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Stony Stratford

Great Ouse
Upper and Bedford Ouse catchment • Stony Stratford • City of Milton Keynes • ID: E60701 • Level
(40m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 176 views

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Current Level
0.141 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.144 mASD
24h Min
0.132 mASD
Typical Range
0.15 - 0.30
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.16 mASD
EA official record
0.76 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 12% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -0.3 cm over 5h
08 Oct 13:15 ▬ steady 0.141 mASD
08 Oct 13:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.141 mASD
08 Oct 12:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.142 mASD
08 Oct 12:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.141 mASD
08 Oct 12:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.143 mASD
08 Oct 12:00 ▬ steady 0.142 mASD
08 Oct 11:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.142 mASD
08 Oct 11:30 ▬ steady 0.143 mASD
08 Oct 11:15 ▬ steady 0.143 mASD
08 Oct 11:00 ▬ steady 0.143 mASD
08 Oct 10:45 ▬ steady 0.143 mASD
08 Oct 10:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.143 mASD
08 Oct 10:15 ▬ steady 0.144 mASD
08 Oct 10:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.144 mASD
08 Oct 09:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.143 mASD
08 Oct 09:30 ▬ steady 0.144 mASD
08 Oct 09:15 ▬ steady 0.144 mASD
08 Oct 09:00 ▬ steady 0.144 mASD
08 Oct 08:45 ▬ steady 0.144 mASD
08 Oct 08:30 0.144 mASD

Station Details

Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E60701
  • RLOI id: 6185 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E60701-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Upper and Bedford Ouse
  • Datum: 64.300m AOD
  • Typical Range: 0.151 – 0.304 mASD
  • EA Cross-check: 0.14 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 13:00)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Nearby Stations

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Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.

12 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.1 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 10 report not discharging, and for 2 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

💧
Anglian Water · into Great River Ouse · 2.1 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Great Ouse · 15.9 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Great River Ouse · 16.5 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Great Ouse · 16.6 km upstream along the river
10 spills · 3 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
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Anglian Water · into Padbury Brook · 17.3 km upstream along the river
10 spills · 139 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
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Anglian Water · into Padbury Brook · 22.1 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Trib Of Padbury Brook · 25.9 km upstream along the river
6 spills · 3 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Great Ouse Nt · 28.3 km upstream along the river
25 spills · 34 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

4 more further upstream, up to 33.3 km away along the river.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
Anglian Water · into River Ouse · 420 m away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
6 spills · 31 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Unknown Trib · 4.2 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Loughton Brook · 4.7 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
10 spills · 19 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
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Anglian Water · into Beachampton Brook · 5.6 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
36 spills · 571 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

4 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.

These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.30 m on about 13 days. This year so far: 8 days.

2026 8 days, 2 of them high · 2 high so far
2025 9 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2024 44 days, 16 of them high · 16 high
2023 20 days
2022 6 days
2021 13 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2020 10 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
2019 9 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
2018 6 days
2017 3 days, 2 of them high · 2 high

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 0.63 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2016 for the 8 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 km away).

32flood warnings 8flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 25 Nov 2024 — Area close to the River Great Ouse and River Ouzel at Newport Pagnell

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 4
2025 0 4
2024 23 0
2020 4 0
2016 5 0

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record. See also the Stony Stratford flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 8 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Great Ouse at Stony Stratford flooding today?

The current level is 0.14m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Stony Stratford?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

What is a normal level for the River Great Ouse at Stony Stratford?

The typical range at this station is 0.15m to 0.30m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.30m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.

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