Does Langtoft flood?
What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Langtoft
Ordnance Survey places 39 postcodes in Langtoft 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 838 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.
| EA likelihood band | Postcodes (worst band) | Properties in the EA dataset | of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | 13 | 82 | 75 |
| Medium | 23 | 412 | 383 |
| Low | 3 | 340 | 326 |
| Very low | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| All bands | 39 | 838 | 787 |
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 Langtoft
Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Langtoft watch River Glen, River Welland.
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Kates Bridge
River Glen · 3.0 km away 0.05 m
normal range · steady · 35 min ago -
Market Deeping
River Welland · 3.8 km away 0.08 m
normal range · steady · 35 min ago -
Tallington
River Welland · 5.2 km away 0.40 m
normal range · steady · 35 min ago -
Deeping St James
River Welland · 5.4 km away 0.95 m
normal range · steady · 35 min ago -
Hudds Mill
River Welland · 9.2 km away No recent reading
last reported 11 Nov 2026 14:00
Distances are from the middle of Langtoft'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.
The watercourse nearest Langtoft
The river map has no watercourse within 1 km of the middle of Langtoft's at-risk postcodes.
That means this spot is not on the river map, not that there is no water here: Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers) leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Flood warning areas near Langtoft
13 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Langtoft. The EA has issued 101 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Mar 2026.
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River Glen between Fletland Mill and Kates Bridge
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 2.8 km -
River Welland in Market Deeping including properties directly by the river in Market Deeping
3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.0 km -
River Glen in Greatford Village
6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 3.4 km -
Properties near to the Maxey Cut to the west of Maxey Road in Lolham and Maxey
no warning on record since 2006 4.8 km -
River Welland in Deeping St James including properties near the river on Eastgate
1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 5.7 km -
Isolated properties at risk from the River West Glen including Corby glen, Creeton, Heath Farm and Banthorpe Lodge
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 6.0 km -
River East Glen in the East Glen Valley including properties near the river in Edenham, Toft, Manthorpe, and Braceborough
3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 6.8 km -
Peterborough brooks in northern parts of Peterborough, Peakirk and Eye
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jul 2019 7.6 km -
Tributaries of the River Wellend North of Peterborough affecting Werrington, Paston, Gunthorpe, Walton, Peakirk and Eye
3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2021 7.6 km -
Bourne Eau in Bourne including properties near the river around South Street, Coggles Causeway, East Gate, and Pinfold Road
no warning on record since 2006 8.0 km -
Properties near the River Gwash in Ryhall and Newstead
1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Sep 2023 8.4 km -
Lower River Glen from Greatford to Surfleet Seas End, including the Bourne Eau in Bourne and the area around Kates Bridge, Baston and Pinchbeck
41 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 8.6 km
Recorded floods near Langtoft
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Langtoft, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →
- 4 Jan 2025 — LNA_2025_January_WestGlen_Greatford Main river
- 2 Jan 2024 — LNA_2024_January_WestGlen_Greatford Main river
- 2 Jan 2024 — LNA_2024_01_Fluvial_KatesBridge Main river
- 9 Apr 1998 — LNA_1998_April_River West Glen Main river
- 9 Apr 1998 — LNA_1998_April_River Welland Main river
- 9 Apr 1998 — LNA_1998_April_River East Glen Main river
Documented floods in Langtoft
None documented in these sources (the BHS Chronology of British Hydrological Events). That is not evidence that no flood happened: this is a collection of written accounts, and a place counts only where its name could be matched with confidence.
Rainfall near Langtoft
Langtoft gets about 595 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month July, 64 mm; driest March, 35 mm). That is 49% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 0.5 km from the place centre.
The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (6.8 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 0.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).
At-risk postcodes in Langtoft
Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Langtoft that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.
High likelihood (13)
Medium likelihood (23)
Low likelihood (3)
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.
Flood-risk bands: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.
Recorded Flood Outlines, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.