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Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries — flooding is possible on consecutive tides from 11pm on Friday 9th October through to 1am on Saturday 10th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Updated 2026-10-10 00:05:04 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Stisted is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of the centre of the town of Braintree. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 662.
Towns and villages near Stisted with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Braintree · Halstead · Kelvedon
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 Blackwater, about 10 m from the middle of Stisted's gauges. It flows on to the sea.
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 Blackwater nearest the middle of Stisted'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.
Stisted is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Blackwater, in Essex. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Blackwater is monitored by 1 station (Stisted). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 6 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Stisted. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: The Rivers Pant and Blackwater from, Great Bardfield to Langford including Braintree, and the River Brain from, Black Notley to Witham; The River Brain, including Podds Brook, through Braintree, Black Notley, White Notley and Witham; The River Blackwater from Braintree to Langford, including Coggeshall and Kelvedon; The River Pant, from Great Bardfield to Braintree, including Shalford.
There are 11 storm overflows within 5km of Stisted. None of the 9 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 Stisted, 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.
Stisted gets about 604 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 64 mm; driest March, 37 mm). That is 48% 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), 2.5 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: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries — flooding is possible on consecutive tides from 11pm on Friday 9th October through to 1am on Saturday 10th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Stisted has river level monitoring on River Blackwater — 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 7 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1947. 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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