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Lower Ouse

Lower Ouse and tributaries from Barcombe Mills to Newhaven

Flood alert area Ouse East Sussex Solent and South Downs

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Lewes Corporation Yard in this area

River Ouse • Lewes • 2.6 km (downstream)

River Ouse • Barcombe • 6.1 km (downstream)

Steady · normal

River Ouse • Barcombe • 6.2 km (downstream)

structure gauge

River Ouse • Barcombe • 7.3 km (downstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 5.83 at 06:30, now 5.80

River Ouse • Newick • 12.8 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Freshfield Bridge

River Ouse • Scayne's Hill • 16.6 km (upstream)

Rising · normal

Lindfield Bridge

River Ouse • Lindfield • 19.5 km (upstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 1.29 at 06:00, now 1.24

River Ouse • Ardingly • 22.1 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Bell Lane Grill

Winterbourne Stream • Lewes • 2.8 km

structure gauge

BARCOMBE GATES RL

Flood Event History (24)

6 May 2024 at 7:48pm Flood Alert

8 Apr 2024 at 1:53pm Flood Alert

12 Mar 2024 at 5:20pm Flood Alert

29 Oct 2023 at 12:13am Flood Alert

21 Oct 2021 at 7:50am Flood Alert

15 Nov 2020 at 5:33pm Flood Alert

12 Mar 2020 at 7:49am Flood Alert

11 Mar 2020 at 3:51pm Flood Alert

11 Mar 2020 at 8:18am Flood Alert

10 Mar 2020 at 1:14pm Flood Alert

15 Feb 2020 at 3:07pm Flood Alert

13 Feb 2020 at 10:13pm Flood Alert

10 Feb 2020 at 5:07pm Flood Alert

10 Feb 2020 at 7:21am Flood Alert

20 Dec 2019 at 8:10pm Flood Alert

20 Feb 2015 at 5:54pm Flood Alert

14 Feb 2014 at 5:07pm Flood Alert

1 Feb 2014 at 10:22am Flood Alert

2 Jan 2014 at 7:28am Flood Alert

23 Dec 2013 at 6:42pm Flood Alert

6 Dec 2013 at 2:11am Flood Alert

4 Nov 2013 at 11:49am Flood Alert

20 Dec 2012 at 6:43pm Flood Alert

10 Jun 2012 at 8:23pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 216095 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 065WAF443

Live warnings and area boundaries are the Environment Agency’s and the EA is the authority on them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This area in the EA’s own data.