Environment Agency monitoring station
Lanchester Front Street
Smallhope Burn · Lanchester · Wear catchment
EA station reference
024017
Live measurement feed
Water level over the last seven days
Readings show measured change at this instrument. A station reading is not a flood warning and, without an official threshold, does not prove that the river is safe or dangerous.
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Station location
Blue point = monitoring instrument, not a reported flood.
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About this station
- Monitors
- Smallhope Burn
- Catchment
- Wear
- Nearest named place
- Lanchester
- EA opening date
- 1 January 2002
- Coordinates
- 54.82499, -1.74467
Nearby designated monitoring areas
Directory areas whose reference point is within approximately 10 km. Proximity does not mean this station controls that area or that a warning is active.
- Properties and low lying areas around Fenhall Park, Victoria Terrace, St Bedes Court, Brook Villas, Church View, Durham Road, Front Street, The Garths, Percy Crescent, Station Road, The Square and WoodlandsDesignated warning area · EA ref 121FWF322
- Rivers Derwent, Team, Don, their tributaries and south bank tributaries of the Tyne estuaryDesignated alert area · EA ref 121WAF912
- Properties at Eddy's Bridge, Leadmill Bridge, Allensford and Shotley BridgeDesignated warning area · EA ref 121FWF337
Nearby monitoring stations
Use nearby instruments for context, but do not compare absolute station-datum values as if they shared the same baseline.
Source and limits: station directory and readings from the Environment Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. API readings can be delayed or unavailable. For warnings and emergency advice, use the official GOV.UK flood service.