Syston Flood Wardens

19/12/2025

Morning Syston, update 19/12/25 @ 0845
🟢 Brook: 0.29
📉 Continuing to slowly drop
🟢 All Syston roads clear
🟢 Barkby brook did not break it's banks.

Roads closed / flooded:
⛔ Slash Lane, Sileby
⛔ Mountsorrel Lane, Sileby
⛔ Sileby Road, Mountsorrel
⛔ Syston Road, Cossington
⛔ Broome Lane, East Goscote
⛔ Rearsby Road, Thrussington

🟠 Other roads may still be flooded.
⚠️ Take care when travelling.
🚫 Do not drive through flood water.

📊 Brook reached 0.50 at 9:15pm last night.
This is the highest it's ever gotten in non-flood situations.

🟢 No rain forecast till Sunday
🟡 The river Wreake is still very high. Flooding at some parts, mostly fields.

18/12/2025

Update for 18/12/25 @ 9:15pm
🟡 Brook level is high. 0.49
Not quite at the level to change to orange, but close.

🟢 Fosse Way bridge clear
🟢 High St bridge clear
🟢 High St bridge clear
🟢 No rain forecast

📞 We'll be up all night. 07818 485855 if you need us.

18/12/2025

Update 18/12/25 @ 1720
🟡 Fosse Way bridge collecting water. Still passable for now.
🟢 High St bridge ok
📈 Brook level rising
🟡 Brook level is currently 0.32

Other road closures in the area:
⛔Broome Lane
⛔Slash Lane
⛔Mountsorrel Lane
⛔Rearsby Road from Rearsby towards Thrussington
⛔Syston road towards Rothley (RTC, not flooded yet)

18/12/2025

Flooded and closed roads in the area: (18/12/25 @ 1055am)
🟢 All ok in Syston
🟠Mountsorrel Lane - use caution.
⛔Broome Lane, East Goscote
⛔Slash Lane
⛔Rearsby Road from Rearsby towards Thrussington

17/12/2025

Good morning Syston. Update for 17/12/25, 0900
🟢 Brook level 0.22
🟢 No road issues
🟢 Barkby brook OK
📉 Level is continuing to drop
🌧️ Rain is forecast for today and tomorrow.
🫡 As always, we'll continue to monitor and update as necessary.

📷 Photo taken at Gate Hangs Well at 8am

16/12/2025

Update 16/12/2025 @ 1735
🟡 Level: 0.31
📉 It has been dropping since the last report.
🟢 No road or travel issues at the moment.
🟡 Weather warning for FOG, tomorrow (17/12), 00:00 till 10:00

16/12/2025

Update for 1515 16/12/25
🟡 Brook level: 0.38
📉 Level dropping since last report
🟢 Fosse Way and High St bridges OK.

16/12/2025

Update for 1315 16/12/2025
🟡 Level: 0.42
📈 It has been climbing since the first report.
🟢 No road or travel issues reported.

ℹ️ Monitor the brook here:
https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/9606

16/12/2025

Update for 1022 16/12/25
🟡 Brook looking a bit high at the moment.
📈 Currently 0.35 which has risen quickly since this morning.
🟢 It needs to get a lot higher before anywhere floods.
🟢 No road or travel issues reported.

11/12/2025

Morning. 👋

07/12/2025

Good morning Syston! 🌥️
🟢 Everything OK, no issues to report.
Brook is at 0.23.

📉 Brook slowly dropping after spiking in the early hours of Saturday.

River Wreake looking high, but it's not affecting us. (photo at Gate Hangs Well)

03/12/2025

❗ If you have not yet signed Syston Community Flood Group's petition against Taylor Wimpey’s 1100 houses plan yet, today and tomorrow are the last days left before it is turned in to Charnwood Council.

👉 https://forms.gle/adAh9Hs215giak3NA

If you have already signed a paper version, you don't need to sign again.

We, the residents of Syston and surrounding communities, strongly oppose the proposed Taylor Wimpey South-East Syston development. This large-scale project poses serious and unacceptable risks, including severe traffic congestion, increased flooding along Barkby/Syston Brook, the loss of high-qualit...