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River Lee at Luton, Harpenden and Wheathampstead

River Lee at Luton, Harpenden including Wheathampstead and East Hyde

Flood alert area River Lee Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton Herts and North London

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Harpenden in this area

River Lee • Harpenden • 3.4 km (downstream)

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

Luton East Hyde in this area

River Lee • Upper Lee • 6.3 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Luton, Stockingstone Road in this area

River Lee • Stopsley • 11.9 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

River Lee • Birch Green • 13.7 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Luton, Toddington Road in this area

River Lee • Leagrave • 15.0 km (upstream)

structure gauge

Hoddesdon, Rye Bridge

River Lee • Hoddesdon • 21.9 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

Cheshunt, Windmill Lane

Small River Lee • Cheshunt • 23.1 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Enfield, Ordance Road

Small River Lee • Sewardstone • 25.4 km (upstream)

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

River Mimram • Welwyn • 6.0 km

Steady · normal

River Mimram • Whitwell • 6.7 km

Steady · normal

Flood Event History (18)

1 Oct 2024 at 7:17pm Flood Alert

27 Sep 2024 at 2:57pm Flood Alert

22 Sep 2024 at 6:12pm Flood Alert

22 May 2024 at 7:22am Flood Alert

14 Dec 2022 at 11:59pm Flood Alert

23 Oct 2022 at 11:36am Flood Alert

18 Jun 2021 at 3:59pm Flood Alert

14 Jan 2021 at 12:03pm Flood Alert

4 Oct 2020 at 7:12am Flood Alert

16 Feb 2020 at 3:07pm Flood Alert

16 Sep 2016 at 11:43am Flood Alert

13 Oct 2014 at 10:00pm Flood Alert

7 Feb 2014 at 9:50am Flood Alert

4 Jan 2014 at 12:04pm Flood Alert

23 Dec 2013 at 8:55pm Flood Alert

11 Jun 2012 at 7:57am Flood Alert

1 May 2010 at 10:46pm Flood Alert

6 Aug 2009 at 7:07pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 172803 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 062WAF46UpperLee

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.