Victoria Embankment
The Meadows, NottinghamAlong the River Trent
Passable
Victoria Embankment is currently passable.
The river’s 1.99 m below the level where parts of this path can start to flood.
Updated Rising — up 13 cm over the last 6 h
River level at the gauge
0.91 mASDmeasured
River Trent at Clifton Bridge · 1.9 km away
See Environment Agency’s own readings for this gauge
Flood lines for this path: parts can start to flood at 2.90 mASD · usually properly flooded above 3.73 mASD
The river’s sitting low in this gauge’s usual range.
This flood line starts from this gauge’s measured history — the level the river only tops a few days a year. Reports of a flooded or passable day will tune it to the path itself.
Through the year
Over the past year the river reached the level where parts of this path can start to flood on about 12 days, mostly in November and February to March, but didn’t reach the level where it’s usually properly flooded.
At its highest the river stayed 4 cm below the level where the path usually floods properly.
From this gauge’s own record over the year to July 2026, measured against the level we estimate this path floods at. It’s a guide to the season, not a forecast.
About this path
The broad riverside promenade and parkland on the north bank of the Trent between Trent Bridge and the Wilford bridges, used by runners, commuting cyclists and families. The riverside footpaths flood whenever the Trent comes out of bank: in January 2021, and again during Storm Henk in January 2024, water covered the path from Trent Bridge to the tram bridge.
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From people on the ground
No reports yet. If you’ve been down, you’d be the first.
Other paths nearby
The closest paths we track, with today’s status — handy if this one’s flooded.
Flood Path is advisory and not safety-critical — river readings come from public feeds with no guarantee, and conditions can change fast in heavy rain. Use your own judgement on the day.