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Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for Tidal Thames riverside from the Thames Barrier to Putney Bridge — flooding is possible from 01:00 AM to 03:00 AM on Saturday 10th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Updated 2026-10-10 00:05:18 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Woldingham is a village and civil parish high on the North Downs between Oxted and Warlingham in Surrey, England, within the M25, 17.5 miles (28.2 km) southeast of London. The village has 2,141 inhabitants, many of whom commute to London, making Woldingham part of the London commuter belt. The village is served by the Oxted line and central London can be reached in 33 minutes by train.
Towns and villages near Woldingham 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.
The river map has no watercourse within 1 km of the middle of Woldingham's gauges.
That means this spot is not on the river map, not that there is no water here: Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers) leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Woldingham is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Groundwater Level, in Surrey. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Groundwater Level is monitored by 1 station (Woldingham Road). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There is 1 Environment Agency flood warning area within 10km of Woldingham. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Areas at risk of groundwater flooding in the Caterham Bourne catchment including Caterham, Whyteleafe, Kenley, Purley, South Croydon, Beddington and Carshalton.
If flooding is forecast in Woldingham, 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.
Woldingham gets about 860 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 96 mm; driest March, 55 mm). That is 26% 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), 2.4 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: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: the Environment Agency has a Flood Alert in force for Tidal Thames riverside from the Thames Barrier to Putney Bridge — flooding is possible from 01:00 AM to 03:00 AM on Saturday 10th October. Flooding is possible — be prepared and keep an eye on updates.
Woldingham has river level monitoring on Groundwater Level — 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 Woldingham 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 Surrey area since February 2026. See the flood history link below.
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