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🌊 Tidal flow — rises and falls with each tide

WISBECH TIDAL WITS

Unknown 🌊 Tidal
• Cambridgeshire • ID: E4835 • Flow
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
(21m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 114 views
Current Flow
2.819 m3/s
▼ Falling (+163cm/hr)
24h Max
3.206 m3/s
24h Min
1.932 m3/s
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
50.00 m3/s
23 Feb 2026
Since Mar 2017
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Flow Readings

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Recent Readings

Falling · -24 cm over 5h
10 Oct 17:15 ▲▲ +41 cm 2.819 m3/s
10 Oct 17:00 ▼▼ -18 cm 2.412 m3/s
10 Oct 16:45 ▼▼ -23 cm 2.587 m3/s
10 Oct 16:30 ▲▲ +35 cm 2.818 m3/s
10 Oct 16:15 ▼▼ -35 cm 2.470 m3/s
10 Oct 16:00 ▲▲ +18 cm 2.821 m3/s
10 Oct 15:45 ▲▲ +41 cm 2.645 m3/s
10 Oct 15:30 ▼▼ -58 cm 2.239 m3/s
10 Oct 15:15 ▲▲ +35 cm 2.819 m3/s
10 Oct 15:00 ▼▼ -46 cm 2.472 m3/s
10 Oct 14:45 ▲▲ +29 cm 2.936 m3/s
10 Oct 14:30 ▼▼ -12 cm 2.645 m3/s
10 Oct 14:15 ▼▼ -18 cm 2.761 m3/s
10 Oct 14:00 ▼▼ -6 cm 2.937 m3/s
10 Oct 13:45 ▬ steady 2.995 m3/s
10 Oct 13:30 ▲▲ +23 cm 2.995 m3/s
10 Oct 13:15 ▲▲ +12 cm 2.764 m3/s
10 Oct 13:00 ▼▼ -35 cm 2.647 m3/s
10 Oct 12:45 ▼▼ -6 cm 2.996 m3/s
10 Oct 12:30 3.054 m3/s

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: WISBECH TIDAL WITS
  • Watercourse: —
  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Coordinates: 52°40'2"N 0°9'33"E (52.667208, 0.159108)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station (inferred)
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E4835
  • EA Gauge ID: E4835-flow-water-i-15_min-m3_s
  • Parameter: Flow
  • Unit: m3/s
  • Typical rise rate: 230 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

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Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.

120 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 28.0 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 111 report not discharging, and for 9 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

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Anglian Water · into Counterdrain River Nene T · 28.0 km upstream along the river
31 spills · 418 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Counterdrain River Nene T · 28.0 km upstream along the river
30 spills · 137 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into The River Nene · 30.5 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Nene · 31.4 km upstream along the river
3 spills · 3 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into The River Nene · 31.4 km upstream along the river
6 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Trib River Nene · 34.1 km upstream along the river
1 spill · 12 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into R Nene · 37.0 km upstream along the river
7 spills · 31 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Trib River Nene · 39.9 km upstream along the river
3 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

112 more further upstream, up to 154.6 km away along the river.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
Anglian Water · into River Nene · 30 m away in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways
6 spills · 11 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Tidal River Nene · 4.4 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
3 spills · 13 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Is WISBECH TIDAL WITS flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 2.82m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.

Is the river level rising or falling at WISBECH TIDAL WITS?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

Why is the level slowly falling?

When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.

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