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🌊 Tidal flow — rises and falls with each tide

WANSFORD A47 NO1 WITS

Unknown 🌊 Tidal
• City of Peterborough • ID: E2176 • 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.
(31m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 141 views
Current Flow
3.200 m3/s
▲ Rising (+8cm/hr)
24h Max
3.200 m3/s
24h Min
2.470 m3/s
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
49.99 m3/s
20 Feb 2026
Since Feb 2025
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Flow Readings

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Recent Readings

Rising · +56 cm over 5h
08 Oct 20:00 ▲ +3 cm 3.200 m3/s
08 Oct 19:45 ▲ +1.0 cm 3.170 m3/s
08 Oct 19:30 ▲ +2 cm 3.160 m3/s
08 Oct 19:15 ▲ +4 cm 3.140 m3/s
08 Oct 19:00 ▲▲ +5 cm 3.100 m3/s
08 Oct 18:45 ▲ +3 cm 3.050 m3/s
08 Oct 18:30 ▲ +5 cm 3.020 m3/s
08 Oct 18:15 ▲ +1 cm 2.970 m3/s
08 Oct 18:00 ▲ +4 cm 2.960 m3/s
08 Oct 17:45 ▲▲ +6 cm 2.920 m3/s
08 Oct 17:30 ▬ steady 2.860 m3/s
08 Oct 17:15 ▲ +1.0 cm 2.860 m3/s
08 Oct 17:00 ▲▲ +8 cm 2.850 m3/s
08 Oct 16:45 ▬ steady 2.770 m3/s
08 Oct 16:30 ▲ +3 cm 2.770 m3/s
08 Oct 16:15 ▲ +4 cm 2.740 m3/s
08 Oct 16:00 ▲ +2 cm 2.700 m3/s
08 Oct 15:45 ▼ -3 cm 2.680 m3/s
08 Oct 15:30 ▲▲ +7 cm 2.710 m3/s
08 Oct 15:15 2.640 m3/s

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: WANSFORD A47 NO1 WITS
  • Watercourse: —
  • County: City of Peterborough
  • Nearest reservoir: Rutland (16.8 km) · 67.6% full (as of 5 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°34'59"N 0°24'24"W (52.583111, -0.406569)
  • 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: E2176
  • EA Gauge ID: E2176-flow-stage-i-15_min-m3_s
  • Parameter: Flow
  • Unit: m3/s
  • Typical rise rate: 208 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.

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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.

110 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 480 m away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 101 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 R Nene · 480 m upstream along the river
13 spills · 155 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Nene · 6.7 km upstream along the river
5 spills · 62 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Willow Brook · 15.2 km upstream along the river
2 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Nene · 18.1 km upstream along the river
1 spill · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Willow Brook River Nene Nt · 18.5 km upstream along the river
37 spills · 89 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Nene · 18.7 km upstream along the river
2 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Willow Brook · 18.8 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Nene · 19.2 km upstream along the river
11 spills · 4 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

102 more further upstream, up to 107.2 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 Nene - Islip To Tidal · 1.8 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
2 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Nassington Brook · 3.2 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Nassington Brook · 3.3 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow

2 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.

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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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 4 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 5.3 km away).

1severe warning 14flood warnings 3flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 29 Nov 2024 — Areas near the River Nene from Elton to Wansford

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2024 1 6 0
2021 0 0 3
2020 0 2 0
2019 0 1 0
2013 0 1 0
2012 0 4 0

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

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Frequently asked questions

Is WANSFORD A47 NO1 WITS flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 3.20m. 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 WANSFORD A47 NO1 WITS?

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

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