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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:00:43 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Burngreave ward—which includes the districts of Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, and Shirecliffe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 2.8 square miles. The population of this ward in 2011 was 27,481 people in 9,906 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency. Most of the ward is served by a free community newspaper, the Burngreave Messenger.
Towns and villages near Grimesthorpe 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 Bagley Dike, about 10 m from the middle of Grimesthorpe's gauges. It flows into the River Don about 1.2 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 Bagley Dike nearest the middle of Grimesthorpe'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.
Grimesthorpe is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Bagley Dike, in South Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Bagley Dike is monitored by 1 station (Grimesthorpe). 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 Grimesthorpe. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Grimesthorpe including Skinnerthorpe Road, Rushby Street, Owler Lane, Chambers Lane and Upwell Street; Sheffield including Nursery Street, Nursery Lane, Joiner Street in the Wicker. Brightside including Brightside Lane, Stevenson Road, Newhall Road, Sanderson Street, Don Road, Fell Street, Liverpool Street, Janson Street, Carbook Street, Colliery Road; Sheffield including Spital Hill and Saville Street in Burngreave. Also includes Brightside Lane and Hawke Street in Brightside; Sheffield at Burngreave and Attercliffe, including the area bounded by Carlisle Street East, President Way, Stevenson Road, Effingham Street and Effingham Road.
There are 96 storm overflows within 5km of Grimesthorpe. None of the 84 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (12 have 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 Grimesthorpe, 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.
Grimesthorpe gets about 740 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 75 mm; driest May, 50 mm). That is 36% 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), 2.4 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.
Grimesthorpe has river level monitoring on Bagley Dike — 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 34 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2022. 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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