Lee Navigation at Saracens Head gauging station

EA name: LEE NAVIGATION AT SARACENS HEAD GS
Environment Agency sampling point TH-RTN0004 · Freshwater - rivers · listed as open (“open” does not mean it is sampled now)

These are samples taken on a date, not live readings of the river. Results reach the Environment Agency's archive days to months after the sample is taken, so the newest here may be weeks or months old. FloodRadar does not grade them.

Where and when

Last sampled
14 Jan 2026, 14:099 months ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone). Not sampled since, as far as the archive shows: the Environment Agency was asked up to 8 Oct 2026 and had nothing newer.
Samples banked
10 since 23 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 8 Oct 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
Latest sample
River / running surface water Monitoring (national agency policy)
Where
National Grid 535905, 214167As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Lee Navigation
River, by the map
River LeaPlaced on a river whose name partly matches its own, 14 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Tumbling Bay Weir On the Amwell Loop · 0.5 km along the river
Nearest gauge upstream
Hertford, Hartham Park On the River Beane · 4.1 km along the riverWaterhall On the River Lee · 9.3 km along the riverWadesmill On the River Rib · 9.7 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Monitoring (national agency policy) (10 samples)

Main measurements, river water

Dissolved oxygen

% saturation · code 9901 · %

94.4%

Sampled 14 Jan 2026, 9 months ago · 10 results banked

859095100105%20242025202623 Oct 2023, 12:54: 95.1%3 Jan 2024, 12:10: 98.3%2 Apr 2024, 13:52: 102.8%3 Jul 2024, 09:15: 96.7%4 Oct 2024, 13:50: 97.6%21 Jan 2025, 12:39: 95.8%3 Apr 2025, 13:31: 102.6%21 Jul 2025, 09:03: 89.1%7 Oct 2025, 12:02: 96.6%14 Jan 2026, 14:09: 94.4%
Every result (10)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Jan 2026, 14:0994.4 94.4%
7 Oct 2025, 12:0296.6 96.6%
21 Jul 2025, 09:0389.1 89.1%
3 Apr 2025, 13:31102.6 102.6%
21 Jan 2025, 12:3995.8 95.8%
4 Oct 2024, 13:5097.6 97.6%
3 Jul 2024, 09:1596.7 96.7%
2 Apr 2024, 13:52102.8 102.8%
3 Jan 2024, 12:1098.3 98.3%
23 Oct 2023, 12:5495.1 95.1%

Dissolved oxygen

as O2 · code 9924 · mg/l

11.6 mg/l

Sampled 14 Jan 2026, 9 months ago · 10 results banked

89101112mg/l20242025202623 Oct 2023, 12:54: 10.3 mg/l3 Jan 2024, 12:10: 11.5 mg/l2 Apr 2024, 13:52: 11.2 mg/l3 Jul 2024, 09:15: 9.83 mg/l4 Oct 2024, 13:50: 10.5 mg/l21 Jan 2025, 12:39: 11.8 mg/l3 Apr 2025, 13:31: 11.3 mg/l21 Jul 2025, 09:03: 8.57 mg/l7 Oct 2025, 12:02: 10 mg/l14 Jan 2026, 14:09: 11.6 mg/l
Every result (10)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Jan 2026, 14:0911.6 11.6 mg/l
7 Oct 2025, 12:0210 10 mg/l
21 Jul 2025, 09:038.57 8.57 mg/l
3 Apr 2025, 13:3111.3 11.3 mg/l
21 Jan 2025, 12:3911.8 11.8 mg/l
4 Oct 2024, 13:5010.5 10.5 mg/l
3 Jul 2024, 09:159.83 9.83 mg/l
2 Apr 2024, 13:5211.2 11.2 mg/l
3 Jan 2024, 12:1011.5 11.5 mg/l
23 Oct 2023, 12:5410.3 10.3 mg/l

Water temperature

code 0076 · °C

6.5 °C

Sampled 14 Jan 2026, 9 months ago · 10 results banked

5101520°C20242025202623 Oct 2023, 12:54: 11.8 °C3 Jan 2024, 12:10: 8.5 °C2 Apr 2024, 13:52: 11.3 °C3 Jul 2024, 09:15: 14.5 °C4 Oct 2024, 13:50: 12 °C21 Jan 2025, 12:39: 6.4 °C3 Apr 2025, 13:31: 10.8 °C21 Jul 2025, 09:03: 17.1 °C7 Oct 2025, 12:02: 13.6 °C14 Jan 2026, 14:09: 6.5 °C
Every result (10)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Jan 2026, 14:096.5 6.5 °C
7 Oct 2025, 12:0213.6 13.6 °C
21 Jul 2025, 09:0317.1 17.1 °C
3 Apr 2025, 13:3110.8 10.8 °C
21 Jan 2025, 12:396.4 6.4 °C
4 Oct 2024, 13:5012 12 °C
3 Jul 2024, 09:1514.5 14.5 °C
2 Apr 2024, 13:5211.3 11.3 °C
3 Jan 2024, 12:108.5 8.5 °C
23 Oct 2023, 12:5411.8 11.8 °C

pH

code 0061

7.95

Sampled 14 Jan 2026, 9 months ago · 10 results banked

7.77.87.988.18.220242025202623 Oct 2023, 12:54: 7.863 Jan 2024, 12:10: 8.112 Apr 2024, 13:52: 8.033 Jul 2024, 09:15: 8.034 Oct 2024, 13:50: 7.9521 Jan 2025, 12:39: 7.983 Apr 2025, 13:31: 7.9121 Jul 2025, 09:03: 7.757 Oct 2025, 12:02: 7.9214 Jan 2026, 14:09: 7.95
Every result (10)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Jan 2026, 14:097.95 7.95
7 Oct 2025, 12:027.92 7.92
21 Jul 2025, 09:037.75 7.75
3 Apr 2025, 13:317.91 7.91
21 Jan 2025, 12:397.98 7.98
4 Oct 2024, 13:507.95 7.95
3 Jul 2024, 09:158.03 8.03
2 Apr 2024, 13:528.03 8.03
3 Jan 2024, 12:108.11 8.11
23 Oct 2023, 12:547.86 7.86

Conductivity

at 25 °C · code 0077 · µS/cm

764 µS/cm

Sampled 14 Jan 2026, 9 months ago · 10 results banked

500600700800µS/cm20242025202623 Oct 2023, 12:54: 638 µS/cm3 Jan 2024, 12:10: 510 µS/cm2 Apr 2024, 13:52: 713 µS/cm3 Jul 2024, 09:15: 755 µS/cm4 Oct 2024, 13:50: 614 µS/cm21 Jan 2025, 12:39: 777 µS/cm3 Apr 2025, 13:31: 777 µS/cm21 Jul 2025, 09:03: 632 µS/cm7 Oct 2025, 12:02: 739 µS/cm14 Jan 2026, 14:09: 764 µS/cm
Every result (10)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Jan 2026, 14:09764 764 µS/cm
7 Oct 2025, 12:02739 739 µS/cm
21 Jul 2025, 09:03632 632 µS/cm
3 Apr 2025, 13:31777 777 µS/cm
21 Jan 2025, 12:39777 777 µS/cm
4 Oct 2024, 13:50614 614 µS/cm
3 Jul 2024, 09:15755 755 µS/cm
2 Apr 2024, 13:52713 713 µS/cm
3 Jan 2024, 12:10510 510 µS/cm
23 Oct 2023, 12:54638 638 µS/cm

Everything measured here

5 determinands, each kept by its code, unit and sample material: results in different units or on different materials are never mixed. A “below” result is under the laboratory's detection limit, not zero.

Show all 5 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
Oxygen, Dissolved, % Saturation 9901 River water 10 Oct 2023 – Jan 2026 94.4% 14 Jan 2026
Oxygen, Dissolved as O2 9924 River water 10 Oct 2023 – Jan 2026 11.6 mg/l 14 Jan 2026
Temperature of Water 0076 River water 10 Oct 2023 – Jan 2026 6.5 °C 14 Jan 2026
pH 0061 River water 10 Oct 2023 – Jan 2026 7.95 14 Jan 2026
Conductivity at 25 C 0077 River water 10 Oct 2023 – Jan 2026 764 µS/cm 14 Jan 2026

FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.

Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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