Sellindge water level

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

River gauge, East Stour Trib Great Stour, Kent, United Kingdom

Directions

Far below the normal range

Water level

0.20m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST (47 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.20 m, the East Stour Trib Great Stour at Sellindge is far below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.22 m to 0.85 m. The lowest reading on record is 0.18 m (July 9, 2017).

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 0.20 m and 0.22 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: 0.22 m – 0.85 m
Highest on record: 1.98 mMarch 5, 2020
Lowest on record: 0.18 mJuly 9, 2017

On the river at Sellindge

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: 4.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 7° 1.1 mm, 31% Wind 28 km/h

18 Sun 10° 8° 37 mm, 100% Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 13° 8° – Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 13° 11° 1.3 mm, 43% Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 14° 11° 18 mm, 53% Wind 18 km/h

22 Thu 13° 6° 11 mm, 62% Wind 34 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 23 mm, 79% Wind 63 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:23 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 38 min First quarter 44%

Map

Other gauges on the East Stour Trib Great Stour

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Aldington UpstreamRiver gauge, East Stour Trib Great Stour	−0.09 m	Lowest on record	±0	4.3 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Upper Petham BourneGroundwater well	62.02 m	Normal	−0.07 m	9.5 km
Aylesford StreamRiver gauge, Old Mill Stream	0.90 m	Normal	−0.01 m	9.7 km
North ElhamGroundwater well	53.31 m	Normal	−0.09 m	10 km
White Water DykeRiver gauge	−0.02 m	Lowest on record	+0.01 m	11 km
WyeRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.10 m	Very low	−0.01 m	11 km
Black Bull RoadRiver gauge, Pent Stream	0.08 m	Normal	+0.01 m	12 km
Chart LeaconRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.10 m	Low	−0.03 m	12 km
Hothfield UpstreamRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.06 m	Low	−0.02 m	15 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the East Stour Trib Great Stour at Sellindge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.22 m to 0.85 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 0.20 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Sellindge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST, the water level was 0.20 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Sellindge rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Sellindge normal?

Far below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Sellindge?

The highest level on record is 1.98 m on March 5, 2020. The lowest is 0.18 m on July 9, 2017.

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:1113SO (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.09922, 1.00828 (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
Surface elevation	–	–	–
Water level	0.20 m	2026-10-17 21:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Sellindge (ea:1113SO). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/kent/sellindge

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