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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-08 13:05:09 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
West Winch is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 8.02 km2 (3.10 sq mi) and had a population of 2,596 in 1,068 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 2,734 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Towns and villages near West Winch with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Wiggenhall St Germans · Clenchwarton · Tilney St Lawrence · Terrington St John · Terrington St Clement
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 Nar, about 20 m from the middle of West Winch's gauges. It flows into the River Great Ouse about 7.9 km downstream.
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 Nar nearest the middle of West Winch'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.
West Winch is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Nar, in Norfolk. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Nar is monitored by 1 station (Setchey 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 West Winch. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Stow Bridge, Watlington, Setchey and Saddlebow; Main Road in Narborough, Spring Lane in Marham, Lynn Road, Garage Lane and St. Germans Road in Setchey, Mill Road in Wiggenhall St. Germans, and Low Road, High Road, Maple Road and Acer Road in Saddle Bow; Saddlebow, Wiggenhall St Germans, Wiggenhall St Peter and Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen; Saddlebow, South Lynn, and Nelson Street, Queen Street, King Street, Central Road and Estuary Road in Kings Lynn.
If flooding is forecast in West Winch, 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.
West Winch gets about 625 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 63 mm; driest March, 38 mm). That is 46% 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), 1.4 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.
West Winch has river level monitoring on River Nar — 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 1 recorded flood extent around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 1993. 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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