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Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for Hunstanton coast in Norfolk — flooding is possible from 16:45am to 20:15am on Friday 9th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Updated 2026-10-09 18:46:20 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 37 miles (60 km) north-west of Norwich.
Towns and villages near Castle Rising 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 Babingley River, about 10 m from the middle of Castle Rising's gauges. It flows into the River Great Ouse (Lynn Channel) about 16 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 Babingley River nearest the middle of Castle Rising'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.
Castle Rising is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Babingley River, in Norfolk. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Babingley River is monitored by 1 station (Castle Rising). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 6 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Castle Rising. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: North Wootton, Wolferton, Dersingham, Ingoldisthorpe and Snettisham; Heacham, Snettisham, Ingoldisthorpe, Dersingham and Wolferton; Highgate, North End, North Lynn, South Wootton, Gaywood, Fairstead and Hardwick in Kings Lynn; Properties in front of the flood defences, along the sea front at Snettisham.
There is 1 storm overflow within 5km of Castle Rising. None has a live status right now, so whether any is discharging is not known. 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 Castle Rising, 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.
Castle Rising gets about 665 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 67 mm; driest March, 41 mm). That is 43% 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), 2.2 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: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for Hunstanton coast in Norfolk — flooding is possible from 16:45am to 20:15am on Friday 9th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Castle Rising has river level monitoring on Babingley River — 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 1 recorded flood extent around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1953. 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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