Environment Agency monitoring directory

Stainforth including the area bounded by River Don, Doncaster Road, East Lane, Emerson Avenue, Field Road, Oldfield Crescent, the railway line and the M18 motorway

Designated Flood Warning AreaEA reference 123FWF698
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.

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Official area details

Watercourse or coast
River Don
Directory county
Doncaster
EA operational area
Doncaster
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.

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.

Nearby designated monitoring areas

Fishlake including Trundle Lane, Far Bank Lane, East Field Road, Dirty Lane, Main Street, Church Lane, Grove Road, Pinfold Lane, Sour Lane and Wood Lane

River Don · designated warning area

River Don from Hexthorpe to Stainforth, including Swaith Dike and North Swaith Dike in Bentley

River Don · designated alert area

Doncaster including North Bridge to Long Sandall. Including parts of Wheatley and Wheatley Park

River Don · designated warning area

Bentley including large areas of Bentley Rise and Richmond Hill. Also includes parts of Scawsby and Scawthorpe, New Village, Rostholme and Arksey

River Don · designated warning area

South Bramwith including Bramwith Lane, Hall Lane and Low Lane

River Don · designated warning area

Doncaster including Town End and Willow Bridge Caravan Site

River Don · designated warning area

Sprotbrough including Nursery Lane from Sprotbrough Bridge to Tower Cottages

River Don · designated warning area

Braithwaite including Low Lane, Pear Tree Close, Braithwaite Lane, Willow Bridge Lane, Top Lane, Plumtree Hill Road and properties at Stainforth Bridge

River Don · designated warning area

Kirk Sandall including roads off Doncaster Road, Moor and Sandall Lane. Includes Kirk Sandall and Guildhall Industrial Estates. Long Sandall including Works on Thorn Lane. Doncaster including roads off Wilberforce Road. Edenthorpe including Thorne Road

River Don · designated warning area

Doncaster including North Bridge Lane, Marshgate and Cherry Lane

River Don · 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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