Middle River Medway

River Medway from Penshurst to Hampstead Lock at Yalding, including the Leigh Flood Storage area, the Ensfield Road, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood, the Hop Farm, East Peckham, Branbridges and Hale Street

Flood alert area River Medway Kent Kent S London and E Sussex

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Hartlake Bridge in this area

River Medway • Golden Green • 0.2 km (upstream)

Falling · normal — Down from 0.74 at 11:15, now 0.61

0.61 m

34min ago

Town Lock in this area

River Medway • Tonbridge • 3.7 km (upstream)

structure gauge

1.07 m

34min ago

Yalding Hampstead Lock in this area

River Medway • Yalding • 6.6 km (downstream)

structure gauge

1.71 m

34min ago

Leigh Flood Storage Area in this area

River Medway • Leigh • 6.6 km (upstream)

River Medway • West Farleigh • 9.9 km (downstream)

River Medway • Fordcombe • 12.2 km (upstream)

Steady · below normal

0.09 m

34min ago

East Farleigh Gate Upstream

River Medway • East Farleigh • 12.4 km (downstream)

Crested · normal — Rose 0.12 m since 09:30 — peaked 1.40 at 15:30, now 1.35 and easing

1.35 m

34min ago

Chafford

River Medway • Fordcombe • 12.9 km (upstream)

Rising slightly · normal — Up 0.02 m since 10:00, rising slightly

0.14 m

34min ago

Maidstone

River Medway • Maidstone • 15.3 km (downstream)

River Medway • Sandling • 16.2 km (downstream)

Rising · normal — Peaked 0.17 at 12:45, now 0.13 and rising again (0.02 m/h)

0.13 m

34min ago

Flood Event History (44)

6 Feb 2026 at 8:46am Flood Alert

27 Jan 2026 at 7:04pm Flood Alert

21 Jan 2026 at 7:39pm Flood Alert

14 Jan 2026 at 6:23am Flood Alert

9 Jan 2026 at 12:36pm Flood Alert

18 Dec 2025 at 5:46pm Flood Alert

24 Feb 2025 at 5:45pm Flood Alert

27 Jan 2025 at 6:29am Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 12:45pm Flood Alert

27 Nov 2024 at 7:12pm Flood Alert

23 Sep 2024 at 2:49pm Flood Alert

25 Feb 2024 at 8:02pm Flood Alert

8 Feb 2024 at 8:15pm Flood Alert

4 Jan 2024 at 3:28pm Flood Alert

2 Jan 2024 at 2:59pm Flood Alert

12 Dec 2023 at 8:23pm Flood Alert

6 Nov 2023 at 2:12pm Flood Alert

4 Nov 2023 at 10:36am Flood Alert

2 Nov 2023 at 6:43pm Flood Alert

1 Apr 2023 at 2:16am Flood Alert

31 Dec 2022 at 11:48pm Flood Alert

19 Dec 2022 at 2:44pm Flood Alert

16 Nov 2022 at 8:29pm Flood Alert

20 Oct 2021 at 7:26pm Flood Alert

28 Jan 2021 at 6:25pm Flood Alert

20 Jan 2021 at 4:41pm Flood Alert

14 Jan 2021 at 6:56pm Flood Alert

27 Dec 2020 at 10:52am Flood Alert

15 Nov 2020 at 12:29pm Flood Alert

5 Mar 2020 at 1:58pm Flood Alert

15 Feb 2020 at 3:18pm Flood Alert

14 Feb 2020 at 6:40am Flood Alert

9 Feb 2020 at 9:50pm Flood Alert

15 Jan 2020 at 6:53am Flood Alert

19 Dec 2019 at 2:46pm Flood Alert

16 Dec 2019 at 7:14pm Flood Alert

13 Dec 2019 at 11:31am Flood Alert

27 Nov 2019 at 1:23pm Flood Alert

9 Feb 2019 at 7:57am Flood Alert

28 Mar 2016 at 11:46am Flood Alert

27 Jan 2016 at 6:42pm Flood Alert

10 Jan 2016 at 11:11am Flood Alert

3 Jan 2016 at 5:43pm Flood Alert

14 Jan 2015 at 7:16pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 217035 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 064WAF8MidMed

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.

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Middle River Medway

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Flood Event History (44)

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