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River Levels

North Norfolk Coast at Wells

Latest Tidal Level

-0.090m

At 12:45pm, Wednesday 26th August BST
(11:45am, Wednesday 26th August GMT)

Within the usual range for this location

Steady, no change from previous measurement at 12:30pm, Wednesday 26th August BST


This is a tidal level, measured from mean sea level rather than from the river bed. It can, therefore, be negative, and does not give any indication of water depth. Tidal levels are not necessarily updated frequently, and may not reflect tidal movements throughout the day.

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

The north Norfolk coast at Wells-next-the-Sea

No current or recent warnings.

The north Norfolk coast from Old Hunstanton, to and including Cley

No current or recent warnings.

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

The north Norfolk coast at Wells Quay

No current or recent warnings.

The River Stiffkey from Little Walsingham, to and including Warham

No current or recent warnings.

The north Norfolk coast from Burnham Overy Staithe and Holkham

No current or recent warnings.

Seven Day Level Chart

 Within normal levels 
 Below normal level 

Long Term Level Chart

 Within normal levels 
 Below normal level 

Long-term graphs can be zoomed and panned to view specific time periods in more detail.

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Pale blue shaded areas on long term data indicate maximum and minimum levels for the date (you will probably need to zoom in closer to see them).

Long term data may have gaps where the API data was not available.

Download long term data as csv

Note: CSV data will include any outlying values that have been ignored by our graphing system as probably erroneous (eg, because they are ridiculously high compared to the values either side of them). It is your responsibility to filter these out if necessary.

Important! If you are planning to retrieve the csv data automatically, you must read and understand the limitations on the data and its availability.

Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Wells
  • Watercourse: North Norfolk Coast
  • Nearest Town/Village: Wells-Next-the-Sea
  • Local Authority: North Norfolk
  • Ceremonial County: Norfolk
  • Coordinates: 52°57'29"N 0°50'58"E (52.958281,0.849573)
  • OS Grid: TF 91503 43899 (591501,343902)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR R5S.KLC
  • Mapcode (Global): WHLQK.0WVZ
  • Open Location Code: 9F42XR5X+8R
  • Maidenhead Locator System: JO02kw19
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E23327
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E23327-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • River Levels Online ID: 6013
  • Water Information System ID: T340301
  • Operational Area: North Norfolk
  • Catchment Area: North Norfolk Rivers
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Norfolk Rivers Group
  • Environment Agency Region: Anglian
  • Level Datum: Above Ordnance Datum (AOD)

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

Important! if you need to contact us about the data shown on this page, please quote 'Environment Agency Location ID E23327' in your email so that we can easily track it down.

The usual range of the North Norfolk Coast at Wells is between -0.09m and 1.96m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The highest level ever recorded at the North Norfolk Coast at Wells is 5.22m, reached on Thursday 5th December 2013 at 7:15pm.

Note that this data may not take account of recent measurements, as we wait until a level has been verified by the Environment Agency before adding it to our records.

Nearby Monitoring Locations

There are no other monitoring stations on the North Norfolk Coast

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