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Conditions are worth watching: Derwentwater at Lodore (4.8 km) is above normal and still rising. Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:00:40 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is St John's Beck, about 10 m from the middle of Legburthwaite's gauges. It flows into the River Greta about 7.0 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 St John's Beck nearest the middle of Legburthwaite'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.
Legburthwaite is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the St Johns Beck, in Cumberland. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The St Johns Beck is monitored by 1 station (Thirlmere). 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 Legburthwaite. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties adjacent to the River Greta in The Forge area; Properties adjacent to the River Greta in the Penrith Road, Brigham Row, Lattrigg Close, Brundholme Gardens, Calvert's Bridge and Keswick Bridge areas; The Upper Derwent from Seathwaite to Derwent Water; Low lying roads, residential and commercial properties in Keswick adjacent to the River Greta, including Penrith Road, Wordsworth Street, Greta Street and Blencathra Street.
If flooding is forecast in Legburthwaite, 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.
Legburthwaite gets about 2,719 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 349 mm; driest May, 140 mm). That is 134% wetter 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: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: Derwentwater at Lodore (4.8 km) is above normal and still rising. Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Legburthwaite has river level monitoring on St Johns Beck — 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 8 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2020. 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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