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Nailbourne water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Kent, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
BekesbourneBekesbourne0.76 mASD 42m agoNormal—

Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.

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Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Nailbourne above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

No gauged tributary joins the Nailbourne above Bekesbourne on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Nailbourne goes

Below Bekesbourne, its water next reaches Littlebourne, a gauge on Little Stour, 2.8 km by river downstream.

Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-04) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Storm overflows upstream

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Bekesbourne on the river map. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow.

A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →

Water samples

Dated samples taken by the Environment Agency, not live readings. Results are published days to months after the sample is taken, and many points are sampled only a few times a year, or have not been sampled for years.

4 sampling points on the Nailbourne and the streams that join it above Bekesbourne. 4 have a sample from the last 12 months; 4 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Bekesbourne Nailbourne 4 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Shuttlesfield LaneNail Bourne17 km12 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 92.5%Temp 10.6 °CpH 8.2Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Nailbourne at North Elham HillNail Bourne14 km14 Sep 2026 · 24 days agoOxygen 73.2% May 2026Temp 10 °C May 2026pH 7.77 May 2026Conductivity 536 µS/cm May 2026
Nailbourne at Patrixbourne RoadNail Bourne1.3 km14 Sep 2026 · 24 days agoOxygen 130.4% Aug 2026Temp 18.3 °C Aug 2026pH 8.12 Aug 2026Conductivity 550 µS/cm Aug 2026
Nailbourne at Old Palace RoadNail Bourne0.6 km14 Sep 2026 · 24 days agoOxygen 101.1% Jul 2026Temp 17.2 °C Jul 2026pH 8.16 Jul 2026Conductivity 601 µS/cm Jul 2026

Distances are along the river to the gauge named. England's samples only.

FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.

Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.