Environment Agency monitoring station
River Freshney Grimsby
Laceby Beck · Great Coates · Grimsby and Ancholme catchment
EA station reference
E1696
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
- Laceby Beck
- Catchment
- Grimsby and Ancholme
- Nearest named place
- Great Coates
- EA opening date
- 1 January 1984
- Coordinates
- 53.57458, -0.10825
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.
- Brigsley including Waithe LaneDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWFPECR04
- Tidal flooding near the South Humber Bank from Barton Upon Humber to HumberstonDesignated alert area · EA ref 053WAT600SHBa
- Far extent of Tidal flooding on the South Humber Bank from Whitton to HumberstonDesignated alert area · EA ref 053WAT600SHB
- Wider area at risk of tidal flooding in Cleethorpes and parts of HumberstonDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWTCLEE2
- Wider area at risk of tidal flooding in the East Marsh, Holme Hill and Wellow areas of Central GrimsbyDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWTGRIM2B
- Wybers Wood and Willows Estate areas of Grimsby including St Nicholas Drive, Grasby Crescent and Anderby DriveDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWFPECR02
- Wider area at risk from the New Cut Drain in the Wybers Wood and Willows Estate areas of Grimsby and the South Humberside Industrial EstateDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWFPECR14
- Properties in the Sunk Island area, from Winestead Drain to Cherry Cobb SandsDesignated warning area · EA ref 122FWT014
- The Humber estuary from Winestead Outfall to Thorngumbald Pumping StationDesignated alert area · EA ref 122WAT958
- Immingham to Pyewipe including North Moss Lane Industrial Estate, South Marsh Road, Hobson Way and EuroparcDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWTIMM2
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.