Chafford water level

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

River gauge, River Medway, Kent, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.15m Up 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 05:30 BST (45 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The gauge at Chafford reads 0.15 m, a normal level.

The usual range here runs from 0.15 m to 2.50 m.

The water is rising: up 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.07 m and 0.21 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: 0.15 m – 2.50 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.07 m – 0.21 m
Highest on record: 3.53 mOctober 12, 2000
Lowest on record: 0.00 mJanuary 4, 2006

On the river at Chafford

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

17 Sat 13° 7° 0.3 mm Wind 21 km/h

18 Sun 13° 7° 2.2 mm, 46% Wind 20 km/h

19 Mon 12° 6° – Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 14° 10° 2.7 mm, 31% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 13° 8° 2.1 mm, 50% Wind 36 km/h

22 Thu 14° 7° 0.6 mm, 33% Wind 32 km/h

23 Fri 13° 8° 4.1 mm, 57% Wind 26 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:26 AM Sunset 06:05 PM Daylight 10 hr, 38 min First quarter 37%

Map

Other gauges on the River Medway

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Colliers Land BridgeRiver gauge, River Medway	0.22 m	Very low	±0	0.8 km
Summerford BridgeRiver gauge, River Medway	0.04 m	Normal	±0	4.6 km
Leigh Flood Storage AreaRiver gauge, River Medway	0.78 m	Normal	+0.02 m	7.3 km
Town LockRiver gauge, River Medway	1.15 m	Normal	+0.03 m	9.5 km
Forest RowRiver gauge, River Medway	−0.04 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	9.8 km
Hartlake BridgeRiver gauge, River Medway	0.68 m	Normal	+0.08 m	13 km
Yalding Hampstead LockRiver gauge, River Medway	1.64 m	Normal	±0	19 km
TestonRiver gauge, River Medway	0.36 m	Normal	+0.01 m	23 km
East Farleigh Gate UpstreamRiver gauge, River Medway	1.30 m	Normal	−0.10 m	25 km
MaidstoneRiver gauge, River Medway	0.27 m	Normal	±0	28 km
Allington MarinaRiver gauge, River Medway	0.10 m	Normal	+0.01 m	29 km
Allington LockRiver gauge, River Medway	3.87 m	No reference yet	+0.02 m	29 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
PenshurstRiver gauge, Eden Tributary Medway	0.20 m	Normal	+0.01 m	3.1 km
Hendal BridgeRiver gauge, Eridge Stream Tributary Medway	0.14 m	Normal	+0.03 m	4.0 km
Vexour BridgeRiver gauge, Eden Tributary Medway	0.72 m	Normal	+0.02 m	5.0 km
EdenbridgeRiver gauge, Eden Tributary Medway	0.97 m	Normal	+0.01 m	9.1 km
Bartley MillRiver gauge, River Teise	0.14 m	Normal	+0.02 m	12 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Medway at Chafford?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.15 m to 2.50 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 0.15 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Chafford today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 05:30 BST, the water level was 0.15 m. Up 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Chafford rising or falling?

Up 0.05 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Chafford 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 Chafford?

The highest level on record is 3.53 m on October 12, 2000. The lowest is 0.00 m on January 4, 2006.

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:E1541 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.14454, 0.16847 (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	0.15 m	2026-10-17 04:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Chafford (ea:E1541). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/kent/chafford

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