What this is
Plenty of cycle paths, towpaths and footpaths flood after heavy rain — sometimes for an afternoon, sometimes for weeks. Flood Path collects the ones people check most so you can see at a glance whether to take your usual route or plan around it. No accounts, no fuss — open the path you care about and look.
How statuses work
- PassableThe path is currently open and passable.
- Partly floodedThe path is partly flooded — passable with care, you may need wellies in places.
- FloodedThe path is flooded and not currently passable. Best find another way round.
How readings and reports fit together
Every couple of hours we pull the latest level from the nearest Environment Agency river gauge and compare it to the point where each path tends to go under. That gives a first read — but a gauge a mile away never tells the whole story.
So each path has a quick Been down today? report — passable or flooded, how you crossed, an optional note. Those reports show up straight away for the next person, and because we record the river level at the moment you reported, they steadily teach us the level where this path actually floods. Want a path added, or one without a nearby gauge? Tell us the name and location and we’ll see what we can correlate it with.