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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:00:00 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Sprotbrough is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 7,548 at the 2021 census. The village is transected by the A1(M) motorway and is situated at the top of the Don Gorge, some 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Doncaster city centre. With Cusworth to the north, it forms the civil parish of Sprotbrough and Cusworth, which had a population of 12,134 in 2011.
Towns and villages near Sprotbrough with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Cusworth · Doncaster · Arksey · Toll Bar · Edenthorpe · Kirk Sandall · Barnby Dun
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 Don, about 20 m from the middle of Sprotbrough's gauges. It flows into Dutch River about 29 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 Don nearest the middle of Sprotbrough'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.
Sprotbrough is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Don, in South Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Don is monitored by 1 station (Sprotbrough). 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 Sprotbrough. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Sprotbrough including Nursery Lane from Sprotbrough Bridge to Tower Cottages; Newton including Newton Farm on Newton Lane; Properties and businesses within Conisbrough along the River Don between the sewage works and School Walk; Doncaster including North Bridge Lane, Marshgate and Cherry Lane.
There are 28 storm overflows within 5km of Sprotbrough. None of the 27 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (1 has 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 Sprotbrough, 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.
Sprotbrough gets about 631 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 64 mm; driest March, 38 mm). That is 46% 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), 1.6 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.
Sprotbrough has river level monitoring on River Don — 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 42 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2019. 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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