Environment Agency monitoring directory
riverside locations and roads between Sticklepath and Taw Bridge, including Taw Green, Newland Cross, Bondleigh, Taw Bridge, vulnerable parts of North Tawton and the A3072 at Newland Mill
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Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- River Taw
- 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.
Vellake
West Okement River · Torridge and Hartland Streams
Newnham Bridge
River Taw · Taw and North Devon Streams
Lapford
River Yeo · Taw and North Devon Streams
Upton Hellions
River Creedy · Exe
North Bovey
River Bovey · Teign Torbay and South Hams
Norley Bridge
River North Lew · Torridge and Hartland Streams
Yeoford
River Yeo · Exe
Chulmleigh
Little Dart River · Taw and North Devon Streams
Dolton
River Torridge · Torridge and Hartland Streams
Rockhay Bridge
River Torridge · Torridge and Hartland Streams
Nearby designated monitoring areas
riverside locations and roads between Taw Bridge and Newnham Bridge, including Coldridge, Chenson, Eggesford, Chawleigh, Bridge Reeve, Colleton Mills and the B3220 at Taw Bridge
River Taw · designated warning area
low lying areas on the tidal River Taw, including Bishops Tawton and Lake
River Taw · designated warning area
low lying properties and roads at North Tawton, including Taw Bridge, Taw Bridge Cross, Mill Lane and Bridge Cottages
River Taw · designated warning area
riverside locations and roads between Newnham Bridge and Barnstaple, including Abbot's Marsh, Burrington, Portsmouth Arms, Umberleigh and Chapelton, the A377 and B3277 at Umberleigh and the Exeter to Barnstaple Railway Line
River Taw · designated warning area
Lower River Taw and its tributaries from Newnham Bridge to Barnstaple, including Umberleigh, Chittlehampton, Swimbridge and Bishop's Tawton areas
River Taw · designated alert area
riverside properties and roads in Bishops Tawton, including the A377 (New Road), School Lane, Easter Street and Sanders Lane
River Taw · designated warning area
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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