Does Ruddington flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Ruddington

Ordnance Survey places 26 postcodes in Ruddington 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 283 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 Ruddington

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Ruddington watch River Trent, River Leen, Tottle Brook, River Erewash, Boundary Brook, Ouse Dyke.

• Clifton Bridge
  River Trent · 3.4 km away 1.35 m
  normal range · falling · 44 min ago
• Lenton
  River Leen · 6.2 km away 0.18 m
  normal range · falling · 29 min ago
• Wollaton
  Tottle Brook · 7.2 km away 0.50 m
  normal range · 29 min ago
• Colwick
  River Trent · 8.2 km away 1.74 m
  normal range · 29 min ago
• Sandiacre
  River Erewash · 9.1 km away 0.32 m
  normal range · 29 min ago
• Trowell
  Boundary Brook · 9.6 km away 0.37 m
  normal range · 29 min ago
• Carlton Structure
  Ouse Dyke · 9.9 km away 0.17 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 44 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Ruddington'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 Ruddington

37 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Ruddington. The EA has issued 600 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 24 Oct 2026.

• Tributaries in Nottinghamshire including the River Greet, Potwell Dyke, Carr Dyke, Dover Beck, Cocker Beck, Thurgarton Beck, Fairham Brook and others
  159 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 2.0 km
• River Trent at Wilford including properties around the Fairham Brook, Ruddington Lane and the Main Road
  no warning on record since 2006 3.0 km
• River Trent at Beeston for Beeston Marina and Lock
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.4 km
• Nottingham Park and Ride Site and businesses off Lenton Lane
  16 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 3.5 km
• River Trent at West Bridgford including Gamston and the confluence of Melton Road, Wilford Lane and Loughborough Road
  no warning on record since 2006 4.2 km
• River Trent at Beeston Rylands including Beeston, University Park, Dunkirk and The Queens Medical Centre
  no warning on record since 2006 4.5 km
• Rivers Leen and Trent at Dunkirk including Nottingham's Queen Medical Centre and University Boulevard
  no warning on record since 2006 4.5 km
• River Trent at Barton in Fabis including Manor Road, Chestnut Lane, Brown Lane and Rectory Place
  no warning on record since 2006 4.6 km
• River Trent at Attenborough Nature Reserve including the Visitor Centre
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.0 km
• River Trent at Attenborough Village including The Strand
  no warning on record since 2006 5.1 km
• River Trent at Nottingham for The Meadows including Lenton, Meadow Lane Industrial Area, Castle Meadow Retail Park, Nottingham Train Station and areas around The National Ice Centre
  no warning on record since 2006 5.3 km
• River Trent at Thrumpton including Barton Ferry including the riverside farms and the Lake House
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.4 km

Recorded floods near Ruddington

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

• 2 Jan 2024 — Beeston to West Bridgford January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Trentlock to Beeston January 2024 Main river
• 10 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 Main river
• 8 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent 8 Nov 2000 Main river
• 8 Nov 2000 — Trent 8th November 2000 Main river
• 31 Oct 2000 — Fluvial Trent October 2000 Main river
• 31 Oct 2000 — Soar 31st Oct 2000 Main river
• 11 Apr 1998 — River Soar Easter 1998 Main river
• 3 May 1983 — Soar 1983 outline Main river
• 26 Feb 1977 — Fluvial Trent Feb 1977 Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — Fluvial Trent March 1947 Main river
• 1 Feb 1946 — February 1946 Event (Nottingham) Main river

…and 2 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Ruddington

Ruddington gets about 625 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 62 mm; driest March, 39 mm). That is 46% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.2 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.3 km away), recorded 5.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 33.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 44 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Ruddington

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

High likelihood (7)

Medium likelihood (3)

Low likelihood (16)

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.