Does Stapleford flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Stapleford

Ordnance Survey places 43 postcodes in Stapleford in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 652 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Stapleford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Stapleford watch River Erewash, Boundary Brook, Tottle Brook, Golden Brook, River Leen, River Derwent, River Trent, Day Brook.

• Sandiacre
  River Erewash · 1.3 km away 0.17 mASD
  normal range · rising · 37 min ago
• Trowell
  Boundary Brook · 1.3 km away 0.34 mASD
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Wollaton
  Tottle Brook · 3.7 km away 0.45 mASD
  normal range · rising · 37 min ago
• Breaston
  Golden Brook · 4.6 km away 0.34 mASD
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Lenton
  River Leen · 6.5 km away 0.11 mASD
  normal range · rising · 37 min ago
• Church Wilne
  River Derwent · 7.4 km away 0.47 mASD
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Clifton Bridge
  River Trent · 7.4 km away 0.95 mASD
  normal range · just past its peak · 37 min ago
• Shipley Gate
  River Erewash · 8.1 km away 1.16 mASD
  normal range · rising · 37 min ago
• Shardlow
  River Trent · 8.4 km away 0.50 mASD
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Day Brook
  Day Brook · 9.6 km away 0.03 mASD
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Stapleford's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Stapleford

47 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Stapleford. The EA has issued 584 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Sep 2026.

• River Erewash at Stapleford from Crawford Avenue to Sandiacre Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 0.4 km
• River Erewash at Stapleford from the M1 to the playing fields south of Moorbridge Lane and Boundary Brook up to Trowell Road
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 0.8 km
• River Erewash from Kirkby-in-Ashfield to the River Trent at Attenborough
  144 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2026 0.9 km
• River Erewash at Sandiacre including Station Road and the Depot by Bessell Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 2.0 km
• River Erewash at Long Eaton including properties around Bennett Street
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 3.3 km
• Rivers Trent and Erewash at Chilwell including Attenborough and areas near to the Sewage Works and Chilwell Manor Golf Club
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 3.7 km
• Rivers Erewash and Trent at Toton around the A6005
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 3.9 km
• Tottle Brook at Wollaton and Beeston including Wollaton Vale 4.2 km
• Tributaries of the River Erewash including Golden Brook, Beauvale Brook, Bailey Brook, Boundary Brook and Golden Stream close to the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
  48 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 4.2 km
• River Trent at Attenborough Village including The Strand 4.4 km
• River Trent at New Sawley including properties around Wilsthorpe Road 4.6 km
• River Trent at Attenborough Nature Reserve including the Visitor Centre
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 4.7 km

Recorded floods near Stapleford

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Stapleford, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 2 Jan 2024 — Beeston to West Bridgford January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Sandiacre January 2024 Main river
• 2 Jan 2024 — Trentlock to Beeston January 2024 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Breaston October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Draycott October 2023 Ordinary watercourse
• 16 Oct 2023 — Ilkeston October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Toton October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Stapleford October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Long Eaton October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Attenborough October 2023 Main river
• 16 Oct 2023 — Sandiacre October 2023 Main river
• 10 Nov 2000 — Lower Trent - 10 Nov 2000 Main river

…and 22 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Stapleford

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (6.8 km away), recorded 0.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 14.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 22 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Stapleford

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Stapleford that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (37)

Medium likelihood (1)

Low likelihood (3)

Very low likelihood (2)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.