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Another gauge is also registered under the name St Helens: Ellamsbridge Road, St Helens (Liverpool City Region) — see the Liverpool City Region gauges. This page is St Helens, Isle of Wight.
No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 04:45:41 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
St Helens is a village and civil parish located on the eastern side of the Isle of Wight.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Yar (tidal here), about 20 m from the middle of St Helens's gauges.
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 Yar nearest the middle of St Helens'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.
St Helens is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Eastern Yar, in Isle of Wight. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Eastern Yar is monitored by 1 station (Bembridge). 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 St Helens. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Coastal areas at Bembridge; Sandown, Yaverland, Yarbridge, Brading and Bembridge on the Eastern Yar; Coastal areas of Seaview and Spring Vale; Eastern Yar and tributaries from Whitwell to Bembridge.
There are 18 storm overflows within 5km of St Helens. None of the 17 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 St Helens, 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.
St Helens gets about 817 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 105 mm; driest May, 46 mm). That is 30% 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), 1.3 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.
St Helens has river level monitoring on Eastern Yar — 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 4 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2000. 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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