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Chudleigh Bridge

Teign
Teign Torbay and South Hams catchment • Chudleigh • Devon • ID: 46135 • Level
(35m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 168 views

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Current Level
0.408 mASD
▲ Rising (+1cm/hr)
24h Max
0.408 mASD
24h Min
0.382 mASD
Typical Range
0.60 - 1.82
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.57 mASD
EA official record
3.57 in our data (since Feb 2004)
Current level is 11% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +3 cm over 6h
10 Oct 00:30 ▬ steady 0.408 mASD
10 Oct 00:15 ▲ +0.5 cm 0.408 mASD
10 Oct 00:00 ▲ +0.9 cm 0.403 mASD
09 Oct 23:45 ▲ +0.8 cm 0.394 mASD
09 Oct 23:30 ▲ +0.4 cm 0.386 mASD
09 Oct 22:30 ▬ steady 0.382 mASD
09 Oct 22:15 ▬ steady 0.382 mASD
09 Oct 22:00 ▬ steady 0.382 mASD
09 Oct 21:45 ▬ steady 0.382 mASD
09 Oct 21:30 ▬ steady 0.382 mASD
09 Oct 21:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.382 mASD
09 Oct 21:00 ▬ steady 0.383 mASD
09 Oct 20:45 ▬ steady 0.383 mASD
09 Oct 20:30 ▬ steady 0.383 mASD
09 Oct 20:15 ▬ steady 0.383 mASD
09 Oct 20:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.383 mASD
09 Oct 19:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.382 mASD
09 Oct 19:30 ▬ steady 0.383 mASD
09 Oct 19:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.383 mASD
09 Oct 19:00 0.382 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Chudleigh Bridge
  • Watercourse: River Teign
  • Nearest Town: Chudleigh
  • County: Devon
  • Nearest reservoir: Fernworthy (19.4 km) · 27.0% full (as of 4 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 50°35'42"N 3°36'57"W (50.595121, -3.615933)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 2004
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 46135
  • Also at this site: CHUDLEIGH BRIDGE (46136, flow, reporting); Chudleigh Bridge (E70404, flow, reporting)
  • RLOI id: 3206 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 46135-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: Teign Torbay and South Hams
  • Typical Range: 0.596 – 1.820 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 232 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 8 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 0.41 mASD (EA at 10 Oct 00:15)
  • Flow Archive: National River Flow Archive ↗

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

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

Connected upstream

Connected downstream

Same river system, separate branch

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.

13 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 3.4 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 12 report not discharging, and for 1 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

💧
Teign Village WwTW🦪 Shellfish
South West Water · into River Teign · 3.4 km upstream along the river
32 spills · 306 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
South West Water · into Trusham Stream(S) · 4.9 km upstream along the river
59 spills · 427 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
💧
South West Water · into River Teign · 8.3 km upstream along the river
61 spills · 1,054 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
South West Water · into River Teign · 8.6 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
💧
South West Water · into Rookery Brook · 12.3 km upstream along the river
31 spills · 10 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
South West Water · into River Teign & Reedy Brook · 13.1 km upstream along the river
110 spills · 2,471 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
South West Water · into Fingle Brook · 25.1 km upstream along the river
26 spills · 70 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
💧
South West Water · into River Teign (S) · 27.8 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

5 more further upstream, up to 35.0 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.

💧
Chudleigh WwTW🦪 Shellfish
South West Water · into River Teign · 880 m away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
90 spills · 1,527 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Chudleigh WwTW🦪 Shellfish
South West Water · into River Teign · 950 m away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
90 spills · 379 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Bunkers Bridge CSO🦪 Shellfish
South West Water · into Trib Of The River Teign · 1.7 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
27 spills · 42 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
A382 Bypass Verge CSO🦪 Shellfish
South West Water · into Trib Of River Bovey Via Sws · 4.0 km away in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert
4 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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South West Water · into Trib O Riv.teign Via Sw Sewer · 5.8 km away in a straight line · reaches the river through a sewer or culvert
21 spills · 107 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

7 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 1.82 m on about 11 days. This year so far: 16 days.

2026 16 days, 3 of them high · 3 high so far
2025 16 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2024 13 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2023 15 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2022 10 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2021 9 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2020 15 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
2019 9 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2018 12 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2017 3 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 2.27 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 9 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 3.4 km away).

56flood warnings 212flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 27 Jan 2026 — River Teign at Newton Abbot Racecourse

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 2 6
2025 5 15
2024 4 21
2023 5 13
2022 1 11
2021 2 12
2020 6 16
2019 2 11
2018 2 12
2017 0 4
2016 5 9
2015 3 9
2014 3 10
2013 7 18
2012 9 18
2011 0 4
2010 0 3
2009 0 9
2008 0 6
2007 0 3
2006 0 2

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 Chudleigh flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 9 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Catchment Character

🌊 Mixed response A balance of quick runoff and slower groundwater baseflow.

Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.

The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Baseflow Index
0.58
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,343 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +11% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.5%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
88.96 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
99.37 m³/s
15 Feb 2020 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 5.6719.413.090.6455% (high)% of days exceeded95% (low)
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 23%Grassland 63%Arable 7%Heath/scrub 6%Urban 1%Other 1%
Arable 10% → 7% since 1990

Photos

Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗

About this gauge

Ultrasonic station immediately upstream of a single-span road bridge.

More detail

The catchment

Bulk of the river system rises on Dartmoor Granite moorland, and traverses a complex of Devonian and Carboniferous shales, sandstones and cherts before its wide alluvial valley crosses Tertiary sands and clays. Land use is low-grade agriculture and woodland.

The station

Ultrasonic station immediately upstream of a single-span road bridge. Channel is 19m wide, good straight approach and exit. Initially built for Water Resources as a replacement for Preston Gauging Station (46002) with a sister site at Bovey Parke (46013), now a multifunctional site. Station added to peak flows dataset in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7).

How it measures flow

The first floods of each autumn typically bring lots of debris (leaves) which can cause some problems with the velocity measurement. This is addressed in post-processing as required. The channel cross section is not stable (frequent shoaling). This is addressed by undertaking regular cross section surveys.

Flow regime

Four reservoirs and various water reclamation works have minor affect on low flow regime.

Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗

Gauge Details

How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).

Gauge type
Ultrasonic
Operating since
2004
Station datum
15.5 mAOD
Flow record
2004–2024 · 20 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 2004
Hydrometric area
46
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Teign at Chudleigh Bridge flooding today?

The current level is 0.41m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Chudleigh Bridge?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising. 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 Teign at Chudleigh Bridge?

The typical range at this station is 0.60m to 1.82m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.82m 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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