Hedon Thorn Road Bridge water level

Name: Hedon Thorn Road Bridge water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, Burstwick Drain, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

0.60m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 21 Oct 2026, 03:45 BST (59 min ago)

History

7 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The Environment Agency has Burstwick Drain at Hedon Thorn Road Bridge at 0.60 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It is on the way up, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.50 m – 0.60 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.10 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

For anglers and canoeists

Without a reference range, compare today with the chart: a sharp rise usually means coloured water.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 8° 0.8 mm Wind 24 km/h

19 Mon 15° 12° 6.7 mm, 88% Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 13° 11° 5.7 mm, 47% Wind 25 km/h

21 Wed 11° 7° 5.5 mm, 55% Wind 24 km/h

22 Thu 12° 5° 1.5 mm, 24% Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 10° 5° 31 mm, 57% Wind 34 km/h

24 Sat 11° 3° – Wind 31 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 05:53 PM Daylight 10 hr, 13 min Waxing gibbous 74%

Map

Other gauges on the Burstwick Drain

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Hedon Westlands DrainRiver gauge, Burstwick Drain	0.32 m	No reference yet	+0.02 m	0.9 km
Salt endRiver gauge, Burstwick Drain	0.64 m	No reference yet	+0.03 m	2.2 km
Burstwick Hall Road BridgeRiver gauge, Burstwick Drain	0.60 m	Normal	+0.03 m	3.5 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Thorngumbald Pumping StationRiver gauge, Thorngumbald Drain	0.42 m	Very high	+0.20 m	3.1 km
Stoneferry BridgeRiver gauge, River Hull	1.64 m	Normal	+1.10 m	9.5 km
Bransholme Great Culvert Pumping StationRiver gauge, Holderness Drain	−2.10 m	Normal	−0.05 m	11 km
Winestead Booster Pumping StationRiver gauge, Winestead Drain	−0.27 m	Low	−0.19 m	12 km
North Hull National AvenueRiver gauge, Setting Dyke	0.32 m	Normal	+0.02 m	13 km
North Hull Birdsall AvenueRiver gauge, Setting Dyke	0.12 m	Normal	+0.01 m	14 km
Hull Hessle Astral CloseRiver gauge, Western Drain	0.38 m	Normal	+0.04 m	15 km

Questions and answers

Is Hedon Thorn Road Bridge really 0.60 m deep?

No. 0.60 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Hedon Thorn Road Bridge today?

On 21 Oct 2026, 03:45 BST, the surface elevation was 0.60 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hedon Thorn Road Bridge rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.10 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Hedon Thorn Road Bridge normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:L3313 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.73569, -0.19667 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: ODN
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Surface elevation	0.60 m	2026-10-21 02:45	Provisional
Water level	–	–	–

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hedon Thorn Road Bridge (ea:L3313). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-riding-of-yorkshire/hedon-thorn-road-bridge

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer