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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 02:23:31 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.
Towns and villages near Plympton with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
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 Tory Brook, about 20 m from the middle of Plympton's gauges. It flows into the River Plym about 2.7 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 Tory Brook nearest the middle of Plympton'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.
Plympton is monitored by 2 Environment Agency river level stations on the Long Brook, the Tory Brook, in Devon. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Long Brook is monitored by 1 station (Plympton). The Tory Brook is monitored by 1 station (Newnham Park). 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 Plympton. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Tory Brook from Newnham Park to Long Bridge including Newnham Rd, Glen Rd, Plympton St Mary Bridge, Valley Rd and Plympton Sewage Treatment Works; Long Brook (Plympton) at Plympton including St Maurice Road, Dark Street Lane, Priory Mill, Market Road, Linketty Lane and Plympton Sewage Treatment Works; River Plym at Marsh Mills including Coypool, Marsh Mills Retail Park, Sewage Treatment Works, Sainsburys, Sports Ground, the A38 and the Railway Line; River Plym from Shaugh Bridge to Riverside Caravan Park including Shaugh Bridge Car Park, Shaugh Mill and Longbridge Road.
There are 35 storm overflows within 5km of Plympton. None of the 35 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging. 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 Plympton, 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.
Plympton gets about 1,210 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 146 mm; driest May, 68 mm). That is close to 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), 1.8 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.
Plympton has river level monitoring on Long Brook, Tory Brook — 2 monitoring stations 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 2021. 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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