What is a designated warning or alert area?

It is an official geographic coverage area used by the Environment Agency when issuing flood notices. An area can remain in the directory for years while having no warning active today.

Why can similar area names appear more than once?

The Environment Agency can define separate coverage areas for different river reaches, banks or nearby communities. Similar names do not necessarily describe the same official area; the EA reference identifies each one.

Does being inside this area prove my property will flood?

No. A monitoring-area listing is not a property-level assessment. Use the official long-term flood-risk service for an address and seek specialist advice for property, mortgage or insurance decisions.

Environment Agency monitoring directory

Areas of Pevensey at risk from a high tide including the Crumbles, East Langley Levels, Mountney Bridge, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, Manxey, Horse Eye and Hooe Levels

Q: Does this page mean a warning is active for Areas of Pevensey at risk from a high tide including the Crumbles, East Langley Levels, Mountney Bridge, Pevensey Bay, Pevensey, Manxey, Horse Eye and Hooe Levels?

No. This page describes a permanent Environment Agency monitoring area. The separate live-status panel checks whether a warning or alert is currently in force. If the feed is unavailable, the current status is unknown.

Designated Flood Alert AreaEA reference 065WAC418

This label is not a current warning. It means the EA has predefined this location as an area where it may issue a flood alert. The live panel below checks what is active now.

Live Environment Agency feed

Is an official warning active now?

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Official area details

Watercourse or coast: English Channel
Directory county: East Sussex
EA operational area: East Sussex
Coverage category: Designated Flood Alert Area

Open the official EA boundary data →

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.

Check property flood risk →Official live service →

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.

Sheepwash Bridge

Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels · Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels

Browns Bridge

Dudwell Tributary Rother · Rother

Hellingly

River Bull · Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels

Burwash

River Rother · Rother

Pevensey

Salt Haven · Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels

Leabridge

River Bull · Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels

Eastbourne Harbour

Tide · Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels

Crowhurst

Combe Haven · Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels

Cowbeech

River Cuckmere · Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels

Nearby designated monitoring areas

Coastal areas of Bulverhythe including areas between the Railway track and Bexhill Road and West Marina Gardens