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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:00:53 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Great Shelford is a village located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) bisected by the River Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people. By 2001, this had grown to 3,949 and by the Census 2011 to 4,233. It was described as Britain's twenty-second richest village in 2011.
Towns and villages near Great Shelford 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 Cam, about 10 m from the middle of Great Shelford's gauges. It flows into the River Great Ouse about 36 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 Cam nearest the middle of Great Shelford'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 Shelford is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Cam, in Cambridgeshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Cam is monitored by 1 station (Dernford). 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 Great Shelford. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: High Street in Little Chesterford, Manor Lane, Newmarket Road and London Road in Great Chesterford, Church Street and Mill Lane in Ickleton, Hinxton Hall and Mill Lane in Hinxton, Mill Lane in Duxford and Mill Lane in Whittlesford; Bury Road, Joscelynes, Sawston Road, London Road and Aylesford Way in Stapleford, Kings Mill Lane and Church Street in Great Shelford, and Riddy Close, Church Road and Cambridge Road in Hauxton; Mill Way in Grantchester, Grantchester Meadows, Newnham Road, Newnham Terrace, Granta Place, Laundress Lane, Silver Street, Queens Lane, Trinity College, St Johns College, Bridge Street, Magdalene Street and Thompsons Lane in Cambridge; River Cam from Stapleford to Waterbeach.
There are 2 storm overflows within 5km of Great Shelford. None of the 2 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 Great Shelford, 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 Shelford gets about 573 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 60 mm; driest March, 33 mm). That is 51% 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), 2.0 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.
Great Shelford has river level monitoring on River Cam — 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 19 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1947. 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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