Hedon Westlands Drain water level

Name: Hedon Westlands Drain 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

0.31m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST (1 hour ago)

History

7 days

Surface elevation

What this means

The latest river level reported for Hedon Westlands Drain is 0.31 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The water is rising: up 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.21 m and 0.31 m.

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

Key numbers

Highest on record: 1.99 mJune 26, 2007

On the river at Hedon Westlands Drain

There is no published typical range for this gauge yet, so anglers and canoeists are best guided by the trend.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 14 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 13° 11° 6.3 mm, 100% Wind 23 km/h

21 Wed 13° 8° 4.4 mm, 85% Wind 34 km/h

22 Thu 12° 7° – Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 13° 11° 17 mm, 91% Wind 34 km/h

24 Sat 12° 7° 5.0 mm, 83% Wind 31 km/h

25 Sun 13° 8° 2.3 mm, 63% Wind 41 km/h

26 Mon 19° 9° 1.2 mm, 40% Wind 29 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 05:55 PM Daylight 10 hr, 17 min Waxing gibbous 72%

Map

Other gauges on the Burstwick Drain

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Hedon Thorn Road BridgeRiver gauge, Burstwick Drain	0.59 m	No reference yet	+0.03 m	0.9 km
Salt endRiver gauge, Burstwick Drain	0.63 m	No reference yet	+0.03 m	1.3 km
Burstwick Hall Road BridgeRiver gauge, Burstwick Drain	0.58 m	Normal	+0.03 m	4.3 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Thorngumbald Pumping StationRiver gauge, Thorngumbald Drain	0.38 m	Very high	−0.05 m	2.8 km
Stoneferry BridgeRiver gauge, River Hull	0.50 m	Normal	−0.36 m	8.6 km
Bransholme Great Culvert Pumping StationRiver gauge, Holderness Drain	−2.13 m	Normal	−0.05 m	10 km
North Hull National AvenueRiver gauge, Setting Dyke	0.31 m	Normal	+0.01 m	12 km
Winestead Booster Pumping StationRiver gauge, Winestead Drain	−0.03 m	High	+0.06 m	13 km
North Hull Birdsall AvenueRiver gauge, Setting Dyke	0.12 m	Normal	±0	13 km
Hull Hessle Astral CloseRiver gauge, Western Drain	0.36 m	Normal	+0.02 m	15 km
Cottingham HallgateRiver gauge, Broadlane Beck	0.14 m	Normal	+0.05 m	15 km

Questions and answers

Is Hedon Westlands Drain really 0.31 m deep?

No. 0.31 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 Westlands Drain today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST, the surface elevation was 0.31 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hedon Westlands Drain rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Hedon Westlands Drain normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Hedon Westlands Drain?

The highest level on record is 1.99 m on June 26, 2007.

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:L3314 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.73592, -0.21015 (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	0.31 m	2026-10-20 21:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hedon Westlands Drain (ea:L3314). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-riding-of-yorkshire/hedon-westlands-drain

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

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