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Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries — flooding is possible Flooding is possible from 11:15AM to 1:15PM on Saturday 10th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Updated 2026-10-10 12:34:09 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Creeting St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Sandwiched between the A14 and A140 to the north of Needham Market, the parish also includes the hamlet of Creeting Bottoms. In 2005 the parish population was 710, which decreased to 697 at the 2011 Census.
Towns and villages near Creeting St Mary 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 an unnamed stream, about 20 m from the middle of Creeting St Mary's gauges. It flows into the River Gipping about 430 m 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 an unnamed stream nearest the middle of Creeting St Mary'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.
Creeting St Mary is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Stonham Watercourse, in Suffolk. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Stonham Watercourse is monitored by 1 station (Creeting). 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 Creeting St Mary. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: The River Gipping through Needham Market; The River Gipping from the A14 at Stowmarket to upstream of Needham Market; The Rattlesden River and River Gipping, including Lower Street, Rattlesden, the Ford at Wash Lane Onehouse, Combs Ford, Stowmarket. Hawks Mill Street, Crown Street and Coddenham Road in Needham Market; The River Gipping from Needham Market to London Road Bridge, Ipswich, including Bramford and Sproughton.
There are 9 storm overflows within 5km of Creeting St Mary. None of the 9 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 Creeting St Mary, 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.
Creeting St Mary gets about 617 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 62 mm; driest April, 38 mm). That is 47% 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), 1.5 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 The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries — flooding is possible Flooding is possible from 11:15AM to 1:15PM on Saturday 10th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Creeting St Mary has river level monitoring on Stonham Watercourse — 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 4 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2013. 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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