No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 15:12:42 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Stratton St Margaret is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The parish covers north-eastern suburbs of Swindon including Stratton St Margaret itself, along with Upper Stratton, Lower Stratton and Kingsdown.
Towns and villages near Stratton St Margaret 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.
Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Stratton St Margaret's gauges: an unnamed stream (about 820 m) and Dorcan Stream (about 950 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.
Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Stratton St Margaret'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.
Stratton St Margaret is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Cole, in Swindon. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Cole is monitored by 1 station (Lower Stratton). 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 Stratton St Margaret. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: River Cole for the Covingham and Lower Stratton areas in Swindon including Greenbridge Industrial Estate; Dorcan Brook in the Dorcan, Eldene and Coate areas in Swindon; Properties closest to the South Marston Brook including Quarrybrook Close, Byron Court, Greenfields and Chapel Lane; River Swin Bourne in the Even Swindon, West Kingshill & Westleaze areas in Swindon.
There are 2 storm overflows within 5km of Stratton St Margaret. None of the 2 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 Stratton St Margaret, 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.
Stratton St Margaret gets about 717 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 75 mm; driest March, 46 mm). That is 38% 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), 1.9 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.
Stratton St Margaret has river level monitoring on River Cole — 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 2007. 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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