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River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst

River Medway between Forest Row and Penshurst, including Ashurst and Hartwell

Flood warning area River Medway East Sussex, Kent, West Sussex Kent S London and E Sussex In Upper River Medway

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Summerford Bridge in this area

River Medway • Withyham • 2.0 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Chafford in this area

River Medway • Fordcombe • 3.6 km (upstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.14 at 14:30, now 0.12

Colliers Land Bridge in this area

River Medway • Fordcombe • 4.3 km (upstream)

Easing · below normal — Easing — down from 0.10 at 15:15, now 0.08

Forest Row in this area

River Medway • Forest Row • 6.3 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Leigh Flood Storage Area

River Medway • Leigh • 10.8 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

River Medway • Tonbridge • 13.0 km (downstream)

structure gauge

Hartlake Bridge

River Medway • Golden Green • 16.5 km (downstream)

Rising · normal — Up 0.13 m since 19:15, still rising (0.09 m/h)

Yalding Hampstead Lock

River Medway • Yalding • 22.9 km (downstream)

structure gauge

River Medway • West Farleigh • 26.3 km (downstream)

Easing · normal — Easing — down from 0.41 at 18:45, now 0.38

East Farleigh Gate Upstream

River Medway • East Farleigh • 28.7 km (downstream)

Falling · normal

Flood Event History (10)

16 Jan 2026 at 1:01am Flood Warning

23 Sep 2024 at 10:30am Flood Warning

16 Nov 2022 at 4:57pm Flood Warning

5 Mar 2020 at 9:49pm Flood Warning

16 Feb 2020 at 8:53am Flood Warning

19 Dec 2019 at 6:54pm Flood Warning

6 Feb 2014 at 4:14pm Flood Warning

6 Jan 2014 at 6:46pm Flood Warning

23 Dec 2013 at 3:35pm Flood Warning

22 Dec 2012 at 8:08pm Flood Warning

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 317038 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 064FWF8A2

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