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Hothfield Upstream water level

River gauge, Great Stour, Kent, United Kingdom

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Below the normal range

Water level

0.05m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

0 1 3 4 Highest onrecord 3.67 m Lowest on record 0.00 m

History

0.050.10mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.050.10mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17Bottom of normal range
0.050.10mSep 17Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 17Bottom of normal range0.050.10mSep 17Oct 2Oct 17Bottom of normal range
Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.05 m, the Great Stour at Hothfield Upstream is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.07 m to 2.34 m.

The level is falling, down 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.02 m and 0.14 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
0.07 m – 2.34 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.02 m – 0.14 m
Highest on record
3.67 mFebruary 16, 2014
Lowest on record
0.00 mOctober 13, 2007

On the river at Hothfield Upstream

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.

About the Great Stour

River Stour, Kent

The River Stour is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay. Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour. The upper section of the river, above its confluence with the East Stour at Ashford is sometimes known as the Upper Great Stour or West Stour. In the tidal lower reaches, the artificial Stonar Cut short cuts a large loop in the natural river.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 7° – Wind 25 km/h
18 Sun 12° 8° 23 mm, 100% Wind 24 km/h
19 Mon 14° 8° – Wind 12 km/h
20 Tue 14° 11° 1.8 mm, 39% Wind 14 km/h
21 Wed 14° 11° 14 mm, 49% Wind 16 km/h
22 Thu 14° 5° 4.6 mm, 50% Wind 22 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 19 mm, 78% Wind 49 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:24 AM Sunset 06:02 PM Daylight 10 hr, 38 min First quarter 43%

Map

Other gauges on the Great Stour

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Brown MillRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.16 m Normal +0.06 m 1.9 km
Chart LeaconRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.10 m Low −0.03 m 2.6 km
WyeRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.10 m Very low ±0 8.6 km
Horton weirRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.16 m Normal +0.01 m 19 km
West Gate GardensRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.21 m Low +0.02 m 23 km
Vauxhall BridgeRiver gauge, Great Stour 0.29 m Normal +0.01 m 25 km
Fordwich River LevelRiver gauge, Great Stour 1.42 m Normal −0.04 m 27 km
GroveFerryTidal gauge, Great Stour 1.28 m No reference yet −0.09 m 33 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
White Water DykeRiver gauge −0.02 m Lowest on record +0.01 m 5.0 km
Aylesford StreamRiver gauge, Old Mill Stream 0.90 m Normal −0.01 m 5.3 km
SmardenRiver gauge, River Beult 0.24 m Low ±0 9.3 km
Aldington UpstreamRiver gauge, East Stour Trib Great Stour −0.09 m Lowest on record ±0 11 km
SellindgeRiver gauge, East Stour Trib Great Stour 0.20 m Low −0.02 m 15 km
Upper Petham BourneGroundwater well 62.02 m Normal −0.07 m 16 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Great Stour at Hothfield Upstream?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.07 m to 2.34 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 0.05 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Hothfield Upstream today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 21:45 BST, the water level was 0.05 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Hothfield Upstream rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Hothfield Upstream normal?

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

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Hothfield Upstream?

The highest level on record is 3.67 m on February 16, 2014. The lowest is 0.00 m on October 13, 2007.

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:E4321 (Agency page)
Coordinates
51.15769, 0.81519 (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 0.05 m 2026-10-17 20:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Hothfield Upstream (ea:E4321). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/kent/hothfield-upstream

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