Flood Warning Info - The Blyth and Walpole Rivers and the Bramfield watercourse

The Blyth and Walpole Rivers and the Bramfield watercourse

The Walpole River from Huntingfield to Halesworth, including the River Blyth at Blyford, and Bramfield watercourse.

This is a Flood Warning Area. For this area, you may receive Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings.

Current Flood Warning Status

No current warning

Area Covered by this Flood Warning

The red highlighted area on the map below outlines the area covered by this Flood Warning.

Flood Warning History

Number of historic Flood Warnings that have previously been recorded for this area.

Historical Flood Warnings for this Area

Flood Warning

Flood Warning issued on 20 Oct 2023 13:31

Blyth, Walpole, Bramfield

This message has been issued because flooding of homes and businesses is likely today, Friday 20th October 2023. River levels are expected to continue to rise. Areas most at risk are Bridge Street, Huntingfield, in the Walpole Bridge area in Walpole, and on the Street and Bridge Street in Bramfield. It is likely that we may need to issue more warning messages for a wider area, over the next few hours. The forecast is for further unsettled weather through the weekend. Take care on riverside footpaths, and don't put yourself in unnecessary danger. We are monitoring the situation and not expecting the situation to escalate. We will update this message by 5pm, Friday 20th October or as the situation changes.