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Hedon Thorn Road Bridge

Burstwick Drain 🌊 Tidal / coastal
Hull and East Riding catchment • Hedon • East Riding of Yorkshire • ID: L3313 • Level
(34m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 132 views

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Current Level
0.419 mAOD
▲ Rising slightly
24h Max
0.419 mAOD
24h Min
0.351 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
2.64 mAOD
EA official record
A 9.38 reading (18 Jun 2021) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +1 cm over 6h
09 Oct 22:30 ▬ steady 0.419 mAOD
09 Oct 22:15 ▬ steady 0.419 mAOD
09 Oct 22:00 ▬ steady 0.419 mAOD
09 Oct 21:45 ▬ steady 0.419 mAOD
09 Oct 21:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.419 mAOD
09 Oct 21:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.418 mAOD
09 Oct 20:45 ▬ steady 0.417 mAOD
09 Oct 20:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.417 mAOD
09 Oct 20:00 ▬ steady 0.415 mAOD
09 Oct 19:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.415 mAOD
09 Oct 19:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.414 mAOD
09 Oct 19:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.412 mAOD
09 Oct 19:00 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.413 mAOD
09 Oct 18:45 ▬ steady 0.411 mAOD
09 Oct 18:30 ▬ steady 0.411 mAOD
09 Oct 18:15 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.411 mAOD
09 Oct 18:00 ▬ steady 0.409 mAOD
09 Oct 17:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.409 mAOD
09 Oct 17:15 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.408 mAOD
09 Oct 16:45 0.406 mAOD

Station Details

Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: L3313
  • RLOI id: 8237 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: L3313-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Hull and East Riding
  • EA Cross-check: 0.42 mAOD (EA at 9 Oct 22:15)

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💧 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.

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 8.7 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 1 reports not discharging.

💧
Yorkshire Water · into Burton Pidsea Drain · 8.7 km upstream along the river
21 spills · 258 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

Nearby, connection not known

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

💧
Yorkshire Water · into Reedmere Sewer · 870 m away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Burstwick Drain · 2.1 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
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Yorkshire Water · into Unnamed Trib Of Redmere Sewer · 2.3 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
4 spills · 3 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Nearby Ditch · 2.7 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Culv Tributary Of Hedon Haven · 2.9 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
2 spills · 15 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Green Marsh Drain · 3.5 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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Yorkshire Water · into R. Humber & Burstwick Drain · 3.6 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
11 spills · 81 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into River Humber · 3.6 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
20 spills · 171 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

3 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.

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 2013 for the 10 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.5 km away).

1severe warning 23flood warnings 46flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 6 Jan 2025 — Westlands Drain at Hedon

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2025 0 1 2
2024 0 4 3
2023 0 0 4
2022 0 0 1
2021 0 2 3
2020 0 3 4
2019 0 2 6
2018 0 2 5
2017 0 2 17
2016 0 0 1
2014 0 1 0
2013 1 6 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. See also the Hedon flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Burstwick Drain at Hedon Thorn Road Bridge flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 0.42m. 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 Hedon Thorn Road Bridge?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising slightly. 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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