Environment Agency monitoring directory
The North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including Sandsend and tidal River Esk
Live Environment Agency feed
Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- North Sea
- Directory county
- North Yorkshire
- EA operational area
- North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland
- 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 on Sandside around the Old Harbour
North Sea · designated warning area
The North Sea coast from Whitby to Filey, including Scarborough
North Sea · designated alert area
North Sea coastline including Hartlepool, Seaton Carew, Redcar, Saltburn by the Sea, Skinningrove and Cowbar
North Sea · designated alert area
The sea front (A174) and properties adjacent to the road
North Sea · designated warning area
Properties on Foreshore Road from the roundabout to West Pier
North Sea · 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.
Read the flood insurance guide →