Crowhurst water level

Name: Crowhurst water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, Combe Haven, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Directions

Lower than ever recorded here

Surface elevation

4.96m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 19:15 BST (22 min ago)

History

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Surface elevation Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 4.96 m, the Combe Haven at Crowhurst is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 4.99 m (July 13, 2012). The usual range here runs from 5.05 m to 5.60 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 5.05 m – 5.60 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 4.96 m – 4.96 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 4.96 m – 4.96 m
Highest on record: 7.00 mJanuary 16, 2023
Lowest on record: 4.99 mJuly 13, 2012
Lowest on record: 0.03 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Crowhurst

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 11° 8° 9.4 mm, 98% Wind 19 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 0.2 mm, 57% Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 14° 10° 3.9 mm, 49% Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 15° 7° 3.3 mm, 45% Wind 29 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 11 mm, 76% Wind 24 km/h

23 Fri 14° 7° 41 mm, 88% Wind 43 km/h

24 Sat 11° 3° – Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:28 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 61%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Sheepwash BridgeRiver gauge, Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels	0.97 m	Normal	−0.08 m	3.3 km
Stonehouse Drive RlRiver gauge	29.35 m	No reference yet	−0.34 m	3.5 km
Browns BridgeRiver gauge, Dudwell Tributary Rother	0.10 m	Normal	±0	12 km
Hundred House BridgeRiver gauge, Royal Military Canal	0.12 m	Normal	+0.02 m	12 km
UdiamRiver gauge, River Rother	0.14 m	Normal	+0.01 m	13 km
BurwashRiver gauge, River Rother	0.11 m	Normal	±0	15 km
CowbeechRiver gauge, River Cuckmere	0.04 m	Normal	+0.85 m	15 km
Winchelsea Strand BridgeRiver gauge, River Brede	1.11 m	Normal	+0.03 m	16 km

Questions and answers

Is Crowhurst really 4.96 m deep?

No. 4.96 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Crowhurst today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 19:15 BST, the surface elevation was 4.96 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Crowhurst rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Crowhurst normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Crowhurst?

The highest level on record is 7.00 m on January 16, 2023. The lowest is 4.99 m on July 13, 2012.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:SE7050 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.87805, 0.50007 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: ODN
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Surface elevation	4.96 m	2026-10-19 18:15	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Crowhurst (ea:SE7050). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-sussex/crowhurst

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer