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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 04:45:43 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Iron Acton is a village, civil parish and former manor in South Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) west of Yate and about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the centre of Bristol. The B4058 road used to pass through the village but now by-passes it just to the north.
Towns and villages near Iron Acton with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Yate · Mangotsfield · Kingswood
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 Frome, about 10 m from the middle of Iron Acton's gauges.
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 Frome nearest the middle of Iron Acton'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.
Iron Acton is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Bristol Frome, in South Gloucestershire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Bristol Frome is monitored by 1 station (Tubbs Bottom). 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 Iron Acton. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Bristol Frome from downstream of Nibley to Wickham Bridge in Stapleton including Algars Mill, Mill Lane, Brookside Drive, Rectory Road, Damsons Bridge, Moorend, Cleeve Mill, Frenchay Mill, River View and Frome Bridge; Bristol Frome, Ladden Brook, River Trym and tributaries between Chipping Sodbury and Tytherington to Bristol Floating Harbour and the Bristol Avon; Vayre Close and Manor Way in Chipping Sodbury, properties closest to the river at Celestine Road in Yate and the Stover Bridge and Nibley area; Quarry Road and Streamside Road in Chipping Sodbury and Church Road, Blenheim Road and Celestine Road in Yate.
There are 11 storm overflows within 5km of Iron Acton. None of the 10 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 Iron Acton, 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.
Iron Acton gets about 846 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 94 mm; driest March, 51 mm). That is 27% 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), 0.5 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: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Iron Acton has river level monitoring on Bristol Frome — 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 1960. 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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