Horton weir water level

Name: Horton weir 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

0.17m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 12:45 BST (50 min ago)

History

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Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The Great Stour at Horton weir is at 0.17 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.15 m to 0.75 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.15 m and 0.17 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 – 0.75 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.15 m – 0.17 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.15 m – 0.17 m
Highest on record: 1.24 mFebruary 9, 2001
Lowest on record: 0.01 mJanuary 22, 1980

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

18 Sun 11° 9° 37 mm, 100% Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 13° 7° – Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 14° 12° 4.5 mm, 47% Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 15° 9° 3.3 mm, 42% Wind 27 km/h

22 Thu 15° 6° 3.6 mm, 79% Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 14° 8° 39 mm, 86% Wind 37 km/h

24 Sat 10° 5° 0.2 mm, 54% Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:25 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on the Great Stour

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
West Gate GardensRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.24 m	Normal	+0.02 m	4.0 km
Vauxhall BridgeRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.32 m	Normal	+0.03 m	6.8 km
Fordwich River LevelRiver gauge, Great Stour	1.36 m	Normal	±0	8.1 km
WyeRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.10 m	Very low	−0.01 m	11 km
GroveFerryTidal gauge, Great Stour	1.09 m	No reference yet	−0.04 m	14 km
Chart LeaconRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.10 m	Low	−0.01 m	18 km
Hothfield UpstreamRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.05 m	Low	±0	19 km
Brown MillRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.16 m	Normal	+0.06 m	19 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
BekesbourneRiver gauge, Nailbourne	0.76 m	Normal	±0	8.1 km
Upper Petham BourneGroundwater well	61.94 m	Normal	−0.10 m	8.4 km
LittlebourneRiver gauge, Little Stour	0.01 m	Low	+0.01 m	9.8 km
Grasmere RoadRiver gauge, Swalecliffe Brook	8.13 m	Very low	+0.06 m	11 km
Wingham RoadGroundwater well	4.02 m	Low	±0	12 km
Whitstable RoadRiver gauge, West Brook	3.57 m	Very high	+0.08 m	12 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Great Stour at Horton weir?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.15 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 0.17 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Horton weir today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 12:45 BST, the water level was 0.17 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Horton weir rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Horton weir 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 Horton weir?

The highest level on record is 1.24 m on February 9, 2001. The lowest is 0.01 m on January 22, 1980.

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:E3951 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.25778, 1.03008 (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	0.17 m	2026-10-18 11:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Horton weir (ea:E3951). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/kent/horton-weir

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