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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.
(32m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 197 views

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Current Level
-0.125 mAOD
▼ Falling (-6cm/hr)
24h Max
1.494 mAOD
24h Min
-0.132 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
2.55 mAOD
EA official record
2.42 in our data (since Dec 2014)
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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1 day

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

Falling · -119 cm over 5h
08 Oct 05:15 ▼ -0.4 cm -0.125 mAOD
08 Oct 05:00 ▼ -3 cm -0.121 mAOD
08 Oct 04:45 ▼ -2 cm -0.096 mAOD
08 Oct 04:30 ▲ +3 cm -0.081 mAOD
08 Oct 04:00 ▼ -2 cm -0.111 mAOD
08 Oct 03:45 ▲ +3 cm -0.095 mAOD
08 Oct 03:30 ▼ -0.3 cm -0.129 mAOD
08 Oct 03:15 ▼▼ -5 cm -0.126 mAOD
08 Oct 03:00 ▲ +0.9 cm -0.074 mAOD
08 Oct 02:45 ▲ +4 cm -0.083 mAOD
08 Oct 02:30 ▼ -4 cm -0.127 mAOD
08 Oct 02:15 ▲ +1 cm -0.086 mAOD
08 Oct 02:00 ▼▼ -12 cm -0.100 mAOD
08 Oct 01:45 ▼▼ -25 cm 0.024 mAOD
08 Oct 01:30 ▼▼ -28 cm 0.271 mAOD
08 Oct 01:15 ▼▼ -20 cm 0.551 mAOD
08 Oct 01:00 ▼▼ -19 cm 0.749 mAOD
08 Oct 00:45 ▼▼ -7 cm 0.938 mAOD
08 Oct 00:30 ▼▼ -5 cm 1.008 mAOD
08 Oct 00:15 1.062 mAOD

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
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E14330
  • RLOI id: 9238 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E14330-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 86 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: -0.13 mAOD (EA at 8 Oct 05:15)

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.

2 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 15.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 2 report not discharging.

💧
Southern Water · into Beaulieu River Via A Stream · 15.3 km upstream along the river
3 spills · 14 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate.
💧
Southern Water · into Matley Bog Stream · 15.4 km upstream along the river
7 spills · 30 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.

Nearby, connection not known

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

💧
Beaulieu Village PS🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into Beaulieu River Estuary · 50 m away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
6 spills · 48 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Beaulieu Village WwTW🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into Beaulieu River · 540 m away in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways
27 spills · 203 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
East Boldre S.t.w.🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into Hatchet Stream · 1.8 km away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
6 spills · 29 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Southern Water · into Dark Water · 5.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
13 spills · 23 hours in 2025
Status unknown — the live feed has not updated for 7 d 18 h
💧
West Common Road Fawley CEO🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Southern Water · into Dark Water · 5.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 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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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 137flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 5 Nov 2025 — Beaulieu

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 7
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.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 7 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at Beaulieu flooding today?

The latest recorded level is -0.13m. 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 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. Only about 9.6mm 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 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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