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Great Easton Flood Storage Reservoir

Welland 🌊 Tidal ⚙ Structure
Welland catchment • Great Easton • Leicestershire • ID: E4823 • 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.
(23m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 124 views

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Current Level
0.307 mASD
▲ Rising slightly
24h Max
0.467 mASD
24h Min
0.281 mASD
Typical Range
0.24 - 1.79
mASD
Highest Recorded
5.04 mASD
EA official record
5.04 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 6% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

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 · +1 cm over 6h
10 Oct 03:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.307 mASD
10 Oct 02:45 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.309 mASD
10 Oct 02:30 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.311 mASD
10 Oct 02:15 ▲ +1 cm 0.314 mASD
10 Oct 01:30 ▼ -1 cm 0.301 mASD
10 Oct 01:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.313 mASD
10 Oct 01:00 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.312 mASD
10 Oct 00:45 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.309 mASD
10 Oct 00:30 ▼ -0.4 cm 0.307 mASD
10 Oct 00:00 ▲ +0.4 cm 0.311 mASD
09 Oct 23:45 ▲ +0.4 cm 0.307 mASD
09 Oct 23:30 ▲ +0.4 cm 0.303 mASD
09 Oct 22:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.299 mASD
09 Oct 22:15 ▼ -0.4 cm 0.297 mASD
09 Oct 22:00 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.301 mASD
09 Oct 21:45 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.298 mASD
09 Oct 21:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.300 mASD
09 Oct 21:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.299 mASD
09 Oct 21:00 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.298 mASD
09 Oct 20:45 0.296 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Great Easton Flood Storage Reservoir
  • Watercourse: River Welland
  • Nearest Town: Great Easton
  • County: Leicestershire
  • Nearest reservoir: Rutland (17.3 km) · 67.6% full (as of 5 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°31'45"N 0°45'32"W (52.529248, -0.758769)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 13 Apr 1998
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E4823
  • RLOI id: 6037 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E4823-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 33 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: Welland
  • Datum: 55.530m AOD
  • Typical Range: 0.237 – 1.790 mASD
  • EA Cross-check: 0.31 mASD (EA at 10 Oct 02:45)

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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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.79 m on about 7 days. This year so far: 0 days.

2026 0 days so far
2025 1 day, 1 of them high · 1 high
2024 8 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2023 4 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2022 4 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2021 9 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
2020 9 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
2019 5 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2018 5 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2017 14 days, 10 of them high · 10 high

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 3.82 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 7 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 km away).

16flood warnings 59flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 25 Nov 2024 — River Welland in Harringworth

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 7
2025 0 4
2024 5 8
2023 0 4
2022 0 2
2021 0 5
2020 3 4
2019 0 7
2018 0 2
2017 0 1
2016 1 2
2014 0 2
2013 1 4
2012 5 6
2008 1 0
2007 0 1

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 Great Easton 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 River Welland at Great Easton Flood Storage Reservoir flooding today?

The current level is 0.31m, which is within the typical range of 0.24 to 1.79m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Great Easton Flood Storage Reservoir?

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.

What is a normal level for the River Welland at Great Easton Flood Storage Reservoir?

The typical range at this station is 0.24m to 1.79m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.79m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.

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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