Does appearing on this East Sussex page mean there is a flood warning?

No. The directory lists permanent Environment Agency monitoring areas and stations associated with East Sussex. Current warnings are shown separately in the live-status panel near the top of the page.

How many EA monitoring areas are associated with East Sussex?

This directory snapshot contains 64 designated warning or alert areas associated with East Sussex. The count describes official monitoring coverage; it is not a county or property risk score.

What do the blue points on the map mean?

Each blue point is an Environment Agency water-level monitoring station. A point is not a reported flood, an active warning or proof that nearby property is at risk.

How should I check a specific property?

Use the official long-term flood-risk service for the address, check current warnings, review several station readings where relevant and obtain professional advice for a purchase, planning or insurance decision.

Environment Agency directory · South East

Flood warnings and river levels in East Sussex

Current warnings are checked live. Monitoring areas, stations and watercourses below are directory records and may be listed even when no warning is in force.

Designated areas: 64
Level stations: 27
Named watercourses: 34
Directory snapshot: 6 Aug 2026, 01:13

Live Environment Agency status

Current flood warnings in East Sussex

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Directory metadata refreshed 6 Aug 2026, 01:13 (UK time). Warning status is requested separately from the EA feed.

Permanent EA coverage

Designated monitoring areas in East Sussex

These are predefined places where the Environment Agency can issue a Flood Warning or Flood Alert. The category describes how EA organises the area; it does not show whether an alert is active now. Similar names can refer to different official stretches of the same river.

Official area name	Watercourse / coast	EA area category
Southern and Southwestern sides of Olives Meadow Road in Uckfield EA ref 065FWF1103	River Uck	Designated warning area Coverage type—not a current warning
River Uck and the Framfield, Ridgewood and Tickerage Streams EA ref 065WAF442	Uck	Designated alert area Coverage type—not a current warning
Coastal areas of Bulverhythe including areas between the Railway track and Bexhill Road and West Marina Gardens EA ref 065WAC420	English Channel	Designated alert area Coverage type—not a current warning
Kidbrooke Stream at Forest Row, including Priory Road, Swans Ghyll, Riverside and Blenheim Fields EA ref 064FWF8Kidbrook	Kidbrooke Stream	Designated warning area Coverage type—not a current warning
Powdermill Stream at Crowhurst from the Post Office to the Recreation Ground South of Sandrock Hill Road EA ref 065FWF1401	Powdermill Stream, Combe Haven	Designated warning area Coverage type—not a current warning
Combe Haven, Powdermill and Watermill streams EA ref 065WAF453	Combe Haven	Designated alert area Coverage type—not a current warning
Malling area of Lewes, on Sussex River Ouse, including Spences Lane, Orchard Road and the Malling Brooks Industrial Estate EA ref 065FWF1009	Sussex River Ouse	Designated warning area Coverage type—not a current warning
Lower Ouse and tributaries from Barcombe Mills to Newhaven EA ref 065WAF443	Ouse	Designated alert area Coverage type—not a current warning
Areas of Eastbourne at risk from a high tide including areas of Roselands, Willingdon Levels, areas near Shinewater Lake, West Langley Levels and Sovereign Harbour and Langney Village EA ref 065WAC416	English Channel	Designated alert area Coverage type—not a current warning
Coastal areas of Bexhill including West Parade, Egerton Park and De La Warr Parade EA ref 065FWC3601	English Channel	Designated warning area Coverage type—not a current warning
Coastal areas of Bexhill including West Parade, Egerton Park and De La Warr Parade EA ref 065WAC419	English Channel	Designated alert area Coverage type—not a current warning
Sussex River Ouse from Freshfield Bridge to Sharpsbridge including Sheffield Park Station and Fletching Mill EA ref 065FWF1004	Sussex River Ouse	Designated warning area Coverage type—not a current warning

Showing 12 of 64 matching areas

River-level monitoring

Stations and readings in East Sussex

Blue points are monitoring instruments—not flood incidents. Open a station for recent readings, time checked and nearby context.

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Freshfield Bridge

River Ouse

Ouse catchment

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Sheepwash Bridge

Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels

Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels catchment

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Udiam

River Rother

Rother catchment

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Goldbridge

River Ouse

Ouse catchment

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Browns Bridge

Dudwell Tributary Rother

Rother catchment

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Buxted

River Uck

Ouse catchment

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Lewes Corporation Yard

River Ouse

Ouse catchment

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Hellingly

River Bull

Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels catchment

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Barcombe

River Ouse

Ouse catchment

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Forest Row

River Medway

Medway catchment

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Winchelsea Strand Bridge

River Brede

Rother catchment

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Newhaven

Tide

England - South Coast catchment

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Directory index

Watercourses associated with East Sussex

Rivers, streams, drains and coastal waters named in EA area or station records. Inclusion does not mean the watercourse is currently high or flooding.

Adur
Brede
Bull River
Combe Haven
Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels
Cuckmere River
Dudwell Tributary Rother
English Channel
Groundwater
Hollington Stream
Kidbrooke Stream
Langney Haven
Ouse
Polegate Brook Street Stream
Polegate Street Stream
Powdermill Stream
River Brede
River Bull
River Cuckmere
River Medway
River Ouse
River Rother
River Tillingham
River Uck

Check property-level risk before buying or insuring

Our directory lists 64 Environment Agency warning and alert areas associated with East Sussex. The count does not determine the risk to a specific address. Use the postcode checker and official long-term flood-risk service, then confirm cover with your insurer or a qualified professional where necessary.

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Nearby local areas

Brighton and Hove

4 designated areas · 0 stations

Greater London

140 designated areas · 102 stations

Kent

146 designated areas · 75 stations

Medway

1 designated areas · 0 stations

Thurrock

4 designated areas · 0 stations

West Sussex

70 designated areas · 28 stations

Current flood warnings in East Sussex

Designated monitoring areas in East Sussex

Stations and readings in East Sussex

Watercourses associated with East Sussex

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