Environment Agency monitoring station
Long Load
Witcombe Bottom Main Drain · Long Load · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams catchment
EA station reference
52156
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
- Witcombe Bottom Main Drain
- Catchment
- Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams
- Nearest named place
- Long Load
- EA opening date
- 1 January 1998
- Coordinates
- 51.01087, -2.75898
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.
- Rivers Parrett and Isle and tributariesDesignated alert area · EA ref 112WAFTSSR
- Weston Bampfylde to Speckington including Queen Camel, Wales, West Camel, Urgashay, Bridgehampton, Stockwitch Farm, the Fleet Air Arm Museum and the Speckington Manor areaDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFCAM10A
- River Yeo and River Parrett Moors including access from Langport, Law Lane from Drayton, Law Lane from Thorney, Wetmoor Lane from Long Load and properties in Muchelney, Muchelney Ham and ThorneyDesignated alert area · EA ref 112WAFYPM
- Low lying properties in Muchelney, Muchelney Ham and Thorney MoorDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFMTM10A
- River Yeo and Parrett from Yeovil to Limington and North Barrow to SomertonDesignated alert area · EA ref 112WAFYPU
- Downstream of Weir Bridge near Limington to Langport including Hainbury Farm, farms around the A303, Long Load, Withmoor Drove, Crouds Lane, Upton Bridge Farm, Pibsbury, Huish Episcopi, Portland Road, Courtfield and Huish Farm area near LangportDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFYEO30A
- River Yeo from Yeovilton to Huish Episcopi including Ilchester and Long LoadDesignated alert area · EA ref 112WAFYPY
- Weir Lane, Pyle Lane and Bineham LaneDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFYEO30B
- Kingshams, Limington Road, Lyster Close, Back Lane, Church Street, Almshouse Lane, West Street, High Street, Priory Road, Pill Bridge Lane, Bishops Walk, Friars Close, Canons Gate, Abbots Road and NorthoverDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFYEO30C
- Properties in The MeadDesignated warning area · EA ref 112FWFYEO30D
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.