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:

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