, which starts on 15 September 2026 with no earlier archive — so this says nothing about floods before then.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Esk, about 30 m from the middle of Canonbie's gauges. It flows into the River Eden (Channel of River Eden) about 29 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 Esk nearest the middle of Canonbie'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.
Canonbie is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Esk, in Dumfries and Galloway. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Esk is monitored by 1 station (Canonbie). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There is 1 Environment Agency flood warning area within 10km of Canonbie. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties in Lochinvar Close, Raffield, parts of Burn Street, Swan Street, and English Street.
There is 1 storm overflow within 5km of Canonbie. None of the 1 with a reporting monitor is currently discharging. Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
It has its own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Canonbie, 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.
Canonbie gets about 1,240 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 131 mm; driest April, 70 mm). That is close to 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), 3.1 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
No recorded flood outline within ~5 km of the Canonbie town centre means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. The Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines cover England only, and Canonbie is in Scotland — so an empty record here is an absence of coverage, not an absence of floods. Open the recorded-floods map →
Current verdict: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (17.6 mm in the last 24 hours at Canonbie Raingauge). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Canonbie has river level monitoring on River Esk — 1 monitoring station in total.
Use SEPA's Floodline (floodline.sepa.org.uk) — the same service you reach by calling 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.
No recorded flood outline is mapped around the Canonbie town centre means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. The Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines cover England only, and Canonbie is in Scotland — so an empty record here is an absence of coverage, not an absence of floods. FloodRadar's Scottish warning record starts on 15 September 2026 and holds no SEPA warning within 15 km of Canonbie since then — there is no earlier archive. See the flood history link below.
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