Hundred House Bridge water level

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

River gauge, Royal Military Canal, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.11m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 20 Oct 2026, 21:45 BST (44 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The gauge at Hundred House Bridge reads 0.11 m, a normal level.

The usual range here runs from 0.00 m to 0.46 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.08 m and 0.15 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.00 m – 0.46 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.08 m – 0.15 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.08 m – 0.13 m
Highest on record: 1.88 mFebruary 22, 2010
Lowest on record: 0.00 mAugust 28, 2009

On the river at Hundred House Bridge

A level in the typical range is usually good news for both anglers and canoeists, but conditions can change quickly after rain in the hills.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 11° 8° 12 mm, 98% Wind 18 km/h

19 Mon 14° 8° 0.1 mm, 64% Wind 12 km/h

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

21 Wed 15° 7° 3.3 mm, 43% Wind 29 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° 11 mm, 75% Wind 24 km/h

23 Fri 14° 7° 41 mm, 86% Wind 43 km/h

24 Sat 11° 3° – Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:29 AM Sunset 05:57 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min Waxing gibbous 71%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Brede GSRiver gauge	2.60 m	No reference yet	−0.02 m	4.2 km
Winchelsea Strand BridgeRiver gauge, River Brede	1.14 m	Normal	+0.04 m	6.9 km
UdiamRiver gauge, River Rother	0.14 m	Normal	±0	8.8 km
Browns BridgeRiver gauge, Dudwell Tributary Rother	0.10 m	Normal	±0	12 km
CrowhurstRiver gauge, Combe Haven	4.96 m	Lowest on record	±0	12 km
Sheepwash BridgeRiver gauge, Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels	1.02 m	Normal	+0.10 m	13 km
BurwashRiver gauge, River Rother	0.10 m	Normal	±0	17 km
SmardenRiver gauge, River Beult	0.32 m	Normal	+0.07 m	22 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Royal Military Canal at Hundred House Bridge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.00 m to 0.46 m for this gauge.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.11 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Hundred House Bridge today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 21:45 BST, the water level was 0.11 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Hundred House Bridge rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Hundred House Bridge normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Hundred House Bridge?

The highest level on record is 1.88 m on February 22, 2010. The lowest is 0.00 m on August 28, 2009.

How often is this data updated?

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

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment Agency
Station code: ea:E6140 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.95022, 0.63098 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum
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
Water level	0.11 m	2026-10-20 20:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hundred House Bridge (ea:E6140). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/east-sussex/hundred-house-bridge

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