Environment Agency28 Oct 2026
Flood alert: Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water
The Environment Agency raised a flood alert for Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water (Cumberland). The Environment Agency has issued 165 flood alerts, 0 flood warnings and 0 severe flood warnings for this area since 6 Sep 2008 (the area's history).
Flood alert
The notice
- Issued by
- Environment Agency
- Area
- Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water
- Level
- Flood alert
- Issued
- 09:01, 28 Oct 2026
- County
- Cumberland
- River or sea
- Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck
- Flood area code
- 011WAFDW
- Official source
- Environment Agency: the notice at its source
Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water: 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
Heavy rainfall overnight into this morning, Wednesday 28 October 2026, will cause the lake to rise. Further showers are expected today, Wednesday 28 October 2026. Lake levels are forecast to start to fall from this evening. The flood alert is expected to remain in force until the weekend. Locations most affected will be low lying land and roads near the Upper Derwent from Seathwaite to Derwent Water. 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
- Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water: every alert and warning since 2008165 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