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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-11-10 19:51:48 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Silloth Docks is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Irish Sea, in Cumberland. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes.
Towns and villages near Silloth Docks 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 river map has no watercourse within 1 km of the middle of Silloth Docks's gauges.
That means this spot is not on the river map, not that there is no water here: Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers) leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Silloth Docks is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Irish Sea, in Cumberland. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Irish Sea is monitored by 1 station (Silloth Docks). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There is 1 Environment Agency flood warning area within 10km of Silloth Docks. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Gretna to Silloth including properties at Skinburness, Whinclose, Port Carlisle, Salt Cotes, Kirkbride, Port Carlisle, Boustead Hill, and Longburgh.
There are 3 storm overflows within 5km of Silloth Docks. None of the 3 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging. 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 Silloth Docks, 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.
Silloth Docks gets about 927 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 105 mm; driest April, 50 mm). That is 20% 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), 2.2 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.
None documented in these sources (the BHS Chronology of British Hydrological Events). That is not evidence that no flood happened: this is a collection of written accounts, and a place counts only where its name could be matched with confidence.
Current verdict: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Silloth Docks has river level monitoring on Irish Sea — 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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