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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:00:58 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Fornham St Martin is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. The village is located on the northern outskirts of Bury St Edmunds off east and west from the A134; in 2005 its population was 1,300. Its parish council is shared with neighbouring Fornham St Genevieve, and is known as Fornham St Martin cum St Genevieve Parish Council. Fornham St Martin is one of a trio of contiguous villages by the River Lark. The other villages are Fornham St Genevieve and Fornham All Saints.
Towns and villages near Fornham St Martin 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 the River Lark, about 10 m from the middle of Fornham St Martin's gauges. It flows into Sandall's Cut (River Great Ouse) about 39 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 Lark nearest the middle of Fornham St Martin'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.
Fornham St Martin is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Lark, in Suffolk. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Lark is monitored by 1 station (Fornham St Martin). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 3 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Fornham St Martin. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Areas of Fornham St Martin at risk of groundwater flooding, including Old Hall Lane; Areas of Bury St Edmunds at risk of groundwater flooding, including Eastgate Street, Barn Lane, Blomfield Street and parts of Vinefields; Bury Road and Hawstead Lane in Sicklesmere, Rushbrooke Lane, St Botolph's Lane, Southgate Street, Sextons Meadow, Rockingham Road, Tannery Drive, Maynewater Lane, Mustow Street, Eastgate Street, Fornham Road and Friary Meadow in Bury St. Edmunds.
There are 4 storm overflows within 5km of Fornham St Martin. None of the 4 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging. Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
Each has its own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Fornham St Martin, 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.
Fornham St Martin gets about 608 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 67 mm; driest April, 37 mm). That is 48% 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: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Fornham St Martin has river level monitoring on River Lark — 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 15 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1968. 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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