What is a designated warning or alert area?

It is an official geographic coverage area used by the Environment Agency when issuing flood notices. An area can remain in the directory for years while having no warning active today.

Why can similar area names appear more than once?

The Environment Agency can define separate coverage areas for different river reaches, banks or nearby communities. Similar names do not necessarily describe the same official area; the EA reference identifies each one.

Does being inside this area prove my property will flood?

No. A monitoring-area listing is not a property-level assessment. Use the official long-term flood-risk service for an address and seek specialist advice for property, mortgage or insurance decisions.

Environment Agency monitoring directory

Cambridge Road, Cambridge Street, Meadow Way, Almond Close, Rectory Gardens, Fox Grove, Lancaster Way, East Chadley Lane, Orchard Way, Linden Grove, Pavilion Close, Park Lane, The Avenue and Post Street

Q: Does this page mean a warning is active for Cambridge Road, Cambridge Street, Meadow Way, Almond Close, Rectory Gardens, Fox Grove, Lancaster Way, East Chadley Lane, Orchard Way, Linden Grove, Pavilion Close, Park Lane, The Avenue and Post Street?

No. This page describes a permanent Environment Agency monitoring area. The separate live-status panel checks whether a warning or alert is currently in force. If the feed is unavailable, the current status is unknown.

Designated Flood Warning AreaEA reference 052FWFLOGM1

This label is not a current warning. It means the EA has predefined this location as an area where it may issue a flood warning. The live panel below checks what is active now.

Live Environment Agency feed

Is an official warning active now?

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Official area details

Watercourse or coast: River Great Ouse
Directory county: Cambridgeshire
EA operational area: Cambridgeshire
Coverage category: Designated Flood Warning Area

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Use this information safely

For conditions now: use the live panel and verify on the official flood service.
For a property: use the official long-term risk checker; this directory is not address-level evidence.
For river levels: open a nearby monitoring station and check the reading time.
For immediate danger: follow emergency-service instructions and call 999.

Check property flood risk →Official live service →

Nearby river-level stations

These are measuring instruments, not reported flood locations. A station reading must be interpreted with its timestamp, station datum and any official threshold context.

Hemingford

River Great Ouse · Upper and Bedford Ouse

St Ives

River Great Ouse · Upper and Bedford Ouse

Bourn Brook

Bourn Brook · Cam and Ely Ouse (Including South Level)

Brampton Racecourse

Alconbury Brook · Upper and Bedford Ouse

Sutton Gault

River Great Ouse · Old Bedford including the Middle Level

Covington

River Kym · Upper and Bedford Ouse

St Neots

River Great Ouse · Upper and Bedford Ouse

Godmanchester

River Great Ouse · Upper and Bedford Ouse

Brampton Sluice

River Great Ouse · Upper and Bedford Ouse

Nearby designated monitoring areas

River Great Ouse from Brampton to Earith, including Back Brook, Hall Green Brook, Parsons Drove Drain, Swavesey Drain and Wadsbys Folly

River Great Ouse · designated alert area

Berry Lane, West Street, The Causeway, St Anns Lane, Cambridge Street, Earning Street, Fairey Avenue, The Close, Tudor Road, Cambridge Road, White Hart Lane, Anderson Crescent, Orchard Way, Chadley Lane, Post Street, and The Avenue in Godmanchester