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Heysham

Tide 🌊 Tidal
England - West Coast catchment • Heysham • Lancashire • ID: E73439 • 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.
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Current Level
1.384 mAOD
▼ Falling (-66cm/hr)
24h Max
2.359 mAOD
24h Min
-1.379 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
6.33 mAOD
EA official record
5.84 in our data (since Feb 2025)
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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 · +235 cm over 7h
23 Aug 22:15 ▼▼ -82 cm 1.384 mAOD
23 Aug 21:00 ▼▼ -9 cm 2.208 mAOD
23 Aug 20:45 ▼ -7 cm 2.294 mAOD
23 Aug 20:15 ▲ +2 cm 2.359 mAOD
23 Aug 20:00 ▲▲ +6 cm 2.342 mAOD
23 Aug 19:45 ▲▲ +10 cm 2.282 mAOD
23 Aug 19:30 ▲▲ +13 cm 2.187 mAOD
23 Aug 19:15 ▲▲ +16 cm 2.062 mAOD
23 Aug 19:00 ▲▲ +18 cm 1.907 mAOD
23 Aug 18:45 ▲▲ +20 cm 1.728 mAOD
23 Aug 18:30 ▲▲ +21 cm 1.527 mAOD
23 Aug 18:15 ▲▲ +23 cm 1.315 mAOD
23 Aug 18:00 ▲▲ +24 cm 1.083 mAOD
23 Aug 17:45 ▲▲ +25 cm 0.843 mAOD
23 Aug 17:30 ▲▲ +50 cm 0.593 mAOD
23 Aug 17:00 ▲▲ +25 cm 0.089 mAOD
23 Aug 16:45 ▲▲ +24 cm -0.157 mAOD
23 Aug 16:30 ▲▲ +41 cm -0.392 mAOD
23 Aug 16:00 ▲▲ +17 cm -0.802 mAOD
23 Aug 15:45 -0.969 mAOD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 19 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.4 km away).

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Most recent flood warning: 24 Mar 2026Burrow Beck at Lancaster, between Newlands Ave, Lentworth Drive and Whinfell Drive

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 5 2
2025 3 20
2024 17 45
2023 3 11
2022 0 12
2021 0 23
2020 19 49
2019 2 13
2018 4 10
2017 3 3
2016 4 14
2015 8 24
2014 12 30
2013 3 3
2012 5 4
2011 2 5
2010 0 2
2008 0 5
2007 0 4
2006 0 22

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 Heysham flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Heysham
  • Watercourse: Tide
  • Nearest Town: Heysham
  • County: Lancashire
  • Coordinates: 54°1'54"N 2°55'13"W (54.031798, -2.920253)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 2 Dec 2011
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
  • Station Reference: E73439
  • EA Gauge ID: E73439-anglian-level-tidal_level-Mean-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 210 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~37 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: England - West Coast
  • EA Cross-check: 1.38 mAOD (EA at 23 Aug 22:15)

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

Frequently asked questions

Is the Tide at Heysham flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 1.38m. 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 Heysham?

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.

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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