Does Crumbles flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 68 postcodes in Crumbles 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 1,668 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 Crumbles

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Crumbles watch Salt Haven.

• Eastbourne Harbour Tidal
  Tide · 0.7 km away 2.65 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 31 min ago
• Pevensey Tidal
  Salt Haven · 2.6 km away 2.71 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Crumbles'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 Crumbles

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Crumbles. The EA has issued 113 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Aug 2026.

• Coastal areas of Eastbourne including Marine Parade, Royal Parade, Sovereign Park and the Martello Tower 2.4 km
• Coastal areas of Eastbourne including Marine Parade, Royal Parade, Sovereign Park and the Martello Tower
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2013 2.4 km
• Coastal areas of Pevensey seafront between Sovereign Harbour and Beach including Norman Road Pevensey, The Promenade Pevensey, The Parade Pevensey, Beachlands, Normans Bay and the Cooden Beach Hotel
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 2.5 km
• Coastal areas of Pevensey seafront between Sovereign Harbour and Cooden Beach including Norman Road Pevensey, The Promenade Pevensey, The Parade Pevensey, Beachlands, Normans Bay and the Cooden Beach Hotel
  63 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 2.5 km
• Areas of Eastbourne at risk from a high tide including areas of Roselands, Willingdon Levels, areas near Shinewater Lake, West Langley Levels and Sovereign Harbour and Langney Village 2.6 km
• Areas of Eastbourne at risk from a high tide including areas of Roselands, Willingdon Levels, areas near Shinewater Lake, West Langley Levels and Sovereign Harbour and Langney Village
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2013 2.6 km
• Langney Haven at Langney, Willingdon and Eastbourne including Shinewater Park
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2023 3.2 km
• Areas of Pevensey at risk from a high tide including the Crumbles, East Langley Levels, Mountney Bridge, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, Manxey, Horse Eye and Hooe Levels 4.8 km
• Areas of Pevensey at risk from a high tide including the Crumbles, East Langley Levels, Mountney Bridge, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, Manxey, Horse Eye and Hooe Levels
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2013 4.8 km
• Willingdon, Eastbourne and Mountney Levels and their tributaries
  32 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 4.9 km
• Polegate Street and Wannock Mill Streams through Polegate and Wannock 6.6 km
• Polegate Brook Street and Wannock Mill Streams
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 6.6 km

Recorded floods near Crumbles

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

• 5 Dec 2009 — 07418K302FEO_DEC2009_Pevensey_Haven Main river
• 5 Dec 2009 — 07418K205FEO_DEC2009_Wallers_Haven Main river
• 5 Dec 2009 — 07418K402FEO_DEC2009_Polegate_Willingdon Main river
• 5 Dec 2009 — 07418K201FEO_DEC2009_East Stream Main river
• 3 Sep 1987 — 07418K408FEO_Sep1987_Westham Main river
• 7 Jul 1980 — 07418K421FEO_JUL1980_LottbridgeSewer Other
• 7 Jul 1980 — 07418NoRefFEO_JUL1980_Eastbourne Other
• 23 Nov 1974 — 07418K418FEO_NOV1974_Langney Ordinary watercourse
• 22 Nov 1974 — 07418K328FEO_NOV1974_Pevensey Sewer

Rainfall near Crumbles

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.7 km away), recorded 0.5 mm in the last 24 hours and 22.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 46 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Crumbles

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

High likelihood (11)

Very low likelihood (57)

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.