The dispatch · Sat, 31 Oct 2026
Know your river.
Live storm overflow status, official flood warnings, flood history, Environment Agency test results and river levels for rivers across England and Wales, from official data.
New · 19 October 2026
Flood warnings and flood history, England and Wales
Type a postcode above to see official flood warnings in force nearby, past warnings for the area since 2006 (England), nearby river levels against their usual range (England) and land the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales recorded as flooded in past events. Free, no account.
River Truth is not a flood warning service: for official warnings use GOV.UK, Floodline on 0345 988 1188, or Natural Resources Wales.
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Today at a glance
16,439
not spilling right now
60
spilling now
225
monitors offline
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Bright spots
Colwick Country Park (West Lake)
Rated Excellent by the Environment Agency (2025)
Cotswold Country Park and Beach
Rated Excellent by the Environment Agency (2025)
Frensham Great Pond
Rated Excellent by the Environment Agency (2025)
Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond)
Rated Excellent by the Environment Agency (2025)
Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond)
Rated Excellent by the Environment Agency (2025)
Henleaze Lake
Rated Excellent by the Environment Agency (2025)
Classifications are the Environment Agency's annual ratings. Conditions change after rain; check the latest status before you go in.
From the riverbank
Update · 2 October 2026
Five months in: what River Truth now holds
Now 16,724 storm overflows, 265,335 spill events and five years of annual returns, free to read in one place.
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A walk down to the Salwarpe
Photographs from one afternoon in Worcestershire, beside what the official record says about the overflows on that stretch. The footbridge is still there. The path to it is not.
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Seen something on the river?
Every confirmed report goes on the public record next to the official data. Thank you to everyone who has sent one.
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Right now
- River Trent, operator listed as Severn Trent Water, 25 weeks
- English Channel, operator listed as Southern Water, 5 weeks
- Storm overflow YWS02298, operator listed as Yorkshire Water, 4 weeks
- River Twymyn, operator listed as Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, 3 weeks
- Medway, operator listed as Southern Water, 3 weeks
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