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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 12:33:17 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Lenton Abbey is a large housing estate, forming a neighbourhood in Nottingham, close to Wollaton, Beeston and the University of Nottingham.
Towns and villages near Lenton Abbey with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Beeston · Stapleford · Wilford · Ilkeston · Long Eaton · Ruddington · Heanor
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 river map has no watercourse within 1 km of the middle of Lenton Abbey's gauges.
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.
Lenton Abbey is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Tottle Brook, in Nottinghamshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Tottle Brook is monitored by 1 station (Wollaton). 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 Lenton Abbey. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Tottle Brook at Wollaton and Beeston including Wollaton Vale; River Trent at Beeston Rylands including Beeston, University Park, Dunkirk and The Queens Medical Centre; River Leen at Radford including properties around Triumph Road; River Leen including Day Brook and Tottle Brook in Nottinghamshire.
There are 37 storm overflows within 5km of Lenton Abbey. None of the 36 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 Lenton Abbey, 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.
Lenton Abbey gets about 653 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 65 mm; driest March, 42 mm). That is 44% 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), 1.4 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: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Lenton Abbey has river level monitoring on Tottle Brook — 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 10 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2000. 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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