Environment Agency monitoring station
Billingborough Ousemere
South Forty Foot Drain · Billingborough · Witham catchment
EA station reference
E4483
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
- South Forty Foot Drain
- Catchment
- Witham
- Nearest named place
- Billingborough
- EA opening date
- 17 August 1995
- Coordinates
- 52.89634, -0.34097
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.
- Isolated properties and villages west South Forty Foot from Dyke Fen upstream, via Caswell's Bridge to Donington High Bridge on Horbling Fen downstreamDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWFPSFD01
- Isolated properties and villages in low lying areas west of the South Forty Foot Drain from north Heckington to Bourne, including property at Northbeck, Scredlington, Spanby, Swaton, Osbournby, Haconby and SpanbyDesignated alert area · EA ref 053WAF122SFF
- Area at risk from the furthest extent of tidal flooding from Holland Fen to Northgate, including Swineshead, Kirton, Donington and GosbertonDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWTWASH3B
- Areas near Billingborough Ousemere Lode in Billingborough and Horbling New Cut in HorblingDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWFPSFD02
- West End and Swaton Lane areas of SwatonDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWFPSFD03
- Isolated properties and villages east South Forty Foot and tributaries including property around Baker's Bridge, West Low Grounds, Bicker Fen, Surfleet Fen, Pinchbeck North Fen, Northgate and Bourne North FenDesignated warning area · EA ref 053FWFPSFD04
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.