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Flooding expected. Take action now.
Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding this evening.
Flooding is expected on 18 December 2025 .
The River Avon levels are rising near and at Bradford on Avon in response to the continued wet weather falling on very saturated catchments. Approximately 20-30mm has fallen over the last 24 hours over the upper Bristol Avon catchment. The River Avon is expected reach 2.2m stage tonight at 10pm with a peak level of approximately 2.7m to 2.9m occurring at 10am on the 19 December 20205.
Areas most at risk include properties at the Bullpit in Bradford on Avon. If river levels continue to rise the A363 Silver Street at the Bull Pit and Town Bridge maybe closed and will not be passable.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water .
This message will be updated by 11:30AM on 19 December 2025 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 2:51pm, Thursday 18th December 2025.
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Sat 20 Dec 2025, 8:56am
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Fri 19 Dec 2025, 4:44pm
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Fri 19 Dec 2025, 10:52am
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Thu 18 Dec 2025, 2:51pm
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Wed 29 Jan 2025, 11:21am
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Tue 28 Jan 2025, 6:23pm
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Tue 28 Jan 2025, 9:36am
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Mon 27 Jan 2025, 5:21pm
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Mon 27 Jan 2025, 9:00am
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Wed 27 Nov 2024, 9:23am
Greenland Mills, Norden, Grist Court, Kingston Square, Bridge Yard, Lamb Yard, Bridge Street, Silver Street, Bull Pit, St Margarets Street, Church Street and Pound Lane
Region: Wessex
Country: England
Counties covered: Wiltshire
Watercourses covered: Bristol River Avon
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Bristol Avon (middle) at Bradford on Avon.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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