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Woodbridge

Suffolk Coast 🌊 Tidal
East Suffolk catchment • Woodbridge • Suffolk • ID: E23343 • 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.
(21m ago) • 3 readings/hr • 199 views

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Current Level
1.690 mAOD
▲ Rising (+23cm/hr)
24h Max
2.008 mAOD
24h Min
0.543 mAOD
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
3.35 mAOD
EA official record
2.95 in our data (since Mar 2017)
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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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

Rising · +115 cm over 5h
08 Oct 10:30 ▲▲ +12 cm 1.690 mAOD
08 Oct 10:00 ▲▲ +8 cm 1.574 mAOD
08 Oct 09:45 ▲▲ +7 cm 1.497 mAOD
08 Oct 09:30 ▲▲ +9 cm 1.424 mAOD
08 Oct 09:15 ▲▲ +9 cm 1.333 mAOD
08 Oct 09:00 ▲▲ +10 cm 1.247 mAOD
08 Oct 08:45 ▲▲ +9 cm 1.146 mAOD
08 Oct 08:30 ▲▲ +18 cm 1.052 mAOD
08 Oct 08:00 ▲▲ +12 cm 0.877 mAOD
08 Oct 07:45 ▲▲ +10 cm 0.759 mAOD
08 Oct 07:30 ▲▲ +11 cm 0.662 mAOD
08 Oct 07:15 ▲ +1 cm 0.557 mAOD
08 Oct 07:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.547 mAOD
08 Oct 06:45 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.546 mAOD
08 Oct 06:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.544 mAOD
08 Oct 06:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.543 mAOD
08 Oct 06:00 ▼ -0.5 cm 0.544 mAOD
08 Oct 05:45 ▲ +0.3 cm 0.549 mAOD
08 Oct 05:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.546 mAOD
08 Oct 05:15 0.545 mAOD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Woodbridge
  • Watercourse: Suffolk Coast
  • Nearest Town: Woodbridge
  • County: Suffolk
  • Nearest reservoir: Alton (17.2 km) · 57.2% full (as of 5 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°5'13"N 1°18'60"E (52.087062, 1.316578)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 6 Aug 1996
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E23343
  • RLOI id: 6297 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E23343-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 63 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: East Suffolk
  • EA Cross-check: 1.57 mAOD (EA at 8 Oct 10:00)

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

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💧 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.

3 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 12.6 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 3 report not discharging.

💧
Anglian Water · into River Deben · 12.6 km upstream along the river
13 spills · 129 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Tributary Of The River Deben · 13.4 km upstream along the river
4 spills · 10 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Deben Nt · upstream (distance along the river not measured)
5 spills · 24 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 River Deben · 220 m away in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways
7 spills · 24 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Deben · 690 m away in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways
18 spills · 98 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Deben Tidal · 900 m away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
17 spills · 8 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
💧
Anglian Water · into Martlesham Creek · 1.7 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
3 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

1 other overflow within 6 km is downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so it is 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.

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 7 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.8 km away).

4severe warnings 31flood warnings 450flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 18 Feb 2024 — The River Lark from Clopton to Martlesham

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 0 20
2025 0 0 27
2024 0 3 48
2023 0 2 33
2022 0 3 24
2021 0 2 25
2020 0 3 32
2019 0 3 19
2018 0 0 14
2017 2 5 24
2016 0 1 18
2015 0 0 13
2014 0 0 19
2013 2 6 12
2012 0 0 11
2011 0 1 7
2010 0 0 12
2009 0 2 11
2008 0 0 20
2007 0 0 47
2006 0 0 14

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 Woodbridge 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 Suffolk Coast at Woodbridge flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 1.69m. 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 Woodbridge?

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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