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Mottingham Lane FD water level

River gauge, Greater London, United Kingdom

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Latest reading

Water level

0.12m Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

-0.5 0.0 0.5

History

History
-0.00.10.20.3mOct 13Oct 15Oct 16Oct 18Oct 20-0.00.10.20.3mOct 13Oct 16Oct 20
-0.00.10.20.3mSep 20Sep 27Oct 5Oct 12Oct 20-0.00.10.20.3mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
Water level

What this means

The Environment Agency has Mottingham Lane FD at 0.12 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It is still going down, by 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is −0.01 m – 0.31 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.12 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days
−0.01 m – 0.31 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
−0.01 m – 0.14 m

For anglers and canoeists

Without a reference range, compare today with the chart: a sharp rise usually means coloured water.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 8° 7.0 mm, 92% Wind 18 km/h
19 Mon 14° 9° 1.8 mm, 87% Wind 12 km/h
20 Tue 13° 12° 6.7 mm, 55% Wind 8 km/h
21 Wed 15° 8° 2.7 mm, 40% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 15° 7° 1.6 mm, 49% Wind 15 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 48 mm, 86% Wind 29 km/h
24 Sat 10° 5° – Wind 18 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:32 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 26 min First quarter 67%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Chinbrook ParkRiver gauge, River Quaggy 0.03 m Low −0.01 m 1.3 km
Manor House GardensRiver gauge, River Quaggy 0.04 m Normal −0.01 m 2.2 km
Beckenham ParkRiver gauge, River Ravensbourne 0.51 m Low ±0 3.4 km
Lower CamdenRiver gauge, Kyd Brook 0.88 m Low −0.01 m 3.7 km
Catford HillRiver gauge, River Ravensbourne 0.06 m Very low −0.01 m 3.9 km
Winsford RoadRiver gauge, River Pool 0.06 m Very low −0.01 m 4.0 km
Woodlands RoadRiver gauge, Kyd Brook 1.17 m High −0.01 m 4.6 km
Bishops AvenueRiver gauge, River Ravensbourne 0.55 m Normal ±0 4.6 km

Questions and answers

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 0.12 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Mottingham Lane FD today?

On 20 Oct 2026, 08:45 BST, the water level was 0.12 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Mottingham Lane FD rising or falling?

Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.12 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Mottingham Lane FD normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:4391TH
Coordinates
51.44286, 0.02982 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.12 m 2026-10-20 07:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Mottingham Lane FD (ea:4391TH). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/greater-london/mottingham-lane-fd

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.