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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:00:46 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Leigh Woods is a 2-square-kilometre (0.77 sq mi) area of woodland on the south-west side of the Avon Gorge, close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, within North Somerset opposite the English city of Bristol and north of the Ashton Court estate, of which it formed a part. Stokeleigh Camp, a hillfort thought to have been occupied from the third century BC to the first century AD and possibly also in the Middle Ages, lies within the reserve on the edge of the Nightingale Valley. On the bank of the Avon, within the reserve, are quarries for limestone and celestine which were worked in the 18th and 19th centuries are now derelict.
Towns and villages near Leigh Woods with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Pill · Kingswood · Portishead · Mangotsfield
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 Longmoor Brook, about 70 m from the middle of Leigh Woods's gauges. It flows into the River Avon about 960 m 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 Longmoor Brook nearest the middle of Leigh Woods'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.
Leigh Woods is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Avon, in City of Bristol. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Avon is monitored by 1 station (Ashton Vale). 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 Leigh Woods. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Football ground area including Duckmoor Road Industrial Estate and Bristol Bowling Club; Properties set back from the river including Feeder Road and Albert Crescent on the Feeder Canal. Bisto Bridge, Princestreet Bridge and Peros Bridge areas, Wapping Dockyard, Baltic Wharf and Pooles Wharf on the Harbour and Netham Lock on the River Avon; Low lying property and roads along the River Avon from Sea Mills to Conham including Sea Mills Road, The Portway, Cumberland Basin, Commercial Road, Bathurst Basin, Clarence Road, Albert Road, Central Trading Estate and Crews Hole Road; Tidal River Avon from Sea Mills to Conham in Bristol and between the Avonmouth Bridge and Shirehampton Park including Pill and Shirehampton.
There are 108 storm overflows within 5km of Leigh Woods. None of the 104 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (4 have 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 Leigh Woods, 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.
Leigh Woods gets about 882 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 96 mm; driest April, 55 mm). That is 24% 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), 1.5 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.
Leigh Woods has river level monitoring on River Avon — 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 15 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1968. 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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