Environment Agency monitoring directory
the Upper River Taw from Sticklepath to Newnham Bridge and the River Okement and its tributaries
Live Environment Agency feed
Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- River Taw, River Okement
- Directory county
- Devon
- EA operational area
- Devon
- Coverage category
- Designated Flood Alert 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.
Newnham Bridge
River Taw · Taw and North Devon Streams
Lapford
River Yeo · Taw and North Devon Streams
Upton Hellions
River Creedy · Exe
Woodleigh
River Mole · Taw and North Devon Streams
Norley Bridge
River North Lew · Torridge and Hartland Streams
Yeoford
River Yeo · Exe
Chulmleigh
Little Dart River · Taw and North Devon Streams
Torrington
River Torridge · Torridge and Hartland Streams
Dolton
River Torridge · Torridge and Hartland Streams
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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