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Acomb Garden House

Birkey Burn
Tyne catchment • Acomb Garden House • Northumberland • ID: 023062 • Level
(30m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 177 views

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Current Level
-0.042 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
-0.032 m
24h Min
-0.051 m
Typical Range
-0.03 - 0.16
m
Highest Recorded
0.69 m
EA official record
0.69 in our data (since Oct 2015)
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -0.7 cm over 5h
08 Oct 20:00 ▬ steady -0.042 m
08 Oct 19:45 ▬ steady -0.042 m
08 Oct 19:30 ▬ steady -0.042 m
08 Oct 19:15 ▬ steady -0.042 m
08 Oct 19:00 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.042 m
08 Oct 18:45 ▬ steady -0.041 m
08 Oct 18:30 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.041 m
08 Oct 18:15 ▬ steady -0.040 m
08 Oct 18:00 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.040 m
08 Oct 17:45 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.039 m
08 Oct 17:30 ▲ +0.1 cm -0.038 m
08 Oct 17:15 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.039 m
08 Oct 17:00 ▲ +0.1 cm -0.038 m
08 Oct 16:45 ▼ -0.2 cm -0.039 m
08 Oct 16:30 ▬ steady -0.037 m
08 Oct 16:15 ▬ steady -0.037 m
08 Oct 16:00 ▼ -0.3 cm -0.037 m
08 Oct 15:45 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.034 m
08 Oct 15:30 ▲ +0.2 cm -0.033 m
08 Oct 15:15 -0.035 m

Station Details

Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 023062
  • RLOI id: 9518 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 023062-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Tyne
  • Typical Range: -0.033 – 0.157 m
  • EA Cross-check: -0.04 m (EA at 8 Oct 19:45)

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

Nearby Stations

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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

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of this gauge on the mapped river network. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow. Those nearby are listed below.

Nearby, connection not known

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

💧
Northumbrian Water · into Birkley Burn (River Tyne) · 600 m away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
22 spills · 43 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Northumbrian Water · into River Tyne Tributary · 2.0 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
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Northumbrian Water · into Cockshaw Burn Culverted · 2.0 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
4 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Northumbrian Water · into Tyne Trib · 2.1 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
2 spills · 6 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Northumbrian Water · into Unnamed Trib River Tyne · 3.0 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
9 spills · 3 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

20 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.

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

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.16 m on about 22 days. This year so far: 15 days.

2026 15 days so far
2025 7 days
2024 21 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2023 38 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
2022 8 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2021 24 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2020 14 days, 4 of them high · 4 high patchy data
2019 37 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
2018 20 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2017 18 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out, so a year marked patchy may have run high more often than shown. The darker part is days above 0.33 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 13 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.0 km away).

2severe warnings 15flood warnings 0flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 9 Feb 2020 — River North Tyne at Barrasford, Haughton and Chollerford

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2020 0 2 0
2019 0 1 0
2015 2 10 0
2012 0 1 0
2011 0 1 0

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 Acomb Garden House flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 13 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Birkey Burn at Acomb Garden House flooding today?

The current level is -0.04m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Acomb Garden House?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. 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 Birkey Burn at Acomb Garden House?

The typical range at this station is -0.03m to 0.16m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.16m 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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