Environment Agency monitoring directory
The tidal foreshore and agricultural land adjacent to the river in the Cawood, Kelfield, Wistow and Selby areas
Live Environment Agency feed
Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- River Ouse
- Directory county
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- EA operational area
- Leeds, North Yorkshire, York
- Coverage category
- Designated Flood Alert Area
Use this information safely
- For conditions now: use the live panel and verify on the official flood service.
- For a property: use the official long-term risk checker; this directory is not address-level evidence.
- For river levels: open a nearby monitoring station and check the reading time.
- For immediate danger: follow emergency-service instructions and call 999.
Nearby river-level stations
These are measuring instruments, not reported flood locations. A station reading must be interpreted with its timestamp, station datum and any official threshold context.
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Properties along Queen's Staith, on South Esplanade, Friars Terrace and Tower Place. St George's Field carpark and Rowntree Park
River Ouse · designated warning area
Homes and businesses in Naburn along Main Street, Front Street, York Road and some properties on Vicarage Lane
River Ouse · designated warning area
Properties in Postern Close and the Clementhorpe area, and on Lower Ebor Street and Vine Street. Properties around Rowntree Park, including Cameron Grove, Butcher Terrace, Terry Avenue and Reginald Grove
River Ouse · designated warning area
Properties in the Leeman Road area, including Lincoln Street, Balfour Street, Salisbury Road, Aldborough Way and Landing Lane
River Ouse · designated warning area
Flood Defence failure or breach for North Street and Rougier Street
River Ouse · designated warning area
Properties on King's Staith in York and riverside areas through York from Lendall Bridge to Millennium Bridge
River Ouse · designated warning area
Properties off Fishergate and Fulford Road from Blue Bridge Lane to the A64 including properties in the Fordlands Road area that can be cut-off by road flooding
River Ouse · designated warning area
Properties on Coney Street, Clifford Street, and around Lendall Bridge, and land and properties near the railway station
River Ouse · designated warning area
Property and insurance decisions
Inclusion in an EA monitoring area does not by itself establish a property's flood probability, insurance eligibility or premium. Check the address-level official service and ask the insurer or a qualified surveyor about the property.
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