Environment Agency monitoring directory
Bury Road and Hawstead Lane in Sicklesmere, Rushbrooke Lane, St Botolph's Lane, Southgate Street, Sextons Meadow, Rockingham Road, Tannery Drive, Maynewater Lane, Mustow Street, Eastgate Street, Fornham Road and Friary Meadow in Bury St. Edmunds
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Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- River Lark
- Directory county
- Suffolk
- EA operational area
- Suffolk
- 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.
Glemsford
River Glem · Essex
Cockfield
River Brett · Essex
Westmill
River Stour · Essex
Ousden
River Kennett · Cam and Ely Ouse (Including South Level)
Temple
River Lark · Cam and Ely Ouse (Including South Level)
Long Melford
Chad Brook · Essex
Fornham St Martin
River Lark · Cam and Ely Ouse (Including South Level)
Nearby designated monitoring areas
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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