Environment Agency monitoring directory
The River Gipping through Needham Market
Live Environment Agency feed
Is an official warning active now?
Official area details
- Watercourse or coast
- Gipping
- 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.
Cockfield
River Brett · Essex
Stowmarket
River Gipping · East Suffolk
Debenham
River Deben · East Suffolk
Creeting
Stonham Watercourse · East Suffolk
Boxford
River Box · Essex
Hadleigh
River Brett · Essex
Clopton
River Lark · East Suffolk
Brandeston
River Deben · East Suffolk
Woodbridge
Suffolk Coast · East Suffolk
Rattlesden
Rattlesden River · East Suffolk
Nearby designated monitoring areas
The River Gipping from downstream of Needham Market to upstream of London Road Bridge, Ipswich, including riverside areas at Great Blakenham, Bramford and Sproughton
Gipping · designated alert area
The River Gipping from Needham Market to London Road Bridge, Ipswich, including Bramford and Sproughton
Gipping · designated warning area
The River Gipping from the A14 at Stowmarket to upstream of Needham Market
Gipping · 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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