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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 04:45:18 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Knighton is a market town and community on the River Teme in Powys, Wales. It is located on the England–Wales border, and a small part of the town, including its railway station, lies over the border in the Shropshire parish of Stowe.
Flood Zones, Warning Areas and Surface Water are Environment Agency maps and cover England only. Knighton is in Wales, so they draw little or nothing here — that is where the map ends, not an absence of flood risk. Natural Resources Wales’s warning areas have their own pages under flood areas.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is Afon Tefeidiad (River Teme), about 10 m from the middle of Knighton's gauges. It flows into Afon Hafren (River Severn) about 106 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 Afon Tefeidiad (River Teme) nearest the middle of Knighton'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.
Knighton is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Teme, in Powys. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Teme is monitored by 1 station (Knighton). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
No Environment Agency flood warning area is mapped within 10km of Knighton. That means the EA has not defined a warning target area here, which is not evidence the town cannot flood: warning areas exist where the EA runs a warning service, and surface-water and groundwater flooding have no warning areas at all. The EA’s register covers England only — Knighton is in Wales, where the warning service is Natural Resources Wales’s, and FloodRadar publishes its areas alongside the EA’s on the flood areas index.
There are 5 storm overflows within 5km of Knighton. None has a live status right now, so whether any is discharging is not known. Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
If flooding is forecast in Knighton, 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.
Knighton gets about 1,056 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 120 mm; driest July, 68 mm). That is close to 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), 1.4 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
No recorded flood outline within ~5 km of the Knighton town centre means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. The Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines cover England only, and Knighton is in Wales — so an empty record here is an absence of coverage, not an absence of floods. Open the recorded-floods map →
Current verdict: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Knighton has river level monitoring on River Teme — 1 monitoring station in total.
Use Natural Resources Wales flood warnings (flood-warning.naturalresources.wales) 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.
No recorded flood outline is mapped around the Knighton town centre means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. The Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines cover England only, and Knighton is in Wales — so an empty record here is an absence of coverage, not an absence of floods. FloodRadar holds at least 10 Natural Resources Wales flood warnings or alerts recorded within 15 km of Knighton, the most recent on 6 February 2026. See the flood history link below.
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