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Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort — flooding is possible from 11:30pm Friday 9th October through to 1:30am on Saturday 10th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Updated 2026-10-09 15:12:13 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Great Burstead is a village in the civil parish of Great Burstead and South Green in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. The village lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the centre of Billericay. Great Burstead and the adjoining village of South Green are both now classed as part of the Billericay built up area.
Towns and villages near Great Burstead with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Basildon · Runwell · Stanford-le-Hope · Brentwood · South Benfleet
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 Crouch, about 10 m from the middle of Great Burstead's gauges. It flows on to the sea.
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 Crouch nearest the middle of Great Burstead'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.
Great Burstead is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Crouch, in Essex. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Crouch is monitored by 1 station (Noak Bridge). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 4 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Great Burstead. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: The River Crouch from Noaks Bridge to Runwell, including Wickford; The River Crouch from Noak Bridge through Wickford to Runwell; Shellhaven to Tilbury, including Mucking and Linford; The Mardyke to the River Thames at Purfleet-on-Thames.
There are 7 storm overflows within 5km of Great Burstead. None of the 6 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 Great Burstead, 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.
Great Burstead gets about 610 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 66 mm; driest March, 35 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), 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 Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort — flooding is possible from 11:30pm Friday 9th October through to 1:30am on Saturday 10th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Great Burstead has river level monitoring on River Crouch — 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 3 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1958. 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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