Environment Agency monitoring directory
The Suffolk coast from Orford Ness to Bawdsey, including Butley and Shingle Street
Live Environment Agency feed
Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- North Sea
- 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.
Nearby designated monitoring areas
The Suffolk coast at Southwold, including Reydon Marshes
North Sea · designated alert area
The Suffolk coast from Lowestoft to Bawdsey, including the Blyth and Alde and Ore estuaries
North Sea · designated alert area
Kessingland Beach to Potters Bridge and Easton Broad, including Benacre Broad and Covehithe Broad
North Sea · designated warning area
Lowestoft seafront and docks, including the Denes caravan park, North and South Pier and Pavillion
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 →