Brown Mill water level

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

River gauge, Great Stour, Kent, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.16m Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 16 Oct 2026, 18:30 BST (26 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The gauge at Brown Mill reads 0.16 m, a normal level.

The usual range here runs from 0.08 m to 0.75 m.

The water is rising: up 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.08 m and 0.20 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: 0.08 m – 0.75 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.08 m – 0.20 m
Highest on record: 1.92 mNovember 7, 2002
Lowest on record: 0.00 mNovember 23, 2005

On the river at Brown Mill

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.

About the Great 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: 4.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 6° – Wind 24 km/h

18 Sun 12° 8° 22 mm, 100% Wind 25 km/h

19 Mon 14° 7° – 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° 7° 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
Hothfield UpstreamRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.05 m	Low	−0.05 m	1.9 km
Chart LeaconRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.10 m	Low	−0.03 m	4.4 km
WyeRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.10 m	Very low	±0	9.2 km
Horton weirRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.17 m	Normal	+0.01 m	19 km
West Gate GardensRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.21 m	Low	+0.01 m	23 km
Vauxhall BridgeRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.29 m	Normal	+0.01 m	25 km
Fordwich River LevelRiver gauge, Great Stour	1.44 m	Normal	−0.07 m	27 km
GroveFerryTidal gauge, Great Stour	1.33 m	No reference yet	−0.08 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	6.9 km
Aylesford StreamRiver gauge, Old Mill Stream	0.90 m	Normal	−0.01 m	7.0 km
SmardenRiver gauge, River Beult	0.24 m	Low	−0.01 m	8.6 km
Aldington UpstreamRiver gauge, East Stour Trib Great Stour	−0.09 m	Lowest on record	±0	13 km
Upper Petham BourneGroundwater well	62.03 m	Normal	−0.06 m	17 km
SellindgeRiver gauge, East Stour Trib Great Stour	0.21 m	Low	−0.01 m	17 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Great Stour at Brown Mill?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.08 m to 0.75 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 0.16 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Brown Mill today?

On 16 Oct 2026, 18:30 BST, the water level was 0.16 m. Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Brown Mill rising or falling?

Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.08 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Brown Mill 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 Brown Mill?

The highest level on record is 1.92 m on November 7, 2002. The lowest is 0.00 m on November 23, 2005.

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:E4370 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.17161, 0.79951 (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	0.16 m	2026-10-16 17:30	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Brown Mill (ea:E4370). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/kent/brown-mill

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