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River Yare at Burgh Castle

Latest Tidal Level

0.370m

At 8:45am, Thursday 26th December GMT

Below normal for this location

Falling, -0.340 from previous measurement at 6:30am, Thursday 26th December GMT


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 tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water

Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force

Isolated low lying properties along the tidal River Waveney

Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

Riverside properties along the tidal River Yare including Cantley, Brundall and Reedham

Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force

The west bank of the River Yare at Great Yarmouth, including Southtown and Cobholm

No current or recent warnings.

The west bank of the River Yare at Great Yarmouth, from Gorleston to Ferry Hill

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: Burgh Castle
  • Watercourse: River Yare
  • Nearest Town/Village: Burgh Castle
  • Local Authority: Great Yarmouth
  • Ceremonial County: Norfolk
  • Coordinates: 52°34'41"N 1°39'0"E (52.578191,1.650242)
  • OS Grid: TG 47410 04080 (647410,304080)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR YRF.B1Y
  • Mapcode (Global): WHNW4.BG2B
  • Open Location Code: 9F43HMH2+73
  • Maidenhead Locator System: JO02tn88
  • Environment Agency Location ID: E24812
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: E24812-level-tidal_level-i-15_min-mAOD
  • River Levels Online ID: 6206
  • Water Information System ID: T341904
  • Operational Area: Norfolk East TraC
  • Catchment Area: Anglian Transitional & Coastal
  • 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.

The usual range of the River Yare at Burgh Castle is between 0.42m and 1.60m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Yare at Burgh Castle over the past 12 months has been between 0.00m and 1.30m. It has been between these levels for at least 151 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Yare at Burgh Castle is 2.36m, reached on Friday 6th December 2013 at 12:00am.

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

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