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

Wiggenhall St Mary The Virgin, Tilney St Lawrence, Tilney cum Islington, Tilney Fen End and Outwell

Q: Does this page mean a warning is active for Wiggenhall St Mary The Virgin, Tilney St Lawrence, Tilney cum Islington, Tilney Fen End and Outwell?

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 Warning AreaEA reference 052FWTTRV_BRW2

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.

Live Environment Agency feed

Is an official warning active now?

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Official area details

Watercourse or coast: River Great Ouse
Directory county: Norfolk
EA operational area: Norfolk
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.

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.

Kilham's Bridge

River Wallington · North West Norfolk

Welney Causeway

River Great Ouse · Old Bedford including the Middle Level

Marham

River Nar · North West Norfolk

Castle Rising

Babingley River · North West Norfolk

Magdalen Bridge

River Great Ouse · North West Norfolk

Wissey Sluice

River Wissey · Cam and Ely Ouse (Including South Level)

Setchey Bridge

River Nar · Cam and Ely Ouse (Including South Level)

King's Lynn

River Great Ouse · North West Norfolk

Freebridge

River Great Ouse · Ouse

Nearby designated monitoring areas

Eau Brink, Saddle Bow, the Wiggenhalls, Tilney St Lawrence, West Walton, Walpole St Peters, Walpole Highway, Watlington, Nordelph, Barroway Drive and Salters Lode

River Great Ouse · designated alert area

Clenchwarton Road, Poppyfields, St Peter's Road, St Peter's Close, Hare Road, Sculthorpe Avenue, Ferry Road and Fox's Lane in West Lynn