Environment Agency monitoring directory
River Idle at West Retford and Ordsall including Works nearby the Belmoor Lake, the Industrial Estate and West Field
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Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- River Idle
- Directory county
- Nottinghamshire
- EA operational area
- Nottinghamshire
- Coverage category
- Designated Flood Warning 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.
Nearby designated monitoring areas
River Idle and tributaries from West Drayton to the confluence with the River Trent
River Idle · designated alert area
River Idle at South Retford, Eaton, Gamston and Thrumpton
River Idle · designated warning area
River Idle at Bawtry including the A631 Bawtry Bridge and properties near the river on Church Street
River Idle · designated warning area
River Idle at Misson including surrounding isolated properties and farms
River Idle · 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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