Flood Warning Info - Low lying areas close to Clipstone Brook at Leighton Buzzard
Area Description
Aries Court, North Star Drive, Carina Drive, Hockcliffe Road, Capshill Avenue, Waterdell, South Street, Lovent Drive, Steppingstone Place, Billington Road and Grovebury Road in Leighton Buzzard.
This is a Flood Warning Area. For this area, you may receive Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings.
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Flood Warning History
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Historical Flood Warnings for this Area
Flood Warning issued on 18 Feb 2024 09:38
Clipstone Brook
River levels are rising in response to the persistent, heavy rainfall overnight. Flooding is expected. Areas most at risk are Aries Court, North Star Drive, Carina Drive, Hockcliffe Road, Capshill Avenue, Waterdell, South Street, Lovent Drive, Steppingstone Place, Billington Road and Grovebury Road in Leighton Buzzard. If you have property level resilience, you are advised to install it now. Find out if your community assistance centre is open at www.bedford.gov.uk. Further heavy and persistent rainfall is expected over the course of this morning which will keep river levels high [and could also lead to some surface water problems]. Take care on riverside roads and footpaths, and don't put yourself in unnecessary danger. We are monitoring the situation. We will update this message by 6pm today, 18/02/2024.
Flood Warning issued on 5 Jan 2024 09:13
Clipstone Brook
River levels are high but falling, following heavy rainfall overnight. Flooding is expected throughout this morning, Friday 05/01/24. Areas most at risk are Aries Court, North Star Drive, Carina Drive, Hockcliffe Road, Capshill Avenue, Waterdell, South Street, Lovent Drive, Steppingstone Place, Billington Road and Grovebury Road in Leighton Buzzard. Further light rainfall is possible over the next 12 hours which may keep river levels high. Be ready to take action to protect your property if flooding is expected. We are monitoring the situation. We will update this message by 5pm this afternoon, 05/01/24.
Flood Warning issued on 4 Jan 2024 23:35
Clipstone Brook
River levels are rising steadily in response to this evening's rainfall. Flooding is expected over the next few hours and into the morning, 05/01/24. Areas most at risk are Aries Court, North Star Drive, Carina Drive, Hockcliffe Road, Capshill Avenue, Waterdell, South Street, Lovent Drive, Steppingstone Place, Billington Road and Grovebury Road in Leighton Buzzard. Further rainfall is expected over the next 12 hours which will keep river levels high. Be ready to take action to protect your property if flooding is expected. We are monitoring the situation and are not expecting it to escalate. We will update this message by 9am tomorrow, 05/01/24.
Flood Warning issued on 14 Jan 2021 20:32
Clipstone Brook
River levels are falling at the Clipstone Brook river gauge. Consequently, the risk of property flooding is reducing. We expect flooding to affect Aries Court, North Star Drive, Carina Drive, Hockcliffe Road, Capshill Avenue, Waterdell, South Street, Lovent Drive, Steppingstone Place, Billington Road and Grovebury Road in Leighton Buzzard. Further rainfall is forecast over the next 6 hours. We expect river levels to continue falling over Thursday night into Friday, 15/01/2021. We are closely monitoring the situation. Please avoid contact with flood water. This message will be updated Friday morning, 15/01/2021 or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 14 Jan 2021 12:42
Clipstone Brook
River levels are rising at the Clipstone Brook river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property/roads and farmland is possible today, Thursday 14th January. We expect flooding to affect Aries Court, North Star Drive, Carina Drive, Hockcliffe Road, Capshill Avenue, Waterdell, South Street, Lovent Drive, Steppingstone Place, Billington Road and Grovebury Road in Leighton Buzzard
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 6 hours. We expect river levels to continue to rise through the morning and early afternoon.
We are closely monitoring the situation.
Please avoid contact with flood water.
This message will be updated this afternoon, Thursday 14th January, or as the situation changes.