Environment Agency monitoring directory
Low lying and exposed parts of Ilfracombe, including Cheyne Beach, The Quay, The Strand and Broad Street
Live Environment Agency feed
Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- Bristol Channel, North Devon Coast
- Directory county
- Devon
- EA operational area
- Devon
- Coverage category
- Designated Flood Warning Area
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.
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.
Barbrook Bridge
West Lyn River · Taw and North Devon Streams
Collard Bridge
River Yeo · Taw and North Devon Streams
Braunton Butts Bridge
River Caen · Taw and North Devon Streams
Braunton
River Caen (Tidal) · Taw and North Devon Streams
Stoneybridge
River Caen · Taw and North Devon Streams
Coney Gut
Coney Gut · Taw and North Devon Streams
Ilfracombe
Tide · England - South Coast
Plaistow Mill
Bradiford Water · Taw and North Devon Streams
Portmarsh Lane
Coney Gut · Taw and North Devon Streams
Combe Martin Bowling Green Lane
River Umber · Taw and North Devon Streams
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Property and insurance decisions
Inclusion in an EA monitoring area does not by itself establish a property's flood probability, insurance eligibility or premium. Check the address-level official service and ask the insurer or a qualified surveyor about the property.
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