Environment Agency22 Oct 2026
Flood alert: Lower River Soar in Leicestershire
The Environment Agency raised a flood alert for Lower River Soar in Leicestershire (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire). The Environment Agency has issued 192 flood alerts, 0 flood warnings and 0 severe flood warnings for this area since 5 Sep 2008 (the area's history).
Flood alert
The notice
- Issued by
- Environment Agency
- Area
- Lower River Soar in Leicestershire
- Level
- Flood alert
- Issued
- 17:04, 22 Oct 2026
- County
- Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire
- River or sea
- River Soar
- Flood area code
- 034WAF428
- Official source
- Environment Agency: the notice at its source
Lower River Soar in Leicestershire: every alert and warning since 2008England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
Source: Environment Agency: the notice at its source. AreaZine rebuilds this page from the agency's record; the agency's page is the one to act on. This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The notice as issued
Forecast rising river levels overnight may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible from the morning of Friday 23 October . Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads near rivers. Areas most at risk are low-lying agricultural land and roads including Slash Lane at Sileby and the Mountsorrel to Sileby road. Rainfall is forecast this evening. River levels at Pillings Lock Gauge will begin rising from 21:00 on 22/10/26 therefore this pre emptive flood alert is being issued. We are closely monitoring the situation . Avoid using low lying footpaths and any bridges near local watercourses. This message will be updated by 9:00AM on Friday 23 October or as the situation changes.
Source: Environment Agency: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The record around this notice
- Lower River Soar in Leicestershire: every alert and warning since 2008192 in all
- England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
- Flood alerts and warnings, October 202660 in the month
- The latest from the Environment Agency
- Every warning and recall in the United Kingdom
- Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning