Flood Warning Info - Lindfield Bridge
Area Description
River Ouse at Lindfield Bridge including Pims Lock.
This is a Flood Warning Area. For this area, you may receive Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings.
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There are no Flood Warnings currently in force for this area. See below for historical flood warnings.
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Flood Warning History
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Historical Flood Warnings for this Area
Flood Warning issued on 5 Jan 2025 16:33
Sussex River Ouse
The River Ouse is high and rising. 36mm of rain has been recorded at Ardingly on Sunday 05/01/2025. From 18:00 on 05/01/2025, flooding will affect fields, rural roads, gardens and properties at Bridge Cottage and Dean's Water Mill at Lindfield Bridge, on the B2028 near Lindfield. Only a small amount of rain is forecast into Monday (06/01/2025). The river should begin to fall by 21:00 on 05/01/2025, and should return to normal from Monday afternoon (06/01/2025). River levels could end up similar to those in November 2024. Riverside properties at Dean's Water Mill and Lindfield Bridge are encouraged to install flood protection products if you have them, and take steps to reduce the impact of flooding. We are operating our structures at Pimms Lock to help keep the river flowing freely and reduce flood risk. We will update this message by 12:00 on 06/01/2025.
Flood Warning issued on 7 May 2024 08:40
Ouse
The River Ouse is very high, but now slowly falling following Monday's rain. Flooding will continue to affect properties at Bridge Cottage and Dean's Water Mill at Lindfield Bridge on the B2028 near Lindfield. Flood water will also be extensive through fields, and affect rural roads and gardens. No rain is forecast for the next five days, with high pressure predicted to bring settled weather. The river should continue to fall. Flood impacts should ease a little by 17:00 07/05/2024, but river levels will not return nearer to normal until 10:00 08/05/2024. Riverside properties at Dean's Water Mill and Lindfield Bridge are encouraged to keep flood protection products installed if you have them. We are operating our structures at Pimms Lock, to help keep the river flowing freely and reduce flood risk. We will update this message by 12:00 08/05/2024.
Flood Warning issued on 6 May 2024 16:06
Ouse
The River Ouse is high and rising. Nearly a month's rain (50mm) has been recorded at Ardingly on Monday. From 16:30 (06/05/2024) flooding will affect properties at Bridge Cottage and Dean's Water Mill at Lindfield Bridge on the B2028 near Lindfield. Flood water will also be extensive through fields, and affect rural roads and gardens. Rain will finally clear the area from 20:00 (06/05/2024), and high pressure, bringing settled and dry weather, is then forecast for the next five days. The river should begin to fall by 21:00 (06/05/2024), and should fall nearer to normal by 10:00 (07/05/2024). Riverside properties at Dean's Water Mill and Lindfield Bridge are encouraged to install flood protection products if you have them, and take steps to reduce the impact of flooding. We are operating our structures at Pimms Lock to help keep the river flowing freely and reduce flood risk. We will update this message by 12:00 on 07/05/2024.
Flood Warning issued on 5 Jan 2024 05:21
Ouse
The River Ouse is high and rising. 30mm of rain has been recorded at Ardingly, in only a few hours Thursday, which is a lot in a short period of time. From 04:00 05/01/2024 flooding will affect properties at Bridge Cottage and Dean's Water Mill at Lindfield Bridge on the B2028 near Lindfield. Flood water will also be extensive through fields, on rural roads, and in gardens. A further 5mm of rain is expected through the early hours of Friday. Very little rain is forecast Friday daytime through to next week. The river should begin to fall by 08:00 05/01/2024, and should return to normal from Saturday. Riverside properties at Dean's Water Mill and Lindfield Bridge are encouraged to install flood protection products if you have them and take steps to reduce the impact of flooding. We are operating our structures at Pimms Lock to help keep the river flowing freely and reduce flood risk. We will update this message by 17:00 05/01/2024
Flood Warning issued on 17 Nov 2022 01:21
Ouse
The River Ouse is high and rising. In the last 48 hours, half a month's rain (50mm) has been recorded at Ardingly. From 05:00 17/11/2022 flooding will affect fields, rural roads, gardens and affect properties at Bridge Cottage and Dean's Water Mill at Lindfield Bridge on the B2028 near Lindfield. Rain is expected to clear by 04:00 Thursday 17/11/2022, leaving Thursday and Friday mostly dry. The river should begin to fall by 16:00 17/11/2022 but will be higher than normal until Friday morning. River levels could end up similar to those seen in March 2020. Riverside properties at Dean's Water Mill and Lindfield Bridge are encouraged to install flood protection products if you have them and take steps to reduce the impact of flooding. We are operating our structures at Pimms Lock to help keep the river flowing freely and reduce flood risk. We will update this message by 14:00 17/11/2022.
Flood Warning issued on 21 Oct 2021 10:21
Ouse
The River Ouse is high at Lindfield Bridge, following Wednesday's heavy rain. However, water levels are now slowly falling. Flooding will continue to affect properties at Bridge Cottage and Dean's Water Mill at Lindfield Bridge on the B2028 near Lindfield, as well as fields, rural roads, gardens. Very little rain is forecast until Sunday, which will enable the river to continue to slowly fall, and associated flood impacts to ease, through Thursday, and should return to more normal flows by Friday. Please keep flood protection products in place, if you have them, while residual flood impacts remain. We are operating our structures at Pimms Lock to help keep the river flowing freely and reduce flood risk. We will update this message by 22:00 21/10/2021
Flood Warning issued on 21 Oct 2021 02:15
Ouse
The River Ouse is high and rising. Over half a month's rain (55mm) has been measured at Ardingly in the past 24 hours, nearly half of that from Storm Aurore on Wednesday evening. From 03:30 21/10/2021 flooding will affect properties at Bridge Cottage and Dean's Water Mill at Lindfield Bridge on the B2028 near Lindfield, as well as fields, rural roads and gardens. A further 5mm of rain is expected before the rain clears eastwards at 03:00 21/10/2021. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are then forecast to remain dry. The river should begin to fall by 09:00 21/10/2021, but might not return to normal until Friday. River levels will peak higher than they have all year. Riverside properties are encouraged to install flood protection products if you have them, and take steps to reduce the impact of flooding. We are operating our structures at Pimms Lock to help keep the river flowing freely and reduce flood risk. We will update this message by 14:00 Thursday 21/10/2021.