FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account
FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account
No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 12:32:53 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Old Whittington is a village in the Borough of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. Old Whittington is 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Chesterfield and 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Sheffield. The population of the Old Whittington ward at the 2011 Census was 4,181. The village lies on the River Rother.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Rother, about 20 m from the middle of Old Whittington's gauges. It flows into the River Don about 29 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 the River Rother nearest the middle of Old Whittington'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.
Old Whittington is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Rother, in Derbyshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Rother is monitored by 1 station (Whittington). 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 Old Whittington. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties along Meadow Close, Caxton Close and businesses along Station Lane and Whittington Road.; Business of Chesterfield Trade Park, including Chesterfield Football Club and properties along Station Road, East Side Road and New Bridge Lane; River Rother from Chesterfield to Staveley, including the Rivers Hipper, Drone and Whitting; Properties along Racecourse Road, Brimington Road, Whittington Moor, Pottery Lane East, Holland Road and businesses in Sheepbridge Business Centre, Pearson Trading Estate and Armytage Industrial Estate.
There are 57 storm overflows within 5km of Old Whittington. None of the 52 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (5 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 Old Whittington, 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.
Old Whittington gets about 765 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 80 mm; driest May, 52 mm). That is 34% 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), 2.7 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.
Old Whittington has river level monitoring on River Rother — 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 41 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1958. 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.
FloodRadar helper · beta