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Upper River Medway

River Medway from Forest Row to Penshurst, including Ashurst

Flood alert area River Medway East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex Kent S London and E Sussex

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Summerford Bridge in this area

River Medway • Withyham • 1.5 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Chafford in this area

River Medway • Fordcombe • 4.9 km (upstream)

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

Forest Row in this area

River Medway • Forest Row • 5.1 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

Colliers Land Bridge in this area

River Medway • Fordcombe • 5.7 km (upstream)

Steady · below normal

Leigh Flood Storage Area

River Medway • Leigh • 12.1 km (upstream)

Steady · normal

River Medway • Tonbridge • 14.3 km (downstream)

structure gauge

Hartlake Bridge

River Medway • Golden Green • 17.7 km (downstream)

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

Yalding Hampstead Lock

River Medway • Yalding • 24.1 km (downstream)

structure gauge

River Medway • West Farleigh • 27.5 km (downstream)

Rising · normal

East Farleigh Gate Upstream

River Medway • East Farleigh • 29.9 km (downstream)

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

Flood Event History (50)

18 Feb 2026 at 7:46pm Flood Alert

5 Feb 2026 at 7:02pm Flood Alert

1 Feb 2026 at 6:37pm Flood Alert

26 Jan 2026 at 5:56pm Flood Alert

21 Jan 2026 at 3:33pm Flood Alert

13 Jan 2026 at 6:13pm Flood Alert

9 Jan 2026 at 6:50am Flood Alert

18 Dec 2025 at 1:25pm Flood Alert

5 Dec 2025 at 3:47pm Flood Alert

24 Feb 2025 at 9:39am Flood Alert

26 Jan 2025 at 8:35pm Flood Alert

5 Jan 2025 at 7:25am Flood Alert

5 Dec 2024 at 4:15pm Flood Alert

26 Nov 2024 at 7:48pm Flood Alert

9 Oct 2024 at 6:15am Flood Alert

30 Sep 2024 at 9:51am Flood Alert

27 Sep 2024 at 3:14pm Flood Alert

23 Sep 2024 at 6:42am Flood Alert

12 Mar 2024 at 5:21pm Flood Alert

1 Mar 2024 at 11:54am Flood Alert

25 Feb 2024 at 5:30pm Flood Alert

22 Feb 2024 at 3:49pm Flood Alert

18 Feb 2024 at 9:08am Flood Alert

8 Feb 2024 at 2:57pm Flood Alert

4 Jan 2024 at 6:40pm Flood Alert

31 Dec 2023 at 7:37am Flood Alert

12 Dec 2023 at 4:31pm Flood Alert

9 Dec 2023 at 11:45am Flood Alert

3 Dec 2023 at 8:42pm Flood Alert

14 Nov 2023 at 2:41pm Flood Alert

13 Nov 2023 at 10:51am Flood Alert

4 Nov 2023 at 10:28am Flood Alert

2 Nov 2023 at 6:12am Flood Alert

24 Apr 2023 at 10:42pm Flood Alert

13 Apr 2023 at 3:42am Flood Alert

31 Mar 2023 at 11:49am Flood Alert

10 Mar 2023 at 5:56am Flood Alert

16 Jan 2023 at 8:19am Flood Alert

14 Jan 2023 at 10:51am Flood Alert

12 Jan 2023 at 7:48pm Flood Alert

30 Dec 2022 at 3:44pm Flood Alert

28 Dec 2022 at 6:18pm Flood Alert

23 Dec 2022 at 2:28pm Flood Alert

19 Dec 2022 at 6:25am Flood Alert

26 Nov 2022 at 4:17pm Flood Alert

15 Nov 2022 at 5:22pm Flood Alert

9 Nov 2022 at 2:34pm Flood Alert

6 Nov 2022 at 9:27am Flood Alert

3 Nov 2022 at 6:54am Flood Alert

28 Dec 2021 at 7:04am Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 217009 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 064WAF321

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