Environment Agency monitoring directory
The River Chelmer from the A138 at Chelmsford to Langford, the River Ter from A120 at Stebbing Green to Boreham, and the brooks around Sandon
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Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- Chelmer
- Directory county
- Essex
- EA operational area
- Essex
- 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.
Mountnessing
River Wid · Essex
High Ongar
River Roding · Rodding
Writtle
River Wid · Essex
Wickford
River Crouch · Essex
Springfield
River Chelmer · Essex
Sandon Bridge
Sandon Brook · Essex
Guithavon Valley
River Brain · Essex
Beach's Mill
River Can · Essex
Appleford Bridge
River Blackwater · Essex
Felsted
River Chelmer · Essex
Nearby designated monitoring areas
The River Chelmer from Great Dunmow to Rivermead campus and the Industrial Estate in Chelmsford
Chelmer · designated alert area
The River Chelmer from Churchend, through Great Dunmow, Hartford End, Howe Street and Little Waltham to the Rivermead Industrial Estate in Chelmsford
Chelmer · designated warning area
The River Chelmer from the A138 at Chelmsford to Maldon, including Sandford Mill Bridge, Chelmer Village, Paper Mill Bridge and Ulting
Chelmer · 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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