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River Ivel in Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire

River Ivel from Langford to Blunham, including the rivers Purwell, Hiz, Flit and Hit

Flood alert area River Ivel Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire East Anglia

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Biggleswade in this area

River Ivel • Biggleswade • 3.0 km (upstream)

Falling · normal — Down from 0.21 at 17:15, now 0.16

Blunham in this area

River Ivel • Blunham • 7.4 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

SHEFFORD GS in this area

Easing — Easing — down from 0.63 at 12:30, now 0.60

Shefford in this area

River Flit • Shefford • 4.5 km

Steady · normal

Arlesey on the boundary

River Hiz • Arlesey • 6.4 km

Rising slightly · below normal — Up 0.03 m since 12:45, rising slightly

ARLESEY GS on the boundary

Rising — Up 0.17 m since 13:00, still rising (0.03 m/h)

BLUNHAM GS on the boundary

Falling — Down from 1.63 at 13:15, now 1.54

River Great Ouse • Bedford • 9.7 km

Rising · normal

River Great Ouse • Roxton • 9.8 km

Steady · normal

River Great Ouse • Bedford • 9.9 km

Rising · below normal

Flood Event History (32)

15 Feb 2026 at 6:05pm Flood Alert

6 Feb 2026 at 11:35am Flood Alert

22 Jan 2026 at 9:02am Flood Alert

14 Nov 2025 at 7:57am Flood Alert

27 Feb 2025 at 9:04am Flood Alert

27 Jan 2025 at 5:42pm Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 3:42pm Flood Alert

9 Dec 2024 at 8:21am Flood Alert

27 Nov 2024 at 1:29pm Flood Alert

23 Nov 2024 at 3:35pm Flood Alert

7 Oct 2024 at 5:57pm Flood Alert

29 Sep 2024 at 8:13am Flood Alert

27 Sep 2024 at 8:57am Flood Alert

23 Sep 2024 at 8:54am Flood Alert

22 Sep 2024 at 1:24pm Flood Alert

16 Jul 2024 at 10:03am Flood Alert

22 May 2024 at 2:25pm Flood Alert

28 Apr 2024 at 11:23am Flood Alert

2 Mar 2024 at 3:40pm Flood Alert

22 Feb 2024 at 5:38pm Flood Alert

18 Feb 2024 at 11:46am Flood Alert

8 Feb 2024 at 6:46pm Flood Alert

2 Jan 2024 at 8:34am Flood Alert

31 Mar 2023 at 11:32pm Flood Alert

10 Mar 2023 at 8:08am Flood Alert

7 Feb 2021 at 7:36am Flood Alert

28 Jan 2021 at 10:53am Flood Alert

14 Jan 2021 at 1:00pm Flood Alert

24 Dec 2020 at 1:29pm Flood Alert

20 Dec 2019 at 5:41pm Flood Alert

2 Apr 2018 at 4:24pm Flood Alert

12 Jun 2016 at 10:52pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 212050 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 052WAFIVEL

Live warnings and area boundaries are the Environment Agency’s and the EA is the authority on them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This area in the EA’s own data.