River Levels

🧡 Support this site and get ad-free viewing!

River Levels

Mid Devon Rivers

Message issued at 3:17pm, Saturday 24th January

This is an archived message. The status has changed more recently.

Go to current status

Flood alert

High river levels and further rainfall over the next few days may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible from Saturday night and throughout Sunday.

The main areas of concern are Crediton, Newton St Cyres and Upton Hellions. Catchments are saturated and river levels remain high.

A further band of rain is expected to arrive in the early hours of Sunday morning and river levels are forecast to rise and remain high throughout the day. Flooding to low lying land and roads close to the rivers is likely.

Higher rainfall totals are forecast for Monday evening and into Tuesday, and further flood Alerts and Warnings are possible. We are closely monitoring the situation. Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water.

This message will be updated by 3:30PM on 25 January 2026 or as the situation changes.

Information supplied by the Environment Agency

This information last updated 3:17pm, Saturday 24th January.

Most recent flood warnings and alerts for Mid Devon Rivers

Flood Warning Area Details

The Rivers Creedy, Creedy Yeo, Little Dart, Lapford Yeo and their tributaries

Region: Devon and Cornwall

Country: England

Counties covered: Devon

Watercourses covered: River Creedy, River Yeo, Lapford Yeo, Little Dart

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Mid Devon Rivers.

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).

Other Nearby Flood Warning Locations

River Yeo (Creedy) from Yeoford to Fordton
riverside locations and roads between Yeoford and Fordton, including Yeoford, Neopardy, Gunstone, Salmonhutch, Downes Mill and the A377 at Downes Mill

No current or recent warnings.

River Yeo (Creedy) at Fordton
low lying properties and roads in Fordton, including Fordton Bridge, Fordton Terrace and Fordton Industrial Estate

No current or recent warnings.

River Creedy from Upton Hellions to Cowley
riverside locations and roads between Upton Hellions and Cowley, including Creedy Bridge (A3072), Half Moon Village, Lower Marsh, Three Horse Shoes, Upton Pyne, and the A377 at Downes Bridge

No current or recent warnings.

RiverLevels.uk is an independent website. It is not associated with the Environment Agency or any other supplier of river level information. All data used on this site is supplied under licence. For queries about the data, please contact the underlying supplier.

RiverLevels.uk is a Good Stuff website.