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0.43

Offord

Great Ouse
Upper and Bedford Ouse catchment • Offord Cluny • Cambridgeshire • ID: E61804 (formerly E24367) • Level
⚙ The Environment Agency registered this site as E24367 until 15 May 2026; its history is included on this page.
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Current Level
0.431 m?
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.474 m
24h Min
0.427 m
Typical Range
0.33 - 0.66
m
Highest Recorded
1.49 m
EA official record
1.43 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 29% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -3 cm over 11h
28 Oct 07:00 ▼ -3 cm 0.431 m
28 Oct 01:00 ▲ +0.6 cm 0.459 m
28 Oct 00:45 ▲ +0.4 cm 0.453 m
28 Oct 00:30 ▲ +0.8 cm 0.449 m
28 Oct 00:15 ▲ +0.8 cm 0.441 m
28 Oct 00:00 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.433 m
27 Oct 23:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.430 m
27 Oct 23:30 ▬ steady 0.429 m
27 Oct 23:15 ▬ steady 0.429 m
27 Oct 23:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.429 m
27 Oct 22:45 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.431 m
27 Oct 22:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.433 m
27 Oct 22:15 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.435 m
27 Oct 22:00 ▼ -0.4 cm 0.438 m
27 Oct 21:45 ▼ -0.4 cm 0.442 m
27 Oct 21:30 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.446 m
27 Oct 21:15 ▼ -0.7 cm 0.449 m
27 Oct 21:00 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.456 m
27 Oct 20:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.462 m
27 Oct 20:30 0.463 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Offord
  • Watercourse: River Great Ouse
  • Nearest Town: Offord Cluny
  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Nearest reservoir: Grafham (7.1 km) · 55.2% full (as of 26 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°16'35"N 0°13'26"W (52.276270, -0.223832)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Mar 1993
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E61804
  • Previous references: E24367 (to 15 May 2026)
  • RLOI id: 6078 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E61804-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m?
  • Typical rise rate: 3 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Distance to the sea: about 93 km by river (estimated along OS Open Rivers)
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Upper and Bedford Ouse
  • Datum: 10.800m AOD
  • Typical Range: 0.332 – 0.656 m
  • EA Cross-check: 0.43 m (EA at 28 Oct 07:00)

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.

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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

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.

84 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 7.4 km away along the river. 2 report discharging now, 75 report not discharging, and for 7 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

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Anglian Water · into River Great Ouse · 7.4 km upstream along the river
14 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Kym · 16.9 km upstream along the river
28 spills · 288 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Kym · 17.4 km upstream along the river
1 spill · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into The Gransden Brook · 18.7 km upstream along the river
11 spills · 65 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Duloe Brook · 18.8 km upstream along the river
40 spills · 611 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Kym · 18.9 km upstream along the river
33 spills · 221 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Tributary River Kym Nt · 20.2 km upstream along the river
22 spills · 284 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Ivel · 20.9 km upstream along the river
7 spills · 74 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

76 more further upstream, up to 148.9 km away along the river.

Also discharging now further upstream: Leighton Buzzard - Chainbridge PS (127.9 km), Padbury STW (132.9 km).

Nearby, connection not known

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

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Anglian Water · into Tributary Of Diddington Brook · 1.9 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
66 spills · 731 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Paxton Brook · 2.7 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
5 spills · 65 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Ouse · 4.2 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
6 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Brampton Brook · 5.9 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow

2 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. Sewage & storm overflows →

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 0.66 m on about 36 days. This year so far: 24 days.

2026 24 days so far
2025 34 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2024 74 days, 22 of them high · 22 high
2023 49 days
2022 5 days
2021 32 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
2020 34 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2019 60 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2018 25 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2017 9 days, 5 of them high · 5 high

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 1.07 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2019 for the 16 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.0 km away).

32flood warnings 39flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 16 Feb 2026 — Areas close to the River Great Ouse at Wyboston, Eaton Socon, Eynesbury, Eaton Ford, and St Neots

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 2 3
2025 1 2
2024 18 23
2023 1 5
2021 6 4
2020 3 1
2019 1 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 Offord Cluny flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 16 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the River Great Ouse at Offord flooding today?

The current level is 0.43m, which is within the typical range of 0.33 to 0.66m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Offord?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling 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 Great Ouse at Offord?

The typical range at this station is 0.33m to 0.66m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.66m 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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