Environment Agency28 Oct 2026
Flood alert: Rivers Brathay, Rothay and Winster
The Environment Agency raised a flood alert for Rivers Brathay, Rothay and Winster (Westmorland and Furness). The Environment Agency has issued 138 flood alerts, 0 flood warnings and 0 severe flood warnings for this area since 26 Mar 2006 (the area's history).
Flood alert
The notice
- Issued by
- Environment Agency
- Area
- Rivers Brathay, Rothay and Winster
- Level
- Flood alert
- Issued
- 08:56, 28 Oct 2026
- County
- Westmorland and Furness
- River or sea
- River Brathay, River Rothay, River Winster
- Flood area code
- 011WAFBR
- Official source
- Environment Agency: the notice at its source
Rivers Brathay, Rothay and Winster: every alert and warning since 2006England'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
Rainfall overnight, into this morning, Wednesday 28 October 2026, will cause the lake to remain high. Further showers are expected today, Wednesday 28 October 2026. Lake levels will begin to fall however the flood alert is expected to remain in force for the next few days. Locations most affected will be the rivers Brathay, Rothay, Winster and other watercourses from Grasmere to Grange-over-Sands, including low lying areas around Ambleside, Skelwith Bridge, Windermere, Hawkshead, Newby Bridge, Backbarrow, Cark and Cartmel. We continue to closely monitor the situation. Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water. This message will be updated by 9:00AM on Thursday 29 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
- Rivers Brathay, Rothay and Winster: every alert and warning since 2006138 in all
- England's flood areas ranked by alerts and warnings
- Flood alerts and warnings, October 2026404 in the month
- The latest from the Environment Agency
- Every warning and recall in the United Kingdom
- Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning