Patrington Haven Outstrays water level

Name: Patrington Haven Outstrays water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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

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Latest reading

Surface elevation

0.83m Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 21 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST (26 min ago)

History

7 days

Surface elevation

What this means

Winestead Drain at Patrington Haven Outstrays reads 0.83 m as of 21 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has risen 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.78 m and 0.83 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.01 m.

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

Fishing and paddling

Watch the direction of travel. A rising river after rain behaves very differently from one that is dropping and clearing.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the Winestead Drain

Winestead Drain is a small river in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The river flows south from Withernsea, around Patrington, before turning eastwards towards the Humber Estuary. The river was noted for being an inland waterway bringing shipping to the lower Humber reaches, though the river is now not navigable.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 7.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 9° 0.2 mm, 28% Wind 26 km/h

19 Mon 14° 13° 6.8 mm, 90% Wind 28 km/h

20 Tue 13° 11° 5.9 mm, 44% Wind 23 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 4.6 mm, 57% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu 12° 5° 1.2 mm, 25% Wind 20 km/h

23 Fri 10° 5° 29 mm, 56% Wind 32 km/h

24 Sat 11° 4° – Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 05:52 PM Daylight 10 hr, 14 min Waxing gibbous 76%

Map

Other gauges on the Winestead Drain

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Winestead Booster Pumping StationRiver gauge, Winestead Drain	−0.22 m	Normal	−0.16 m	5.9 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Skeffling Pumping StationRiver gauge, Skeffling Drain	0.67 m	High	−0.05 m	3.5 km
Spurn PointTidal gauge	−0.46 m	No reference yet	−0.95 m	9.7 km
Stone CreekRiver gauge, Keyingham Drain	0.16 m	No reference yet	±0	9.8 km
New Cut Drain Outfall Grimsby WitsRiver gauge	1.20 m	No reference yet	+0.35 m	10 km
River Freshney GrimsbyRiver gauge, Laceby Beck	0.19 m	Normal	+0.02 m	11 km
HumberstonRiver gauge, Buck Beck	1.99 m	Normal	+0.04 m	12 km
Burstwick Hall Road BridgeRiver gauge, Burstwick Drain	0.61 m	Normal	+0.05 m	15 km
LacebyRiver gauge, Laceby Beck	0.09 m	Normal	+0.01 m	16 km

Questions and answers

Is Patrington Haven Outstrays really 0.83 m deep?

No. 0.83 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 Patrington Haven Outstrays today?

On 21 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST, the surface elevation was 0.83 m. Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Patrington Haven Outstrays rising or falling?

Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Patrington Haven Outstrays 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:L3340 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.64650, 0.01663 (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	0.83 m	2026-10-21 10:00	Provisional
Water level	–	–	–

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Patrington Haven Outstrays (ea:L3340). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-riding-of-yorkshire/patrington-haven-outstrays

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