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River Blackwater at Appleford Bridge

Current River Level

0.500m

At 4:45am, Thursday 28th March GMT

Within the usual range for this location

Falling, -0.010 from previous measurement at 8:45am, Wednesday 27th March GMT

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

The River Blackwater from Braintree to Langford

No current or recent warnings.

The Rivers Pant, Blackwater and Brain

No current or recent warnings.

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

The Blackwater estuary at Heybridge

No current or recent warnings.

The River Brain through Braintree, to and including Witham

No current or recent warnings.

The River Chelmer from the A138 at Chelmsford to Maldon

No current or recent warnings.

Seven Day Level Chart

Long Term Level Chart

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

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

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Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Appleford Bridge
  • Watercourse: River Blackwater, Essex
  • Nearest Town/Village: Great Braxted
  • Local Authority: Maldon
  • Ceremonial County: Essex
  • Coordinates: 51°48'37"N 0°40'28"E (51.810408,0.674711)
  • OS Grid: TL 84474 15815 (584481,215803)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR QL5.HDF
  • Mapcode (Global): VHJJS.NR1H
  • Open Location Code: 9F32RM6F+5V
  • Maidenhead Locator System: JO01it04
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E22815
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E22815-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • River Levels Online ID: 6143
  • Water Information System ID: 037010
  • Operational Area: Blackwater
  • Catchment Area: Combined Essex
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Essex Rivers Group
  • Environment Agency Region: Anglian
  • Datum Type: Above Stage Datum (ASD)
  • Stage Datum: 14.533m 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.

The usual range of the River Blackwater at Appleford Bridge is between 0.13m and 1.26m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Blackwater at Appleford Bridge over the past 12 months has been between 0.27m and 1.45m. It has been between these levels for at least 151 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Blackwater at Appleford Bridge is 2.33m, reached on Monday 22nd October 2001 at 1:45pm.

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

Other monitoring locations on the River Blackwater

River Blackwater Map
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