Does Hilton flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Hilton

Ordnance Survey places 30 postcodes in Hilton in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 500 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Hilton

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Hilton watch River Dove, Egginton Brook, Rolleston Brook, Hilton Brook, River Trent, Foston Brook.

• Marston on Dove
  River Dove · 1.7 km away 0.70 m
  normal range · 50 min ago
• Egginton
  Egginton Brook · 2.5 km away No recent reading
  last reported 26 Oct 2026 19:15
• Hatton
  River Dove · 3.2 km away 0.79 m
  normal range · 50 min ago
• Anslow
  Rolleston Brook · 3.8 km away 0.36 m
  normal range · steady · 50 min ago
• Sutton Mill
  Hilton Brook · 4.0 km away 0.72 m
  normal range · rising · 50 min ago
• Willington
  River Trent · 5.1 km away 1.56 m
  normal range · falling · 50 min ago
• Horsebottoms
  Foston Brook · 7.0 km away 0.36 m
  normal range · 50 min ago
• Aston Bridge
  River Dove · 8.6 km away 1.13 m
  normal range · steady · 50 min ago
• Drakelow
  River Trent · 9.6 km away 1.44 m
  normal range · 1 h ago

Distances are from the middle of Hilton's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Hilton

21 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Hilton. The EA has issued 650 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 25 Oct 2026.

• Hilton Brook at Hilton including Common Lane, The Mease and Welland Road areas
  no warning on record since 2006 0.0 km
• Hilton Brook at Sutton on the Hill and Uttoxeter Road, Hilton
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 1.1 km
• River Dove at Marston on Dove including all properties on Marston Lane
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 1.4 km
• River Dove and Egginton Brook at Egginton including Egginton Village and Derby Road
  22 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 2.5 km
• Rolleston Brook and River Dove at Rolleston including Alder Moor, Station Road and Burnside areas of Rolleston and Clay Mills
  20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 2.7 km
• River Dove at Fauld Cottage Farm and Cornill Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 2.9 km
• River Dove at Hatton including Hatton village and Uttoxeter Road area
  no warning on record since 2006 3.4 km
• River Dove at Fauld Lane and Tutbury including Bridge Street
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2012 3.5 km
• Etwall Brook at Etwall including Old Station Close and Heage Lane areas
  10 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 3.9 km
• River Dove at Scropton including Watery Lane and Farms off Uttoxeter Road
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 5.2 km
• River Trent at Willington including properties around Sealey Close, Ford Lane and Beech Avenue
  no warning on record since 2006 5.3 km
• Low-lying land and roads on the Foston Brook, Hilton Brook and Egginton Brook
  106 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 5.9 km

Recorded floods near Hilton

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Hilton, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 8 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent 8 Nov 2000 Main river
• 1 Dec 1992 — December 1992 - River Trent Main river
• 30 Dec 1981 — Fluvial Trent Winter 1981-82 Main river
• 1 Feb 1977 — Hilton Brook Feb Main river
• 1 Dec 1965 — Derwent December 1965 Main river
• 1 Dec 1960 — December 1960 (Upper Trent) Main river
• 1 Aug 1957 — Upper Trent August 1957 Main river
• 1 Nov 1954 — Burton on Trent Nov 1954 Main river
• 1 Jun 1954 — June 1954 Burton Main river
• 1 Jun 1954 — June 1954 (Upper Trent) Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — Fluvial Trent March 1947 Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — March 1947 (Upper Trent) Main river

…and 2 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Hilton

Hilton gets about 736 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 75 mm; driest April, 50 mm). That is 37% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 3.4 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.4 km away), recorded 6.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 31.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 1 h ago).

At-risk postcodes in Hilton

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Hilton that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (2)

Medium likelihood (1)

Low likelihood (26)

Very low likelihood (1)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.