dataset · England
Hydrometric Monitoring Points
This record is for Approval for Access product AfA216. This dataset shows the (approximate) location of all current sites used for monitoring water quantity, including groundwater, rivers, lakes, estuaries and rainfall. Precise locations are not provided in this dataset for Personal Data reasons. More detailed locations may be available. This hydrometric sites dataset contains the locations of hydrometric monitoring points (surface water, groundwater and climate sites). The data reflects current
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Evidence quality: 58.8
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- hydrometric monitoring site locations (surface water, groundwater, climate) · locations for water quantity monitoring of groundwater, rivers, lakes, estuaries and rainfall
- Coverage llm-inferred
- England · current sites only
- Resolution docs-verified
- site locations to an accuracy of 1 km (approximate; precise locations withheld)
- Update frequency docs-verified
- as needed
- Formats docs-verified
- Shapefile (ZIP) · GeoPackage (ZIP) · GeoJSON (ZIP) · File Geodatabase (ZIP) · WFS · WMS · OGC API - Features · ArcGIS layer file (.lyr)
- Access docs-verified
- free and open; no public access constraints; Open Government Licence (attribution: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015)
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Locating the nearest hydrometric or groundwater monitoring point for an FRA baseline flow or level review · Mapping existing monitoring coverage across a catchment for a site investigation or EIA water baseline · Building a GIS layer of EA monitoring sites to support drainage or water-quality study scoping
- Audience llm-inferred
- flood consultants · hydrologists · environmental consultants · GIS analysts
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- Site locations are approximate, accurate only to 1 km, and precise locations are withheld for personal data reasons · Covers current sites only; no historical or decommissioned sites · Site locations only; the dataset does not contain monitoring readings or time series
Evidence
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=1e2fd14b-ca28-4f3a-9475-0a99eb408edf&fileName=Hydrometric_Monitoring_Points.gdb.zip
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/0bac3947-c632-47eb-83d5-fff7f1911537/hydrometric-monitoring-points1
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.