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Blyth

Name: Blyth River Level Data
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North Sea 🌊 Tidal

Northumberland Rivers catchment • Blyth • Northumberland • ID: 022999 • Level

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This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.

01:15 (1h ago) • 3 readings/hr • 193 views

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Current Level

2.024 mAOD

▲ Rising (+47cm/hr)

24h Max

2.079 mAOD

24h Min

-1.436 mAOD

Typical Range

Highest Recorded

3.88 mAOD

EA official record

A 8.99 reading (17 May 2019) 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

Rising · +273 cm over 6h

08 Oct 01:15 ▲▲ +23 cm 2.024 mAOD

08 Oct 00:45 ▲▲ +14 cm 1.791 mAOD

08 Oct 00:30 ▲▲ +15 cm 1.650 mAOD

08 Oct 00:15 ▲▲ +18 cm 1.504 mAOD

08 Oct 00:00 ▲▲ +20 cm 1.320 mAOD

07 Oct 23:45 ▲▲ +19 cm 1.120 mAOD

07 Oct 23:30 ▲▲ +84 cm 0.933 mAOD

07 Oct 22:30 ▲▲ +20 cm 0.092 mAOD

07 Oct 22:15 ▲▲ +18 cm -0.110 mAOD

07 Oct 22:00 ▲▲ +17 cm -0.292 mAOD

07 Oct 21:45 ▲▲ +14 cm -0.466 mAOD

07 Oct 21:30 ▲▲ +12 cm -0.606 mAOD

07 Oct 21:15 ▲▲ +8 cm -0.727 mAOD

07 Oct 21:00 ▲▲ +13 cm -0.809 mAOD

07 Oct 20:30 ▲ +0.2 cm -0.935 mAOD

07 Oct 20:15 ▼ -2 cm -0.937 mAOD

07 Oct 20:00 ▼ -4 cm -0.917 mAOD

07 Oct 19:45 ▼▼ -8 cm -0.877 mAOD

07 Oct 19:30 ▼▼ -9 cm -0.794 mAOD

07 Oct 19:15 -0.706 mAOD

Station Details

Monitoring Station: Blyth
Watercourse: North Sea
Nearest Town: Blyth
County: Northumberland
Coordinates: 55°7'43"N 1°29'42"W (55.128610, -1.494986)
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Date Opened: 23 Jan 2002
Status: Active
Station Type: Tidal / coastal station

Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive

Station Reference: 022999
RLOI id: 8026 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
EA Gauge ID: 022999-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
Parameter: Level
Unit: mAOD
Typical rise rate: 111 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: Northumberland Rivers
EA Cross-check: 2.11 mAOD (EA at 8 Oct 01:30)

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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Connected upstream

Hartford BridgeBlyth · upstream · 8.2 km in a straight line

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 3 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.6 km away).

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Most recent flood warning: 20 Oct 2023 — River Wansbeck at Bothal and Sheepwash

Year by year

Year	Warnings	Alerts
2023	1	0
2016	2	0
2013	3	0
2012	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 Blyth flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

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Frequently asked questions

Is the North Sea at Blyth flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 2.02m. 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 Blyth?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

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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