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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 15:11:03 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. It lies in the valley of the River Drone between Chesterfield and Sheffield. The Peak District National Park is three miles (4.8 km) to the west. The name comes from the Old English Dranfleld, probably meaning an open land infested with drone bees.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Drone, about 20 m from the middle of Dronfield's gauges. It flows into the River Whitting about 6.1 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 Drone nearest the middle of Dronfield'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.
Dronfield is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Drone, in Derbyshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Drone is monitored by 1 station (Dronfield). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 8 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Dronfield. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties along Chesterfield Road, Mill Lane, CallyWhite Lane and businesses at Unstone Industrial Complex; Sheffield including Abbeydale Road, Brinkburn Drive, Five Trees Avenue; Close and Drive, Troutbeck Road and Archer Road; Dore including Ladies Spring Drive, Ladies Spring Grove and Abbeydale Road; Properties along Racecourse Road, Brimington Road, Whittington Moor, Pottery Lane East, Holland Road and businesses in Sheepbridge Business Centre, Pearson Trading Estate and Armytage Industrial Estate.
There are 21 storm overflows within 5km of Dronfield. None of the 20 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (1 has no live status right now). 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 Dronfield, 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.
Dronfield gets about 806 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 83 mm; driest March, 54 mm). That is 31% 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), 2.6 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: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Dronfield has river level monitoring on River Drone — 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 16 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2021. 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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