Does Rugby flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 60 postcodes in Rugby 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 478 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 Rugby

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Rugby watch River Avon, River Swift, River Leam, Wolston Brook, Clay Coton Brook.

• Rugby
  River Avon · 1.0 km away 0.52 mASD
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago
• Churchover
  River Swift · 5.0 km away 0.12 mASD
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago
• Lilbourne Structure
  River Avon · 6.9 km away 0.10 mASD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 34 min ago
• Kites Hardwick Structure
  River Leam · 7.7 km away 0.10 mASD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 34 min ago
• Wolston
  Wolston Brook · 8.3 km away 0.03 mASD
  steady · 34 min ago
• Clay Coton
  Clay Coton Brook · 9.7 km away 0.29 mASD
  normal range · steady · 34 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Rugby'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 Rugby

9 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Rugby. The EA has issued 587 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 13 Mar 2026.

• River Avon at Rugby and Newbold on Avon including Aqua Place, Boughton Road and Kinman Way area, Junction One Retail Park area, Fosterd Road and Newbold Road in Rugby and Grange Road, Newbold Road, Main Street and Parkfield Road in Newbold on Avon
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 1.3 km
• River Swift at Rugby, including Brownsover Road, Swift Park and Leicester Road Retail Park
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 1.7 km
• River Avon at Little Lawford and Newnham Grounds including Little Lawford Lane
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.1 km
• River Avon at Bretford
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 6.6 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Stanford and Rugby including Lilbourne and Clay Coton areas
  266 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 7.7 km
• River Leam at Grandborough and Kites Hardwick including Hill Road, Sawbridge Road and Main Street in Grandborough and Southam Road in Kites Hardwick
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2024 8.0 km
• River Avon at Marston and Wolston including Priory Road in Marston and Hawthorne Close, St Margarets Avenue, Bluemells Drive and Main Street in Wolston
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 8.5 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Grandborough and Leamington, including Long Itchington
  224 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 8.7 km
• River Avon at Stanford on Avon including Stanford on Avon village
  28 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 9.7 km

Recorded floods near Rugby

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Rugby, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 1 Jan 2001 — 23rd September 1992, River Avon Main river
• 1 Jan 2001 — 23rd September 1992 Drainage
• 7 Apr 1998 — Long Lawford Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Church Lawford Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Newbold on Avon Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Little Lawford Main river
• 1 Apr 1998 — April 1998 (Lower Severn) Main river
• 1 Sep 1992 — September 1992 (Lower Severn) Main river
• 20 Jan 1985 — M_LS_Jan_1985 Main river
• 1 Jan 1985 — 1985 (Lower Severn) Main river

Rainfall near Rugby

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.9 km away), recorded 0.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 12.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 34 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Rugby

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

High likelihood (18)

Medium likelihood (11)

Low likelihood (30)

Very low likelihood (1)

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.