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Current Level
0.094 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.094 mASD
24h Min
0.087 mASD
Typical Range
0.05 - 0.29
mASD
Highest Recorded
0.71 mASD
22 Jun 2026
Since Apr 1987
Current level is 13% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. 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.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Rising · +0.3 cm over 6h
24 Aug 00:15▲ +0.1 cm0.094 mASD
24 Aug 00:00▬ steady0.093 mASD
23 Aug 23:45▬ steady0.093 mASD
23 Aug 23:30▬ steady0.093 mASD
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.093 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.093 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.093 mASD
23 Aug 22:30▲ +0.1 cm0.093 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.092 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.092 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▲ +0.1 cm0.092 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.091 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▼ -0.1 cm0.091 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▲ +0.1 cm0.092 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.091 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.091 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.091 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▲ +0.1 cm0.091 mASD
23 Aug 18:45▼ -0.1 cm0.090 mASD
23 Aug 18:300.091 mASD
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 7 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.1 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 Albury flood history.
Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
Catchment Character
🌊 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
0.89
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
905 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +8% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.8%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
0.460 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
0.648 m³/s
6 Nov 2000
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.
The station is located on Law Brook, a tributary of the Tilling Bourne within the Wey Catchment.
More detail
The catchment
Small, relatively steep, rural catchment draining from the Winterfold Forest and Hurtwood. Mainly pervious , developed principally on Hythe Beds (Upper Greensand). There is substantial woodland and appreciable urban development in the lower catchment.
The station
Rectangular thin-plate weir, 2.7m broad.
How it measures flow
Flood discharges can exceed weir capacity and bypassing occurs on the right bank; some leakage below weir plate also suspected to have occurred. Heavy accretion (silting) u/s needs dredging regularly as it causes the weir to underestimate flow. Weir damaged in 1996. One rating applied across period of record. Rating is accurate before 1983. No gaugings 1983 to 1993 but post-1993 rating may generally underestimate GDFs and peak flows.
Flow regime
Baseflow dominated regime but responsive on occasions. Apparent very late response (autumn) to winter recharge. Low flow pattern affected by inputs from artesian boreholes (supporting watercress beds). Runoff is less diminished since the closure of the Thames Water gw abstraction near to the station.
The flow record
Some peak flows are beyond the upper limit of the rating and so should be treated with caution.(e.g. during 2012). Low flow data from June & July 1996 maybe underestimated due to damaged sustained by the weir. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Gauging structure
Operating since
1968
Station datum
56.7 mAOD
Flow record
1968–2024 · 56 yrs · 99% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1968
Hydrometric area
39
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the Law Brook at Albury flooding today?
The current level is 0.09m, which is within the typical range of 0.05 to 0.29m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Albury?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the Law Brook at Albury?
The typical range at this station is 0.05m to 0.29m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.29m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.
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