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River Lavant water levels

Live levels from 4 monitoring stations across Hampshire, West Sussex, updated every 15 minutes.

4stations
0above typical high
2catchments
⚠️ Several distinct UK rivers share the name “River Lavant” — sections below are grouped by catchment.

Gauges

River Lavant — Arun and Western Streams

2 stations in this catchment

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
GraylingwellGraylingwell0.02 mASD 31m agoNormal—
Chichester Tozer WayChichester12.67 mAOD 46m agoNormal—

River Lavant — East Hampshire

2 stations in this catchment

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Crosslands DriveHavant0.12 mASD 31m agoNormal—
West StreetHavant7.07 mAOD 31m 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.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Lavant 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.

River Lavant — Arun and Western Streams

No gauged tributary joins the Lavant above Chichester Tozer Way on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Lavant goes

No gauge below Chichester Tozer Way is known on the river map.

River Lavant — East Hampshire

No gauged tributary joins the Lavant above West Street on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Lavant goes

No gauge below West Street is known on the river map.

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

River Lavant — Arun and Western Streams

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Chichester Tozer Way, the Lavant’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Lavant itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 1 not discharging
  • 0 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflow traced upstream of Chichester Tozer Way: 166 spills over 3,583 hours.

Each overflow is listed in the stretch above the first gauge its water reaches, from the source down, as on the Gauges tab. A stretch of the Lavant includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Graylingwell, the Lavant’s highest gauge1 overflow
  • Lavant WwTW Not discharging shellfish water
    Southern Water · into River Lavant & Gw Via Wetland · 1.7 km by river above Graylingwell · 2025: 166 spills, 3,583 h · reaches the river through a sewer, so where it enters is approximate

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Lavant’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.

River Lavant — East Hampshire

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of West Street 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.

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the Lavant’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Budds Farm Havant CEO Not discharging shellfish water
    Southern Water · into Brockhampton Creek · 1.1 km from West Street in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 3 spills, 7.5 h
  • Priorsdean Crescent Havant CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    Southern Water · into Hermitage Stream · 1.1 km from Crosslands Drive in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Kings Road Emsworth CSO Not discharging shellfish water
    Southern Water · into Nore Rithe/Emsworth Harbour · 2.9 km from Crosslands Drive in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 2 spills, 10 h
  • St Andrews Road Portsmouth CSO No live feed shellfish water
    Southern Water · into Broom Channel · 2.9 km from West Street in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 3 spills, 1.7 h

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 →

Live status: © Southern Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual figures for England: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.

River Lavant — Arun and Western Streams

No Environment Agency sampling point is placed on the River Lavant or the streams above its lowest gauge on the mapped rivers. That is not the same as none: the river map leaves out many small streams.

River Lavant — East Hampshire

1 sampling point on the River Lavant and the streams that join it above West Street. 0 have a sample from the last 12 months; 1 has any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Crosslands Drive River Lavant 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Durrants Stream at Little Leigh Equestrianunnamed stream2.7 km1 Dec 2023 · 2.9 years agoOxygen 89.9%Temp 3.8 °CpH 7.42Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l

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.