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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 18:45:58 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Shepshed is a market town and civil parish in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England with a population of 14,875 at the 2021 census. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Loughborough.
Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Shepshed's gauges: Black Brook (about 10 m) and Grace Dieu Brook (about 20 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.
Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Shepshed'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.
Shepshed is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Black Brook, in Leicestershire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Black Brook is monitored by 1 station (Shepshed). 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 Shepshed. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: River Soar at Moor Lane in Normanton on Soar and Hathern Sports Ground including Pasture Lane and Hathern C of E Primary School; Loughborough urban watercourses and local tributaries to the River Soar including: Black Brook, Wood Brook, Burleigh Brook, Grace Dieu Brook, Hermitage Brook, Long Whatton Brook, King's Brook and Kingston Brook; Black Brook at Thorpe Acre including properties around Warwick Way near Derby Road; River Soar at Zouch Island including Zouch Farm and riverside properties on the Zouch Road to Hathern.
There are 12 storm overflows within 5km of Shepshed. None of the 10 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (2 have no live status right now). Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
6 of them, nearest first, with their own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Shepshed, 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.
Shepshed gets about 636 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 63 mm; driest March, 41 mm). That is 45% drier 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), 1.9 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: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Shepshed has river level monitoring on Black Brook — 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 6 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1977. 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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