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Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for Hunstanton coast in Norfolk — flooding is possible from 16:45am to 20:15am on Friday 9th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Updated 2026-10-09 15:12:14 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Watlington is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 6.93 km2 (2.68 sq mi) and had a population of 2,031 in 852 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 2,455 at the 2011 Census. It is in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Towns and villages near Watlington with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Wiggenhall St Germans · Tilney St Lawrence · Terrington St John · Clenchwarton · Terrington St Clement · Walpole St Peter · Outwell
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 Great Ouse (tidal here), about 50 m from the middle of Watlington'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 Great Ouse nearest the middle of Watlington'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.
Watlington is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Great Ouse, in Norfolk. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Great Ouse is monitored by 1 station (Magdalen Bridge). 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 Watlington. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Saddlebow, Wiggenhall St Germans, Wiggenhall St Peter and Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen; Stow Bridge, Watlington, Setchey and Saddlebow; Wiggenhall St Mary The Virgin, Tilney St Lawrence, Tilney cum Islington, Tilney Fen End and Outwell; Eau Brink, Saddle Bow, the Wiggenhalls, Tilney St Lawrence, West Walton, Walpole St Peters, Walpole Highway, Watlington, Nordelph, Barroway Drive and Salters Lode.
If flooding is forecast in Watlington, 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.
Watlington gets about 604 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 60 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), 2.7 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 Hunstanton coast in Norfolk — flooding is possible from 16:45am to 20:15am on Friday 9th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Watlington has river level monitoring on River Great Ouse — 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.
No recorded flood outline is mapped around the Watlington town centre means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. FloodRadar has separately logged 10 flood warnings or alerts for the Norfolk area since February 2026. See the flood history link below.
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