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River Lee at Hertford

River Lee at Hertford including Lemsford, Hatfield, Ware and Stanstead Abbotts

Flood alert area River Lee Essex, Hertfordshire Herts and North London

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Waterhall in this area

River Lee • Birch Green • 4.5 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Hoddesdon, Rye Bridge in this area

River Lee • Hoddesdon • 4.8 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Cheshunt, Windmill Lane

Small River Lee • Cheshunt • 9.7 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Enfield, Ordance Road

Small River Lee • Sewardstone • 13.1 km (downstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.14 at 09:30, now 0.12

River Lee • Harpenden • 20.6 km (downstream)

Rising · normal — Up 0.10 m since 09:15, still rising (0.00 m/h)

Luton East Hyde

River Lee • Upper Lee • 23.1 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Walthamstow, Low Hall

River Lee • Walthamstow • 23.7 km (upstream)

structure gauge

River Lee • Stoke Newington • 24.4 km (downstream)

Rising · normal

Luton, Stockingstone Road

River Lee • Stopsley • 27.7 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Hertford, Hartham Park

River Beane • Hertford • 2.2 km

Steady · normal

Flood Event History (36)

15 Feb 2026 at 4:37pm Flood Alert

6 Feb 2026 at 9:34am Flood Alert

15 Jan 2026 at 5:29pm Flood Alert

8 Jan 2026 at 7:27pm Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 1:19pm Flood Alert

26 Sep 2024 at 6:42pm Flood Alert

23 Sep 2024 at 8:58am Flood Alert

23 May 2024 at 8:49am Flood Alert

28 Apr 2024 at 8:48am Flood Alert

12 Mar 2024 at 1:43pm Flood Alert

2 Mar 2024 at 10:53am Flood Alert

22 Feb 2024 at 4:39pm Flood Alert

18 Feb 2024 at 9:28am Flood Alert

8 Feb 2024 at 2:49pm Flood Alert

4 Jan 2024 at 8:06pm Flood Alert

1 Jan 2024 at 7:55pm Flood Alert

8 Jan 2023 at 6:02pm Flood Alert

30 Jan 2021 at 11:24am Flood Alert

14 Jan 2021 at 9:47am Flood Alert

4 Oct 2020 at 1:18pm Flood Alert

16 Feb 2020 at 5:28pm Flood Alert

16 Jan 2020 at 4:40pm Flood Alert

26 Dec 2017 at 12:32pm Flood Alert

19 Nov 2016 at 5:00pm Flood Alert

3 Jan 2016 at 12:22pm Flood Alert

14 Jan 2015 at 7:34pm Flood Alert

6 Feb 2014 at 7:50pm Flood Alert

31 Jan 2014 at 8:14pm Flood Alert

4 Jan 2014 at 1:42pm Flood Alert

23 Dec 2013 at 4:13pm Flood Alert

27 Oct 2013 at 6:50pm Flood Alert

11 Jun 2012 at 8:37am Flood Alert

30 Apr 2012 at 10:05pm Flood Alert

29 Apr 2012 at 10:24am Flood Alert

9 Feb 2009 at 8:05pm Flood Alert

25 Jan 2009 at 8:45pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 172806 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 062WAF46MidLee

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.