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Hull Barrier Victoria Pier

Name: Hull Barrier Victoria Pier River Level Data
Creator: FloodRadar

Hull 🌊 Tidal ⚙ Structure

Hull and East Riding catchment • Kingston Upon Hull • Kingston upon Hull • ID: L3203 • 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.

10:30 (27m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 176 views

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Current Level

-0.735 mAOD

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24h Max

3.456 mAOD

24h Min

-0.737 mAOD

Typical Range

Highest Recorded

4.34 mAOD

EA official record

A 9.94 reading (10 Jul 1997) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record

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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

Falling · -391 cm over 5h

10 Sep 10:30 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.735 mAOD

10 Sep 10:15 ▼▼ -30 cm -0.734 mAOD

10 Sep 10:00 ▼▼ -30 cm -0.437 mAOD

10 Sep 09:45 ▼▼ -32 cm -0.133 mAOD

10 Sep 09:30 ▼▼ -32 cm 0.184 mAOD

10 Sep 09:15 ▼▼ -63 cm 0.507 mAOD

10 Sep 08:45 ▼▼ -33 cm 1.140 mAOD

10 Sep 08:30 ▼▼ -31 cm 1.471 mAOD

10 Sep 08:15 ▼▼ -32 cm 1.781 mAOD

10 Sep 08:00 ▼▼ -30 cm 2.098 mAOD

10 Sep 07:45 ▼▼ -29 cm 2.401 mAOD

10 Sep 07:30 ▼▼ -27 cm 2.689 mAOD

10 Sep 07:15 ▼▼ -22 cm 2.955 mAOD

10 Sep 07:00 ▼▼ -18 cm 3.174 mAOD

10 Sep 06:45 ▼▼ -9 cm 3.353 mAOD

10 Sep 06:30 ▼ -1 cm 3.442 mAOD

10 Sep 06:15 ▲ +4 cm 3.456 mAOD

10 Sep 06:00 ▲▲ +9 cm 3.416 mAOD

10 Sep 05:45 ▲▲ +15 cm 3.322 mAOD

10 Sep 05:30 3.175 mAOD

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 46 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.2 km away).

3severe warnings 49flood warnings 118flood alerts

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

Year by year

Year	Severe	Warnings	Alerts
2026	0	0	10
2025	0	1	9
2024	0	9	10
2023	0	1	21
2022	0	0	5
2021	0	4	4
2020	0	10	10
2019	0	4	8
2018	0	3	7
2017	0	4	8
2016	0	0	2
2015	0	0	3
2014	0	5	3
2013	2	6	3
2012	0	0	5
2011	0	0	2
2010	0	0	1
2008	0	0	2
2007	1	2	5

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 Kingston Upon Hull flood history.

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Station Details

Monitoring Station: Hull Barrier Victoria Pier
Watercourse: River Hull
Nearest Town: Kingston Upon Hull
County: Kingston upon Hull
Coordinates: 53°44'24"N 0°19'50"W (53.739883, -0.330677)
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Date Opened: 30 Mar 1996
Status: Active
Station Type: Tidal / coastal station

Station Reference: L3203
EA Gauge ID: L3203-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
Parameter: Level
Unit: mAOD
Typical rise rate: 153 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: Hull and East Riding
EA Cross-check: -0.73 mAOD (EA at 10 Sep 10:15)

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

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Frequently asked questions

Is the River Hull at Hull Barrier Victoria Pier flooding today?

The latest recorded level is -0.74m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.

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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