Does Royal Leamington Spa flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Royal Leamington Spa

Ordnance Survey places 129 postcodes in Royal Leamington Spa in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 1,635 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Royal Leamington Spa

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Royal Leamington Spa watch River Avon, River Leam, Finham Brook, River Itchen.

• Warwick
  River Avon · 2.1 km away 1.22 m
  normal range · 50 min ago
• Stareton
  River Avon · 6.0 km away 0.32 m
  normal range · steady · 50 min ago
• Eathorpe
  River Leam · 7.5 km away 0.30 m
  normal range · steady · 50 min ago
• Kenilworth
  Finham Brook · 7.6 km away 0.72 m
  normal range · 50 min ago
• Southam Structure
  River Itchen · 8.9 km away 0.16 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 50 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Royal Leamington Spa's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Royal Leamington Spa

18 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Royal Leamington Spa. The EA has issued 303 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 28 Aug 2026.

• River Leam at Leamington including parts of Gullimans Way, Leam Terrace, Priory Terrace, Victoria Terrace, Bath Street, High Street, Euston Place, Dormer Place, Riverside and Princes Drive areas
  no warning on record since 2006 0.2 km
• River Leam at Leamington including parts of Leam Terrace, Willes Road, Mill Road, Parade and Dormer Place
  no warning on record since 2006 0.2 km
• Leamington including parts of Gullimans Way, Radford Rd, Leam Terrace, Willes Terrace, Beaconsfield St, Leam St, New St, George St, Church St, High St, Bath St, Euston Place, Parade, Augusta Place, Portland Place and Archery Rd areas
  no warning on record since 2006 0.4 km
• River Leam at Leamington including Mill Gardens area, Royal Pump Rooms, Pump Rooms Gardens, parts of Dormer Place and parts of Riverside, Adelaide Road
  22 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2024 0.4 km
• River Avon at Guys Cliffe and Emscote including Guys Cliffe and Rock Mill Lane, Kempton Drive, Portobello Road and Emscote Road in Emscote, Warwick
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 2.0 km
• River Avon at Warwick including Emscote Road, Mill House Close, Grange Close, Bridge Street, Mercia Way, Field Close, Rich Close, Frances Avenue, St Nicholas Park, Mill Street and Bridge End
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.5 km
• River Avon at Ashow and Blackdown areas
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 3.5 km
• St Johns Brook at Warwick from Rothwell Road to Coten End
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 3.7 km
• Saltisford Brook at Warwick from Saltisford Common to Warwick Castle Drive
  no warning on record since 2006 4.4 km
• Gog Brook at Warwick from Hampton Road to Lodge Crescent
  32 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.0 km
• Tanyard Stream at Kenilworth from Clarkes Avenue to Mill End
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 6.8 km
• River Avon at Bubbenhall including Bubbenhall Road
  14 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 7.6 km

Recorded floods near Royal Leamington Spa

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Royal Leamington Spa, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 1 Jan 2001 — February 1979, River Avon Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Warwick Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Ashow Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Longbridge Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Barford Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Bartford - Charlecote Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Blackdown Main river
• 1 Apr 1998 — April 1998 (Lower Severn) Main river
• 1 Jan 1992 — Royal Leamington Spa Main river
• 1 Jan 1992 — Warwick Main river
• 20 Jan 1985 — M_LS_Jan_1985 Main river
• 1 Jan 1985 — 1985 (Lower Severn) Main river

…and 2 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Royal Leamington Spa

Royal Leamington Spa gets about 657 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 63 mm; driest March, 42 mm). That is 44% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.9 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.7 km away), recorded 5.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 43.3 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Royal Leamington Spa

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Royal Leamington Spa that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (21)

Medium likelihood (11)

Low likelihood (97)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.