← Back
🌊 Tide going out · low water in ~47 min
0.38

Acle Bridge

Bure 🌊 Tidal
Broadland Rivers catchment • Acle • Norfolk • ID: E23931 • 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.
⚙ Tidally influenced - confirmed by cross-correlation with a nearby tide gauge (auto-classifier missed it). Excluded from rising-rivers rankings and the prediction models.
(28m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 194 views

Set water level alerts

Get notified about Acle Bridge — tick as many as you like, they all share the notify settings below.

Drag the line on the chart, or type a value: mAOD
Quick pick:

Each one is saved as its own alert — pause or remove them individually any time.

Not an emergency service — if in danger call 999. Alerts rely on EA/SEPA/NRW data and are best-efforts. Terms

Current Level
0.382 mAOD
▼ Falling (-2cm/hr)
24h Max
0.634 mAOD
24h Min
0.382 mAOD
Typical Range
0.14 - 0.95
mAOD
Highest Recorded
1.09 mAOD
EA official record
A 1.37 reading (2 Jul 2023) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

🌍 floodradar.co.uk
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 · -23 cm over 5h
09 Oct 15:45 ▼ -0.7 cm 0.382 mAOD
09 Oct 15:30 ▼ -0.5 cm 0.389 mAOD
09 Oct 15:15 ▼ -0.8 cm 0.394 mAOD
09 Oct 15:00 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.402 mAOD
09 Oct 14:45 ▼ -0.7 cm 0.408 mAOD
09 Oct 14:30 ▼ -0.8 cm 0.415 mAOD
09 Oct 14:15 ▼ -0.9 cm 0.423 mAOD
09 Oct 13:45 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.432 mAOD
09 Oct 13:30 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.438 mAOD
09 Oct 13:15 ▼ -0.5 cm 0.444 mAOD
09 Oct 13:00 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.449 mAOD
09 Oct 12:45 ▼ -0.5 cm 0.452 mAOD
09 Oct 12:30 ▼ -0.9 cm 0.457 mAOD
09 Oct 12:15 ▼ -2 cm 0.466 mAOD
09 Oct 12:00 ▼ -4 cm 0.486 mAOD
09 Oct 11:45 ▼ -4 cm 0.526 mAOD
09 Oct 11:30 ▼ -2 cm 0.565 mAOD
09 Oct 11:15 ▼ -1 cm 0.588 mAOD
09 Oct 11:00 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.602 mAOD
09 Oct 10:45 0.608 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Acle Bridge
  • Watercourse: River Bure
  • Nearest Town: Acle
  • County: Norfolk
  • Nearest reservoir: Ormesby (7.4 km) · 87.4% full (as of 28 Dec 2025)
  • Coordinates: 52°38'57"N 1°34'3"E (52.649186, 1.567619)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 10 Jun 2008
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E23931
  • RLOI id: 6203 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E23931-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 15 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Broadland Rivers
  • Typical Range: 0.140 – 0.950 mAOD
  • EA Cross-check: 0.39 mAOD (EA at 9 Oct 15:15)

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.

Connected upstream

Connected downstream

Same river system, separate branch

Nearby

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.

4 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 36.0 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 4 report not discharging.

💧
Anglian Water · into Idb Trib River Bure · 36.0 km upstream along the river
2 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Anglian Water · into Scarrow Beck · 53.5 km upstream along the river
17 spills · 131 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Anglian Water · into Scarrow Beck River Bure · 55.5 km upstream along the river
2 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
💧
Anglian Water · into The River Bure · 66.7 km upstream along the river
4 spills · 11 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

Nearby, connection not known

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

💧
Anglian Water · into Halvergate Fleet Dyke Marsh Dy · 4.9 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
2 spills · 2 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.

Rainfall & Weather

Loading rainfall and weather data...

How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.95 m on about 1 day. This year so far: 11 days.

2026 11 days so far
2025 0 days
2024 1 day
2023 4 days
2022 1 day
2021 0 days
2020 0 days
2019 0 days
2018 0 days
2017 1 day

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 8 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 4.6 km away).

71flood warnings 599flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 10 Dec 2025 — Riverside properties along the tidal River Yare including Cantley, Brundall and Reedham

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 35
2025 6 40
2024 15 88
2023 5 51
2022 8 37
2021 2 61
2020 9 51
2019 4 22
2018 2 24
2017 10 23
2016 0 13
2015 3 14
2014 2 4
2013 5 20
2012 0 5
2011 0 7
2010 0 17
2009 0 12
2008 0 28
2007 0 35
2006 0 12

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 Acle flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 8 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Bure at Acle Bridge flooding today?

The current level is 0.38m, which is within the typical range of 0.14 to 0.95m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Acle Bridge?

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 5.4mm 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.

What is a normal level for the River Bure at Acle Bridge?

The typical range at this station is 0.14m to 0.95m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.95m 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.

Embed this gauge on your website

Free live river-level widget — ideal for parish councils, angling clubs and local sites. Updates automatically.

Preview

📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge

Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:

Check any UK postcode’s flood risk →

🏠 Buying or renting around here? Get the Property Flood-Risk Report for any English postcode — official risk band, recorded floods, warning history, river behaviour and nearby storm overflows. £19 one-off. Learn more →