Leicester City - Flooding Engagement

We're here to help!

This page brings together key resources to help you prepare for, become more resilient to, and recover from flooding in Leicester.

Please explore the tabs on the side/bottom of the page — they contain the best links, guidance, and tools to support you, your family, and your community.

We also explain the Environment Agency’s role in managing flood risk in Leicester and outline some of the work we've done following the severe flooding on 6–7 January 2025.

Why we've created this page

Climate change is worsening flooding. This includes the January 2025 floods in Leicester, which were caused by intense rainfall and rapid snowmelt on saturated and frozen ground, with most rivers exceeding the record high levels set only the previous January!

It is now more essential than ever that we work closely with communities, to listen to your needs and experiences. Together we can better protect and support those at risk.

A winter scene, the foreground through to the background is dominated by light brown and calm floodwater reflecting the overcast but bright sky above. The horizon is full of leafless trees and bushes that surround the flooded meadows, as well as several electricity pylons. A woman in a yellow-green high-visibility jacket and a warm hat, reaches upwards with her right arm, about 1 foot over her head, highlighting the wrack marks in the hedgerow next to her, where debris carried by the high water of the floods has caught in the branches. The woman is stood on a tarmac flat footpath that runs alongside a wide watercourse. A large willow tree can be seen in the background, it's branches full of debris washed down by the floods. Behind the tree is the silhouette of a giant looming brick factory tower.
Aylestone Meadows in flood
The height water levels reached in Belgrave during the flooding in January 2025.

Tip - double tap the 'Ctrl' key while hovering over any image with the cursor/mouse to be able to zoom in on it.

Get involved

  • Use the Discussion tool below to engage with others in the community.
  • After you've explored the page, provide us with feedback by taking the Survey. We'll develop the page in response to this, via frequent updates and larger quarterly updates.
  • Subscribe to receive an email notification when this page is updated!
  • If you would like to ask the Environment Agency any questions or request any data about Leicester, then email - emdenquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

Use the headings below to switch between the interactive tools:

We're here to help!

This page brings together key resources to help you prepare for, become more resilient to, and recover from flooding in Leicester.

Please explore the tabs on the side/bottom of the page — they contain the best links, guidance, and tools to support you, your family, and your community.

We also explain the Environment Agency’s role in managing flood risk in Leicester and outline some of the work we've done following the severe flooding on 6–7 January 2025.

Why we've created this page

Climate change is worsening flooding. This includes the January 2025 floods in Leicester, which were caused by intense rainfall and rapid snowmelt on saturated and frozen ground, with most rivers exceeding the record high levels set only the previous January!

It is now more essential than ever that we work closely with communities, to listen to your needs and experiences. Together we can better protect and support those at risk.

A winter scene, the foreground through to the background is dominated by light brown and calm floodwater reflecting the overcast but bright sky above. The horizon is full of leafless trees and bushes that surround the flooded meadows, as well as several electricity pylons. A woman in a yellow-green high-visibility jacket and a warm hat, reaches upwards with her right arm, about 1 foot over her head, highlighting the wrack marks in the hedgerow next to her, where debris carried by the high water of the floods has caught in the branches. The woman is stood on a tarmac flat footpath that runs alongside a wide watercourse. A large willow tree can be seen in the background, it's branches full of debris washed down by the floods. Behind the tree is the silhouette of a giant looming brick factory tower.
Aylestone Meadows in flood
The height water levels reached in Belgrave during the flooding in January 2025.

Tip - double tap the 'Ctrl' key while hovering over any image with the cursor/mouse to be able to zoom in on it.

Get involved

  • Use the Discussion tool below to engage with others in the community.
  • After you've explored the page, provide us with feedback by taking the Survey. We'll develop the page in response to this, via frequent updates and larger quarterly updates.
  • Subscribe to receive an email notification when this page is updated!
  • If you would like to ask the Environment Agency any questions or request any data about Leicester, then email - emdenquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

Use the headings below to switch between the interactive tools:

Discussion

This is a space to ask questions, discuss issues and solutions, share knowledge and experiences, or even organise meetings or flooding related activities with other members of the community.

  • Comment, reply, and like - on each topic.
  • Request the creation of a new topic of your choosing.
  • We have added a number of topics already, with some jumping off questions, that we would love to hear your thoughts on.

Please keep it respectful and sincere.

Disclaimer - This comments section is not monitored continuously or during flooding events, and we are not able to process requests for data and information under Environmental Information Regulations or Freedom Of Information. To report something during an incident or to request data/information etc. please see this page's Partners & Contacts section and select the appropriate contact (click 'Read Bio' to expand the different options).

Thank you for creating a new discussion topic / sharing your story with us.

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  • Flood Warning Service

    about 1 month ago

    Let us know your thoughts:

    • Are you signed up to the Flood Warning Service?
    • Did you sign up before or after 21st October 2025?
    • Did you feel you understood the different options available during sign-up?
    • What has your experience been like using the service and receiving warnings?
    • Are most people you know who could benefit from it, signed up?

    Or anything else on this topic...

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  • Watercourse Maintenance

    about 1 month ago

    We would be interested to hear your viewpoints on the below:

    • What are your thoughts on the maintenance of watercourses in Leicester with respect to flooding?
    • Are you aware of Riparian Ownership and the responsibilities that this entails?
    • Is there any information you would like from the Environment Agency to support you/others in this capacity?
    • Do you think community groups/activities would be a good way to improve the maintenance and condition of watercourses?

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