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Flood & hazards in Studley · Environment Agency

None of Studley’s homes are at high or medium risk from rivers or the sea; 7.4% are from surface water

On the Environment Agency’s maps, which allow for flood defences, “high or medium” means at least a 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers or the sea in any year. Studley’s Hazard risk Grade is A: #1 of 34 in Warwickshire.

2007worst recorded flood6flood warnings since 20060%at low risk
In brief

What stands out about Studley’s hazards

From the Environment Agency’s maps and records and the BGS radon atlas, below.

Rain, not the river7.4% of homes sit where heavy rain can flood the streets; none are at risk from rivers or the sea.Remembers 2007Floodwater covered 3 hectares of today’s Studley in 2007; 49 of today’s households live inside past flood outlines.The River Arrow ran its 8th-highest in January 20252.07 m at Studley on 6 January 2025, 65 cm under the record set in 2007.6 flood warnings since 2006For the parts of Studley the Environment Agency warns directly; the most recent on 6 January 2025.
By hazard

What Studley faces

Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.

Rivers and the sea

0%of homes at high or medium risk
None at high or medium risk
0 homes by the EA’s own count

Surface water

7.4%of homes at high or medium risk
More than 85% of UK towns
About 220 households

Past floods

1years with a recorded flood
Last recorded: July 2007
49 households inside past outlines

The River Arrow

1.70 mhighest in winter 2025–26 at Studley
12th-highest of 34 winters
Record 2.72 m, July 2007

Flood warnings

6flood warnings since 2006
143 flood alerts for the wider area
Last warning 6 January 2025

Radon

0%of the town in a radon Affected Area
Highest band here: Under 1% of homes
No square of 5% or more
Not on this page: coastal erosion, subsidence and shrink-swell ground (the British Geological Survey licenses it), groundwater flooding and reservoir failure.
Hazard risk Grade

Studley grades A for hazard risk

Flood risk from rivers and the sea, against all UK towns.

Homes at high or medium flood risk (0%)Fewer than 86% of UK towns

The share of homes at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea, ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more: fewer homes at risk is better. Towns with none at high or medium risk are ordered by their share at low risk, so they don’t all share one score. Surface water and radon aren’t graded: they are described below.

Flood map

Where the water goes in Studley

Turn layers on and off. Blue is the risk from rivers and the sea; pink is where heavy rain collects. Both allow for flood defences.

Recorded flood: 2007© OpenStreetMap contributors · EA NaFRA2
HighMediumLowrivers & seaHighMediumLowsurface waterStudley’s built-up area

No home in Studley is in the high or medium band for rivers or the sea. Surface-water risk is spread across the town, in dips, underpasses and along small streams, which is why more homes are exposed to it.

Rivers and the sea

0% of Studley’s homes are at high or medium risk from rivers or the sea

The Environment Agency’s national map, allowing for defences. None are in the low-risk band.

High risk0%of homes · 1 in 30 a year or more0 homes, EA count
Medium risk0%of homes · 1 in 30 to 1 in 1000 homes, EA count
Low risk0%of homes · 1 in 100 to 1 in 1,0000 homes, EA count
Where Studley sits among 3,735 UK towns
35%NoneStudley
23%Under 0.5%
9%0.5–1%
11%1–2%
11%2–5%
5%5–10%
3%10–20%
2%20% +

Share of each UK town’s homes at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea. 35% of UK towns have none.

Towns its size: 75th of 624 from the fewest homes at risk
#TownPeopleHigh or med.
1Highworth Wiltshire7,9320%
2Norton-on-Derwent North Yorkshire7,9090%
3City of London London7,8200%
…
73Bowdon Greater Manchester6,1070%
74Thurcroft South Yorkshire6,1010%
75Studley Warwickshire6,0390%
76Kirby Cross Essex6,0360%
77Werrington Staffordshire6,0120%
…
623Howden East Riding of Yorkshire4,57262%
624Stainforth South Yorkshire5,99963%

UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people.

The Environment Agency’s Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (NaFRA2, June 2026) counts each postcode’s homes by band; the shares weight those postcodes by Census 2021 households. The EA counts include homes built since 2021.

Surface water

7.4% of Studley’s homes are at high or medium risk from surface water

Surface water is rain that falls faster than drains and the ground can take it. It is mapped separately from rivers and the sea, and it is not in the Hazard risk Grade.

Surface water7.4%
Rivers and the sea0%
0%10.5%21% of homes

About 4.2% of homes are at high risk of surface-water flooding (a 1 in 30 chance or more each year) and 3.2% at medium risk: roughly 220 households. A further 8.7% face a low risk from surface water. That is more than 85% of UK towns.

~220
households at high or medium risk
8.7%
of homes at low risk
85%
of UK towns have a smaller share
3,605
addresses read on the map

Our estimate: every address in the town (ONS NSUL) read on the Environment Agency’s Risk of Flooding from Surface Water map (NaFRA2, 2025), each postcode’s share weighted by its Census 2021 households. Neither agency publishes a count of homes for surface water, so treat it as a guide; one street can differ from the next.

Flood history

Studley has flooded in 1 recorded year since 2007

Every flood the Environment Agency has mapped inside Studley’s built-up area, newest first. The record is fullest for big river floods; small and surface-water floods are often missing.

  1. 2007July 2007: River flooding recorded3 hectares inside today’s built-up area
The worst: 20073 ha

Floodwater covered 3 hectares of what is now Studley in 2007, the largest flood the record holds here (July).

49 of Studley’s households today live inside the outline of a recorded flood.

River levels

The River Arrow at Studley: highest 2.72 m, in July 2007

The highest level each winter (October to September) at the Environment Agency’s Studley gauge, since 1990. The river normally runs between 0.51 m and 0.81 m here.

Highest level each winter, metres
Winter 1990–91: highest 1.25 m · 35 days above the normal rangeWinter 1991–92: highest 1.24 m · 23 days above the normal rangeWinter 1992–93: highest 1.25 m · 24 days above the normal rangeWinter 1993–94: highest 1.25 m · 61 days above the normal rangeWinter 1994–95: highest 1.53 m · 78 days above the normal rangeWinter 1995–96: highest 1.25 m · 36 days above the normal rangeWinter 1996–97: highest 1.07 m · 26 days above the normal rangeWinter 1997–98: highest 1.87 m · 53 days above the normal rangeWinter 1998–99: highest 2.16 m on 16 January 1999 · 83 days above the normal rangeWinter 1999–00: highest 1.57 m · 66 days above the normal rangeWinter 2000–01: highest 2.02 m · 100 days above the normal rangeWinter 2002–03: highest 1.42 m · 56 days above the normal rangeWinter 2003–04: highest 1.23 m · 41 days above the normal rangeWinter 2004–05: highest 1.64 m · 32 days above the normal rangeWinter 2005–06: highest 1.32 m · 37 days above the normal rangeWinter 2006–07: highest 2.72 m on 20 July 2007 · 77 days above the normal rangeWinter 2007–08: highest 2.16 m on 6 September 2008 · 63 days above the normal rangeWinter 2008–09: highest 1.70 m · 54 days above the normal rangeWinter 2009–10: highest 1.35 m · 52 days above the normal rangeWinter 2010–11: highest 1.15 m · 24 days above the normal rangeWinter 2012–13: highest 2.27 m on 25 November 2012 · 71 days above the normal rangeWinter 2013–14: highest 1.68 m · 88 days above the normal rangeWinter 2014–15: highest 1.26 m · 44 days above the normal rangeWinter 2015–16: highest 1.99 m · 45 days above the normal rangeWinter 2016–17: highest 1.39 m · 23 days above the normal rangeWinter 2017–18: highest 1.59 m · 48 days above the normal rangeWinter 2018–19: highest 1.59 m · 32 days above the normal rangeWinter 2019–20: highest 2.26 m on 14 November 2019 · 71 days above the normal rangeWinter 2020–21: highest 1.80 m · 55 days above the normal rangeWinter 2021–22: highest 1.46 m · 28 days above the normal rangeWinter 2022–23: highest 1.37 m · 51 days above the normal rangeWinter 2023–24: highest 2.62 m on 20 October 2023 · 94 days above the normal rangeWinter 2024–25: highest 2.07 m on 6 January 2025 · 33 days above the normal rangeWinter 2025–26: highest 1.70 m · 59 days above the normal range’06–07’23–24’12–13Record 2.72 m, 2007Top of normal range
1990–912025–26
The highest days on record
  • 20 July 20072.72 m
  • 20 October 20232.62 m
  • 25 November 20122.27 m
  • 14 November 20192.26 m
  • 16 January 19992.16 m
  • 6 September 20082.16 m

The River Arrow has topped its normal range on 1,763 days since 1990, most in the winters of 2000–01 and 2023–24. By its highest day, the winter of 2025–26 was the 12th-highest of the 34.

Environment Agency Hydrology API, Studley (station 2094), daily maximum level; the record and normal range from the EA’s stage scale. Live river levels are on GOV.UK’s Check for flooding.

Flood warnings

No flood warning or alert is in force for Studley · 6 warnings in 20 years

The Environment Agency has 2 flood warning areas and 1 alert area reaching into the town; warnings since the service began in 2006.

Now: no flood warnings or alerts for Studley (checked 4 November 2026, 09:30). Check for flooding on GOV.UK →
Warnings and alerts each year for areas in Studley
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Flood warning (flooding expected)Flood alert (flooding possible)

Of the 6 warnings, 5 were for River Arrow at Washford Mill and 1 for River Arrow at Studley. 2023 had the most warnings (2); 2024 the most alerts (24).

The most recent warning was on 6 January 2025.

Show the 3 warning and alert areas
AreaKindSince 2006Now
River Arrow at Washford MillWarning area5None
River Arrow at StudleyWarning area1None
River Arrow and River AlneAlert area143None

Environment Agency Historic Flood Warnings (first issues only, not updates; “flood watch” counted as an alert before 2011) and the real-time flood-monitoring API. Sign up for free warnings on GOV.UK or call Floodline, 0345 988 1188.

Radon

Studley is in the lowest radon band

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. The atlas gives the chance that a home in each 1 km square is above the UK action level (200 Bq/m³).

SP0563: Under 1% of homes above the action levelSP0564: Under 1% of homes above the action levelSP0662: Under 1% of homes above the action levelSP0663: Under 1% of homes above the action levelSP0664: Under 1% of homes above the action levelSP0762: Under 1% of homes above the action levelSP0763: Under 1% of homes above the action levelSP0764: Under 1% of homes above the action level© OpenStreetMap contributors · BGS/UKHSA
Under 1%
Share of the town’s area in each band
Under 1% of homes100%

Every 1 km square over Studley is in the lowest band: fewer than 1 in 100 homes are expected to be above the action level.

BGS/UKHSA Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, version 3. Check an address at UKradon.org.

Neighbours

Flood risk in the places around Studley

Share of homes at high or medium and at low risk from rivers and the sea. Tap a town for its page.

Astwood Bank: Hazard risk ARedditch: Hazard risk C+Alcester: Hazard risk DInkberrow: Hazard risk AHenley-in-Arden: Hazard risk DAlvechurch: Hazard risk ABlackwell: Hazard risk AAstwood BankRedditchAlcesterInkberrowHenley-in-ArdenAlvechurchBlackwellStudley
ABCD
TownPeopleHigh or mediumLowHazard
Studley6,0390%0%A
Astwood Bank3,2480%0%A
Redditch81,6340.7%0.4%C+
Alcester6,4257%5.4%D
Inkberrow1,8170%0%A
Henley-in-Arden3,0018.3%7.8%D
Alvechurch3,4120%0%A
Blackwell1,2090%0%A

Henley-in-Arden, 5.3 miles east, has the most homes at risk around Studley (8.3% at high or medium).

Be ready

Get ready for what Studley faces

Free warnings, what to do in a cloudburst, and what to check before you move.

Get the warnings
  • Sign up free for Environment Agency flood warnings by text, call or email.
  • Floodline: 0345 988 1188, 24 hours.
  • Studley’s warning areas include River Arrow at Studley and River Arrow at Washford Mill.
Sign up ↗
In a cloudburst
  • Surface water rises in minutes, often with no warning issued: stay out of underpasses and dips.
  • Keep the gullies and drains outside your home clear of leaves.
  • Report a blocked road drain to the council.
When the river rises
  • Never walk or drive through floodwater: 30 cm of moving water can float a car.
  • Move valuables, papers and medicines upstairs.
  • Turn off gas, electricity and water if you’re told to.
Before you buy or rent in Studley
  • Check the address on GOV.UK’s long-term flood risk service: it gives rivers and sea and surface water separately.
  • Ask whether the home has flooded or had a flood insurance claim; the TA6 property form asks the seller.
  • Homes built before 2009 can get flood cover through Flood Re, the government-backed scheme; newer homes can’t.
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Defences are counted. Both agencies’ maps allow for flood defences and the chance they are overtopped or fail, so a town behind a defence scheme can show few homes at high risk and many at low risk.
  • Surface water is our estimate. Neither agency publishes a count of homes at risk from surface water, so we read each address on the map. A flat on a hill and a basement in a dip can share a postcode.
  • Past floods are what was recorded. The flood outlines come from surveys, aerial photographs and reports; many small floods, and most surface-water floods, were never mapped.
  • One town, many streets. Risk is street by street. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s long-term flood risk service before you buy or rent.

Check the long-term flood risk for an address on GOV.UK →

Questions about flooding and hazards in Studley

Does Studley flood?

The last flood the Environment Agency recorded inside the town was in July 2007. 0% of homes are at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency’s maps, which allow for flood defences. About 7.4% of homes are at high or medium risk from surface water, when heavy rain overwhelms the drains. Studley grades A for hazard risk against UK towns.

Which parts of Studley are at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, the places the Environment Agency warns directly: River Arrow at Washford Mill and River Arrow at Studley. Surface water can collect in low spots anywhere in the town. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s long-term flood risk service.

When did Studley last flood?

The recorded flood outlines inside the town run from 2007 to 2007 (1 years); the largest was in 2007. Flood warnings have been issued for parts of the town since 2006, most recently on 6 January 2025.

Is Studley at risk of surface water flooding?

About 4.2% of homes are at high risk and 3.2% at medium risk from surface water, against 0% at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water floods come with little warning, and the agencies don’t issue warnings for them.

Is radon a problem in Studley?

Not by the atlas: every 1 km square over Studley is in the lowest band, where fewer than 1 in 100 homes are expected to be above the action level.

Are there flood warnings in Studley now?

No flood warning or alert was in force near Studley at 4 November 2026, 09:30. Live warnings are on GOV.UK’s Check for flooding service and Floodline, 0345 988 1188.

Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026.

Sources: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, postcodes in areas at risk (June 2026); Natural Resources Wales Flood Risk Assessment Wales (May 2026); ONS Census 2021 households by postcode · Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (NaFRA2, 2025) and Natural Resources Wales Flood Risk Assessment Wales surface water and small watercourses, read at every address (ONS National Statistics UPRN Lookup, September 2026) and weighted by Census 2021 households by postcode · Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines and Natural Resources Wales historic flood map, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Environment Agency Hydrology API (daily maximum river level) and flood-monitoring stage scales · Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring API · Environment Agency Historic Flood Warnings (January 2006 to June 2026) and flood warning and alert areas · BGS/UKHSA Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, version 3, by 1 km square · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.