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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-10 04:45:37 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Weedon Bec, usually just Weedon, is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is close to the source of the River Nene. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 2,706.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Nene, about 60 m from the middle of Weedon Bec'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 Nene nearest the middle of Weedon Bec'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.
Weedon Bec is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Weedon Beck, in West Northamptonshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Weedon Beck is monitored by 1 station (Weedon). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 5 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Weedon Bec. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Areas near the River Nene in Weedon particularly those near Brookside, West Street, Bridge Street and Riverside Drive; Isolated properties and mills near the Upper River Nene including Heyford Mill, Bugbrooke Mill and Upton Mill; Bugbrooke and Nether Heyford including Church Lane, Great Lane West End, Church Street, Manor Park and Watery Lane; Areas near the River Nene in Kislingbury including areas around the High Street and Hodges Lane.
There are 9 storm overflows within 5km of Weedon Bec. None of the 8 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 Weedon Bec, 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.
Weedon Bec gets about 688 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 70 mm; driest March, 45 mm). That is 41% 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), 2.0 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.
Weedon Bec has river level monitoring on Weedon Beck — 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 2 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1998. 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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