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Beaulieu

Tide 🌊 Tidal ⚙ Structure
New Forest catchment • Beaulieu • Hampshire • ID: E14330 • Level
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
(26m ago) • 2 readings/hr • 168 views

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Current Level
0.381 mAOD
▼ Falling (-25cm/hr)
24h Max
0.822 mAOD
24h Min
-0.234 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
2.55 mAOD
EA official record
2.42 in our data (since Dec 2014)
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Recent Water Levels

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Flood predictions aren't generated for tidal gauges — their levels are driven by the tide, not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.

Recent Readings

Rising · +54 cm over 7h
23 Aug 23:00 ▼▼ -13 cm 0.381 mAOD
23 Aug 22:30 ▼ -18 cm 0.507 mAOD
23 Aug 21:15 ▼ -0.8 cm 0.685 mAOD
23 Aug 21:00 ▼ -5 cm 0.693 mAOD
23 Aug 20:30 ▼ -0.5 cm 0.742 mAOD
23 Aug 20:15 ▲ +1 cm 0.747 mAOD
23 Aug 20:00 ▼ -1 cm 0.734 mAOD
23 Aug 19:45 ▲▲ +5 cm 0.746 mAOD
23 Aug 19:30 ▲ +4 cm 0.692 mAOD
23 Aug 19:15 ▲▲ +8 cm 0.652 mAOD
23 Aug 19:00 ▲▲ +13 cm 0.568 mAOD
23 Aug 18:30 ▲▲ +19 cm 0.443 mAOD
23 Aug 18:00 ▲ +10 cm 0.250 mAOD
23 Aug 17:30 ▲▲ +10 cm 0.150 mAOD
23 Aug 17:15 ▲▲ +6 cm 0.052 mAOD
23 Aug 17:00 ▲ +6 cm -0.004 mAOD
23 Aug 16:30 ▲▲ +5 cm -0.064 mAOD
23 Aug 16:15 ▼ -2 cm -0.117 mAOD
23 Aug 16:00 ▲▲ +7 cm -0.095 mAOD
23 Aug 15:45 -0.162 mAOD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 7 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.8 km away).

31flood warnings 135flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 5 Nov 2025Beaulieu

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 5
2025 3 9
2024 6 18
2023 4 16
2022 3 8
2021 1 4
2020 4 20
2019 2 11
2018 1 2
2017 0 2
2016 0 7
2015 0 4
2014 5 16
2013 2 6
2012 0 7

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 Beaulieu flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Beaulieu
  • Watercourse: Tide
  • Nearest Town: Beaulieu
  • County: Hampshire
  • Coordinates: 50°49'9"N 1°27'3"W (50.819049, -1.450824)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 12 Apr 2002
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
  • Station Reference: E14330
  • EA Gauge ID: E14330-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 81 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: ⚙ Yes — lock, weir, sluice or pump
  • Catchment Area: New Forest
  • EA Cross-check: 0.51 mAOD (EA at 23 Aug 22:30)

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

Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at Beaulieu flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 0.38m. 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 Beaulieu?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, 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. Only about 9.1mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. 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 taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.

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