River Box level at Polstead

Latest at 5:30am on 4 May

• Height: 0.16m
• Trend: Steady
• State: Normal

Normal range 0.10m to 0.68m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

We take measurements more often as the risk of flooding increases.

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

• 1.25m:
  Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (30 January 1988)

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• 0.68m:
  Top of normal range. Low-lying land flooding possible above this level

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• 0.16m:
  Latest level

Flooding might not happen again at the same historical levels. This may be because flood management schemes are now in place.

How we measure river, sea and groundwater levels

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