Environment Agency monitoring directory
The north bank of the Blackwater estuary from Goldhanger to Maldon, including Heybridge Basin
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Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- Essex Coast
- Directory county
- Essex
- EA operational area
- Essex
- Coverage category
- Designated Flood Warning 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
Holland Marshes, from Frinton Tennis Club and Golf Course to Valley Road in Holland-on-Sea
Essex Coast · designated warning area
The Essex coast from Clacton Lifeboat station to Lee-over-sands, including Jaywick and Seawick
Essex Coast · designated warning area
Walton on the Naze, from Walton Hall marshes to the Martello Caravan Park
Essex Coast · designated warning area
The south bank of the Blackwater estuary from Maldon to Maylandsea, including Northey Island
Essex Coast · 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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