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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (16.6 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:32:50 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Sedgwick is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Kendal. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 380, decreasing at the 2011 census to 349.
Towns and villages near Sedgwick 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 the River Kent, about 30 m from the middle of Sedgwick's gauges. It flows into Red Bank Dyke about 32 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 the River Kent nearest the middle of Sedgwick'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.
Sedgwick is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Kent, in Westmorland and Furness. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Kent is monitored by 1 station (Sedgwick). 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 Sedgwick. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Low lying roads, agricultural land and isolated properties adjacent to the River Kent at Sedgewick, Force Lane, Wilson Place, Gate House and Caravan Site; Properties and agricultural land adjacent to the River Kent at Helsington Mills; Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, Lake District Business Park, Aikrigg Avenue, Mintsfeet Road South, Beezon Fields, Ann Street, Stramongate, Thorny Hills, Canal Head, Kent Place, Kirkland, Romney Gardens, Kirkbie Kendal School, Natland Road, Watercrook; Blind Beck at Kendal, Kirkland, Peppercorn Lane and Abbot Hall areas.
There are 4 storm overflows within 5km of Sedgwick. None of the 2 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (2 have no live status right now). Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
Each has its own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Sedgwick, 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.
Sedgwick gets about 1,368 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 157 mm; driest April, 70 mm). That is 18% wetter than 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), 1.7 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: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (16.6 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Sedgwick has river level monitoring on River Kent — 1 monitoring station 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 5 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2020. 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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