Vauxhall Bridge water level

Name: Vauxhall Bridge 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

0.51m Up 0.22 m over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 22:00 BST (1 hour ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The Great Stour at Vauxhall Bridge is at 0.51 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.11 m to 1.20 m.

It has risen 0.22 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.25 m and 0.56 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: 0.11 m – 1.20 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.25 m – 0.56 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.27 m – 0.51 m
Highest on record: 1.36 mJuly 25, 2007
Lowest on record: 0.00 mApril 11, 2006

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

18 Sun 11° 9° 38 mm, 100% Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 13° 7° 0.1 mm, 62% Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 14° 11° 6.0 mm, 47% Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 14° 7° 0.3 mm, 42% Wind 41 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 3.3 mm, 79% Wind 25 km/h

23 Fri 14° 8° 21 mm, 86% Wind 39 km/h

24 Sat 13° 6° 2.2 mm, 54% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:24 AM Sunset 05:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 53%

Map

Other gauges on the Great Stour

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Fordwich River LevelRiver gauge, Great Stour	1.64 m	Normal	+0.24 m	1.6 km
West Gate GardensRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.26 m	Normal	+0.05 m	2.8 km
Horton weirRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.18 m	Normal	+0.01 m	6.8 km
GroveFerryTidal gauge, Great Stour	1.21 m	No reference yet	−0.04 m	7.6 km
WyeRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.15 m	Normal	+0.05 m	17 km
Chart LeaconRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.14 m	Normal	+0.04 m	25 km
Brown MillRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.16 m	Normal	+0.06 m	25 km
Hothfield UpstreamRiver gauge, Great Stour	0.12 m	Normal	+0.06 m	25 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
LittlebourneRiver gauge, Little Stour	0.01 m	Very low	+0.01 m	5.0 km
BekesbourneRiver gauge, Nailbourne	0.77 m	Normal	±0	5.1 km
Wingham RoadGroundwater well	4.02 m	Low	±0	6.8 km
Grasmere RoadRiver gauge, Swalecliffe Brook	8.27 m	Very high	+0.20 m	6.9 km
Whitstable RoadRiver gauge, West Brook	3.67 m	Very high	+0.18 m	7.4 km
Upper Petham BourneGroundwater well	61.91 m	Normal	−0.10 m	14 km
North ElhamGroundwater well	53.24 m	Normal	−0.06 m	15 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Great Stour at Vauxhall Bridge?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.11 m to 1.20 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 0.51 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Vauxhall Bridge today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 22:00 BST, the water level was 0.51 m. Up 0.22 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Vauxhall Bridge rising or falling?

Up 0.22 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.19 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Vauxhall 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 Vauxhall Bridge?

The highest level on record is 1.36 m on July 25, 2007. The lowest is 0.00 m on April 11, 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:E3966 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.29669, 1.10598 (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	0.51 m	2026-10-18 21:00	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Vauxhall Bridge (ea:E3966). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/kent/vauxhall-bridge

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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