Environment Agency monitoring station
Long Melford
Chad Brook · Long Melford · Essex catchment
EA station reference
E22563
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
- Chad Brook
- Catchment
- Essex
- Nearest named place
- Long Melford
- EA opening date
- 2 October 1979
- Coordinates
- 52.08029, 0.72441
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.
- The upper Stour and surrounding tributaries, at Little Yeldham, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, Kedington, Glemsford and Brockley, to and including, SudburyDesignated alert area · EA ref 051WAFEF1
- The River Stour from downstream of Kedington to Sudbury, including Clare and CavendishDesignated warning area · EA ref 051FWFEF2
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.