Bures Bridge water level

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

River gauge, River Stour, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.22m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 14:30 BST (21 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Stour at Bures Bridge is at 0.22 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.00 m to 1.43 m.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.16 m and 0.29 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 – 1.43 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.16 m – 0.29 m
Highest on record: 2.05 mJanuary 3, 2003
Lowest on record: 0.08 mSeptember 26, 2009

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Stour

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 0.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 6° 0.9 mm Wind 25 km/h

18 Sun 14° 7° 8.1 mm, 73% Wind 26 km/h

19 Mon 13° 10° 1.4 mm, 70% Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 14° 11° 1.2 mm, 35% Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 13° 10° 14 mm, 53% Wind 21 km/h

22 Thu 14° 6° 0.6 mm, 25% Wind 24 km/h

23 Fri 12° 8° 9.8 mm, 66% Wind 40 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:25 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 40%

Map

Other gauges on the River Stour

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
LamarshRiver gauge, River Stour	0.36 m	Very low	±0	2.3 km
LanghamRiver gauge, River Stour	0.25 m	Very low	±0	11 km
WestmillRiver gauge, River Stour	0.23 m	Normal	±0	15 km
KedingtonRiver gauge, River Stour	0.21 m	Normal	±0	23 km
Sandwich QuayRiver gauge, River Stour	0.99 m	Normal	−0.41 m	87 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Earls ColneRiver gauge, River Colne	0.11 m	Very low	−0.01 m	6.7 km
BoxfordRiver gauge, River Box	1.20 m	Normal	±0	8.5 km
PolsteadRiver gauge, River Box	0.11 m	Very low	±0	8.7 km
LexdenRiver gauge, River Colne	0.20 m	Very low	±0	9.7 km
Long MelfordRiver gauge, Chad Brook	0.19 m	Normal	±0	12 km
Poole StreetRiver gauge, River Colne	0.07 m	Normal	±0	14 km
GlemsfordRiver gauge, River Glem	0.09 m	Normal	±0	15 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Stour at Bures Bridge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.00 m to 1.43 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 0.22 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bures Bridge today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 14:30 BST, the water level was 0.22 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bures Bridge rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Bures 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 Bures Bridge?

The highest level on record is 2.05 m on January 3, 2003. The lowest is 0.08 m on September 26, 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:E21856 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.97219, 0.77454 (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	0.22 m	2026-10-17 13:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Bures Bridge (ea:E21856). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/suffolk/bures-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