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Current Level
0.149 m
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.168 m
24h Min
0.144 m
Typical Range
0.14 - 0.32
m
Highest Recorded
1.82 m
EA official record
0.88 in our data (since Mar 1996)
Current level is 8% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
Under evaluation — not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
BRIDPORT EAST BRIDGE (448301) — flow at this site
7 days
A separate gauge 15 m from this one at the same site, shown here for context.
Its readings are its own and are never merged with this page's.
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
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.
3 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 100 m away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 3 report not discharging.
Wessex Water · into Winniford (S) · 5.0 km away in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map
6 spills · 22 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
1 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.32 m
on about 48 days.
This year so far: 51 days.
202651 days, 3 of them high · 3 highso far
202543 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202472 days, 10 of them high · 10 high
202363 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
202232 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202138 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202052 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
201953 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
201853 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
201728 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 0.81 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 27 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.1 km away).
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 Bridport flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 27 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Groundwater-fedSlow and steady — fed largely by groundwater, so levels change gradually, not in sudden spikes.
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
0.70
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,003 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +2% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.5%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
16.57 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
20.30 m³/s
7 Jul 2012 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
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 12%Grassland 71%Arable 13%Urban 4%
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Flat V Crump weir with Time of Flight Ultrasonic added in 2005. Situated in the responsive catchment of the River Asker.
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The catchment
Responsive catchment due to steep slopes on Liassic clay and marl.
The station
Station replaced Bridport (44003) in March 1996 at the same location but in a greatly modified channel, so held as separate stations.
How it measures flow
Flat 'V' Crump profile weir, 6.3m wide (0.618m above weir crest width increases to 7.3m). Ultrasonic added in 2005 and used as primary flow measurement method when stage exceeds 0.957m. Modified channel means bypassing is no longer an issue. One peak flow rating across the period of record. Flat V theoretical to 0.154m, best fit to gaugings to 0.957m and derived from ultrasonic beyond 0.957m.
Flow regime
Rapidly responding flow regime makes gauging difficult.
The flow record
Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2019 (WINFAP Files v8) and August 2021 (WINFAP Files v10).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Asker at East Bridge Bridport flooding today?
The current level is 0.15m, which is within the typical range of 0.14 to 0.32m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at East Bridge Bridport?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.
Why is the level slowly falling?
When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.
What is a normal level for the River Asker at East Bridge Bridport?
The typical range at this station is 0.14m to 0.32m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.32m 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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