Does Rugeley flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 68 postcodes in Rugeley 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 906 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 Rugeley

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Rugeley watch River Blithe, River Trent, River Sow, River Swarbourne.

• Hamstall Ridware
  River Blithe · 6.3 km away 0.11 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago
• Great Haywood
  River Trent · 7.2 km away 0.84 mASD
  normal range · rising · 33 min ago
• Milford
  River Sow · 7.9 km away 0.65 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago
• Kings Bromley
  River Trent · 8.6 km away 0.68 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago
• Hoar Cross
  River Swarbourne · 9.6 km away 0.19 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Rugeley'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 Rugeley

10 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Rugeley. The EA has issued 229 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 1 Mar 2026.

• River Trent at Rugeley including Mast Trading Estate, Power Station Road area, Boston Industrial Estate, Deacons Way, Bishops Grange and Vicars Croft
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 0.4 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Great Haywood to Yoxall
  54 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 2.5 km
• River Trent at Hill Ridware, Pipe Ridware and Mavesyn Ridware areas
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.7 km
• River Blithe from Blithfield Reservoir to Bancroft including Hanstall Ridware
  38 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.2 km
• River Trent at Handsacre, Nethertown and Kings Bromley
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 7.1 km
• River Sow Tixall area
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 7.8 km
• River Trent at Great Haywood Little Haywood Colwich and Wolsley Bridge area
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 7.8 km
• River Swarbourn at Yoxall including Wood Lane Bridge Farm, Stair Bridge, Main Street and Bond End
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2024 9.6 km
• River Swarbourn at Woodlane Bridge, Yoxall
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 9.6 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Blythe Bridge and Nethertown on the River Blithe and between Hoar Cross and Yoxall on the River Swarbourne
  91 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 9.8 km

Rainfall near Rugeley

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.9 km away), recorded 0.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 16.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 33 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Rugeley

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

High likelihood (44)

Medium likelihood (3)

Low likelihood (16)

Very low likelihood (5)

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.