`ukflood_stations_near`

Pack: uk-flood-monitoring · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uk-flood-monitoring/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/ukflood_stations_near for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Environment Agency river, groundwater, tidal and rainfall monitoring stations near a point in England, with the measures each one reports. Use this to find the station id you then pass to ukflood_station_readings. Returns station reference, label, river and catchment name, town, coordinates and the parameter/unit of every measure at that station. Example: latitude 51.5, longitude -0.12, radius_km 10 for central London.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`latitude`	number	no	Latitude in decimal degrees, e.g. 51.5 (London).
`longitude`	number	no	Longitude in decimal degrees, e.g. -0.12 (London).
`radius_km`	number	no	Search radius in kilometres (default 10, max 100).
`parameter`	string	no	Optional measure filter: “level” (water level), “flow” (river discharge), “rainfall”, “temperature”, “wind”. Omit for all.
`river`	string	no	Optional river name filter, e.g. “River Thames”. Can be used without coordinates.
`limit`	number	no	Max stations to return (default 20, max 100).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "latitude": 51.5,
  "longitude": -0.12,
  "radius_km": 10,
  "parameter": "level"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uk-flood-monitoring/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ukflood_stations_near","arguments":{"latitude":51.5,"longitude":-0.12,"radius_km":10,"parameter":"level"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('ukflood_stations_near', {
  "latitude": 51.5,
  "longitude": -0.12,
  "radius_km": 10,
  "parameter": "level"
});

More examples

{
  "river": "River Thames",
  "limit": 3
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-flood-monitoring": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uk-flood-monitoring/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

ukflood_stations_near